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‘A Star is Born’ — Less sappy than the original, with better music

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‘A Star is Born’ — Less sappy than the original, with better music

I must confess — I’ve never seen the 1976 “A Star is Born,” starring Barbara Streisand and Kris…

A unique way to spend your PFD: Native Arts and Crafts show slated for Friday

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A unique way to spend your PFD: Native Arts and Crafts show slated for Friday

It’s once again time for the annual injection of oil profits into the Alaska economy, colloquially known around…

Pioneer Potluck: Memories of Costco

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Pioneer Potluck: Memories of Costco

The State Of Alaska sends residents who have lived here for one year a check that was at…

Life in the pedestrian lane: The Location of the Library

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Life in the pedestrian lane: The Location of the Library

The Location of the Library is the only thing you ever absolutely need to know according to Albert…

Learning for Life: Safe and Effective Tree Felling, Limbing and Bucking

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Learning for Life: Safe and Effective Tree Felling, Limbing and Bucking

Felling trees, bucking logs, and cutting firewood are popular autumn activities. However, not everyone necessarily knows all of…

Notes from the Recycling Bin: 50 years of protecting our nation’s rivers

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Notes from the Recycling Bin: 50 years of protecting our nation’s rivers

On Oct. 2, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, aimed at…

Monthly Musings: October is full of history and wonder

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Monthly Musings: October is full of history and wonder

By Bonnie Marie Playle

Kenai Peninsula 4-H Fair Results

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Kenai Peninsula 4-H Fair Results

Kenai Peninsula 4-H Fair Results

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Poet’s corner: One-moon planet

One-moon Planet

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Beyond reason: Looking to the Scriptures for answers

What if a famous scientist or a noted professor invited you to debate and reason about topics in…

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How to Cut Down a Tree:

How to Cut Down a Tree:

Now Playing: ‘Black 47’ — a devastating hidden gem

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Now Playing: ‘Black 47’ — a devastating hidden gem

Quite often with this column, I am looking for that underseen gem that few people saw or have…

A black bear crosses the Skilak Lake Road in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, near Sterling, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Fall colors dazzle in Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

Leaf peepers don’t have to travel to New England to see fall colors. Brilliant yellows from birch and…

Pioneer Potluck: In celebration of my little brother Jim McClure’s 71st birthday

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Pioneer Potluck: In celebration of my little brother Jim McClure’s 71st birthday

By Ann “Grannie Annie” Berg

The Scandinavian shop of the author’s great-grandma. (Photo provided by Victoria Petersen)

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Why fall is a favorite

This is my favorite time of year. Maybe because I was born teeter-tottering on the cusp of Leo…

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People valuing people is what makes our country good

How would you define a model citizen of the United States? How would such a person live? What…

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Pioneer Potluck: Eggless, milkless, butterless cake

Eggless, milkless, butterless cake

Jack Black and Cate Blanchett star in ‘The House with a Clock in Its Walls.’ (Universal Pictures)

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‘The House with a Clock in Its Walls’ never lives up to its potential

There are many things to like about this week’s amusing and affable horror-lite kids movie, “The House with…

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Pioneer Potluck: A reflection of the memories of the Hunger Hut Bar

Year — 1967