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An Outdoor View: On being a puker

Hi. My name is Les, and I’m a puker. Being predisposed to seasickness, I have on many occasions…

The sun rises over Engineer Lake on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Reserving one of the refuge’s public use cabins can be a fun, Alaskan way to celebrate the holidays. (Photos courtesy Rebecca Uta)

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Refuge Notebook: A Christmas Adventure

Every person has a bucket list to be marked off when they come to this beautiful land. Our…

Angie Brennan picks up speed on a downhill section on trail in the Caribou Hills near Ninilchik on Jan. 8, 2017. (Photo by Will Morrow/Peninsula Clarion)

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Head for the hills: Fat-tire bikers discover Caribou Hills

By Will Morrow Peninsula Clarion It started with a text message from a friend — “Want to go…

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Church Briefs

Soldotna Aglow plans activities — January 26, 10 a.m.-noon, Kalifonsky Christian Center: We will be meeting at the…

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Minister’s Message: We can each be a VIP to someone

We call them a VIP, “very important person.” That person may be a public servant, a law enforcement…

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Not so Golden Globes

Meryl Streep has played many roles in her long career and holds the record for the most Academy…

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What is the Sesquicentennial?

Sesquicentennial is a jawbreaker word, too big even for Scrabble, but it does have a noble ring to…

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Food bank can put shopping bags, containers to use

We Feed People… If you are looking for a place to recycle clean plastic shopping bags, egg cartons…

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Notes from the Recycling Bin

Sorting Recyclables 101 “Sort” is the key word; don’t mix one recyclable with another and remove all recyclables…

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Community News and Notes

News and Notes Barkman makes Dean’s List at Montana Western Elyssa Barkman of Soldotna has been named to…

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Alaska Unhinged: Poking the bear

I was standing on the deck this week admiring a shifting cloak of deep blue sliding over the…

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An Outdoor View: Future fishing

With the rapid advances in technology we’re seeing now, I’m wondering what fishing on the Kenai River will…

Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS Big-eared Radix at Stormy Lake, July 12, 2016.

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Refuge Notebook: The Kenai Peninsula’s first exotic freshwater snail

Sometimes one thing leads to another. It was in fall 2012 as the Alaska Department of Fish &…

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Shine a light on the path ahead

What are your feelings about 2017? Will it treat you well or poorly? Will you find yourself happier…

AP Photo/By Dean Fosdick  This Dec. 3, 2016 photo taken at a Langley, Wash., grocery store, shows poinsettias. Poinsettias aren’t annuals if grown indoors. You can restore them to provide good cheer for yet another holiday season. The main attraction of poinsettias, like these pictured here, is not their flowers, but their leaves. The actual flowers are the small buds buried deep within the leaf cluster that bloom yellowish green.

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Wait, don’t toss those poinsettias to the curb!

Poinsettias have become the best-selling potted plants in the United States, and are second in popularity only to…

In this March 2, 2014, file photo, Julie Rau cross-country skis with her daughter, Kaylee, in tow at the Gold Fork Park N’ Ski Area near Idaho City, Idaho. Cross-country skiing includes two distinct styles—classic and skate skiing. (Pete Zimowsky/Idaho Statesman via AP, file)

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A newcomer to cross-country skiing gets hooked by the sport

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The first time I tried cross-country skiing, I was in junior high in southern…

Photo by Michael Penn/Juneau Empire  Christine Carpenter holds one of her artworks in the Alaska Robotics Gallery on Jan. 6,she made after being raped in Italy.

Arts & Entertainment

Sexual assault survivor finds freedom in art inspired from her diary

“I think it’s powerful and addresses something that isn’t often talked about in public,” Lauren Brooks, a former…

The Bookworm Sez: Putting fat in perspective

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The Bookworm Sez: Putting fat in perspective

Here’s something important: your pants don’t fit anymore. The blame, you’re sure, lands squarely with the holidays: too…

The best and worst of 2016

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The best and worst of 2016

2016 is come and gone and though it was definitely a dramatic year in a lot of ways,…

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Business News

■ The KPEDD Industry Outlook Forum is Wednesday from 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. at the Kenai Visitors Center, 11471…