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Members of Kenai Camera and Coffee meet at a local coffee shop. (photo courtesy Colette Gilmour)

Local photographers find confidence through collaboration

The group is putting on show at Kenai River Brewing

Members of Kenai Camera and Coffee meet at a local coffee shop. (photo courtesy Colette Gilmour)
Ben Mattox performs as part of BenJammin & The Jammin Band during the Levitt AMP Soldotna Music Series on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Jammin one last time

BenJammin and the Jammin Band play final show Saturday

Ben Mattox performs as part of BenJammin & The Jammin Band during the Levitt AMP Soldotna Music Series on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Taylor Zakhar Perez portrays Alex Claremont-Diaz and Nicholas Galitzine portrays Prince Henry in “Red, White and Royal Blue.” (Photo courtesy Amazon Studios)

On the Screen: A romance for idealists

‘Red, White and Royal Blue’ a surprisingly biting romcom

Taylor Zakhar Perez portrays Alex Claremont-Diaz and Nicholas Galitzine portrays Prince Henry in “Red, White and Royal Blue.” (Photo courtesy Amazon Studios)
The Kenai River Brown Bears celebrate a second-period goal by Nick Stevens on Friday, April 28, 2023, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak)

Season preview: Bears open 2023-24 season Saturday

The Kenai River Brown Bears drop the puck on their 2023-24 season Saturday at 4 p.m. AKDT on the road against the Chippewa (Wisconsin) Steel.… Continue reading

The Kenai River Brown Bears celebrate a second-period goal by Nick Stevens on Friday, April 28, 2023, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak)
The new portable dance floor is seen in use at the Kenai Performers theater in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Jodene McAuliffe)

Dance floor debut

Kenai Performers launch regular dance programming with weeklong social workshop

The new portable dance floor is seen in use at the Kenai Performers theater in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Jodene McAuliffe)
Vanilla pound cake, fruits and pretzels are prepped for a fondue celebration. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

Celebrating grandpa with fond memories and fondue

Sweet and dense vanilla pound cake is perfect for this dish

Vanilla pound cake, fruits and pretzels are prepped for a fondue celebration. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)
Trustees and staff discuss management and investment of the Alaska Permanent Fund. (Courtesy Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation)

Providing Alaska-based opportunities for professional talent

Expanding our in-state presence by opening a satellite office in Anchorage has been part of the fund’s strategic plan for the past four years

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Trustees and staff discuss management and investment of the Alaska Permanent Fund. (Courtesy Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation)
A 2022 voter information pamphlet rests on a desk in the Peninsula Clarion offices on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

Where to find voter pamphlets

Be educated about what you are voting on

A 2022 voter information pamphlet rests on a desk in the Peninsula Clarion offices on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
[1a—] After doing business in the Kenai Commercial Company store, Rusty Lancashire climbs into family station wagon, with its sagging back bumper, to head for home. (1954 photo by Bob and Ira Spring for Better Homes & Garden magazine)

The Lancashires: Evolving lives on the evolving Kenai — Part 1

Mrs. Lancashire certainly didn’t fit Lee’s notion of what a homesteading woman should look like.

[1a—] After doing business in the Kenai Commercial Company store, Rusty Lancashire climbs into family station wagon, with its sagging back bumper, to head for home. (1954 photo by Bob and Ira Spring for Better Homes & Garden magazine)
Ryan Chen lopping seasonal growth at a vista on Emma Lake Trail during a weeklong camping trip. (Photo by Shea Imgarten)

Refuge Notebook: That’s a rap — YCC leaves a trace on refuge’s legacy

They’re everywhere: a munched branch on the trail, muddy boot prints in the house, the rippling of water after a floatplane takes off. All of… Continue reading

Ryan Chen lopping seasonal growth at a vista on Emma Lake Trail during a weeklong camping trip. (Photo by Shea Imgarten)
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Off the Shelf: ‘The bard of the Yukon’ lures with ghostly song

Jaunty tales and folksy rhymes bring the far north to life in Robert Service’s poetry

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Slow spaghetti sauce and turkey meatballs are loaded with enough cheese and herbs to change your mind about ground turkey. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

Slow and savory

Spaghetti sauce and meatballs fill a quiet afternoon

Slow spaghetti sauce and turkey meatballs are loaded with enough cheese and herbs to change your mind about ground turkey. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)
This plaque was created in the 1980s to memorialize persons known to have been buried in Homer Community Cemetery. The plaque was considered necessary because so many of the graves here had lost their markers or had never been marked. (Clark Fair photo)

Homer Community Cemetery: Difficulties in filling a public need (Part 2)

For about a half-dozen years, the Homer Community Cemetery served its purpose without a hitch

This plaque was created in the 1980s to memorialize persons known to have been buried in Homer Community Cemetery. The plaque was considered necessary because so many of the graves here had lost their markers or had never been marked. (Clark Fair photo)
Will Morrow (courtesy)

What I did on my summer vacation

My wife and I needed a sunny, warm getaway, so we went to London

Will Morrow (courtesy)
Xolo Maridueña portrays Jaime Reyes, Blue Beetle in “Blue Beetle.” (Photo courtesy WarnerMedia)

On the Screen: ‘Blue Beetle’ is fun, but offers little new

A new superhero film needs to be great to earn attention

Xolo Maridueña portrays Jaime Reyes, Blue Beetle in “Blue Beetle.” (Photo courtesy WarnerMedia)
A very scary butterfly is seen at the side of a lake along Hidden Creek Trail near Cooper Landing, Alaska, on July 8, 2023. (Photo courtesy Ashley Every)

Out of the Office: Moments of joy

Sometimes I make a cup of coffee just to feel something. That is, holding a warm mug and sipping some delicious — caffeinated — beverage… Continue reading

A very scary butterfly is seen at the side of a lake along Hidden Creek Trail near Cooper Landing, Alaska, on July 8, 2023. (Photo courtesy Ashley Every)
These cheesy crackers are easy to make at home and come without the dyes or preservatives of a store-bought brand. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

Never too old for cheesy crackers

This week I said goodbye to his babyhood and took him to his first day of preschool

These cheesy crackers are easy to make at home and come without the dyes or preservatives of a store-bought brand. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)
Clark Fair photo Homer Community Cemetery was first established in 1928 and has been closed to non-reserved burials since the early 1980s.

Homer Community Cemetery: Difficulties in filling a public need (Part 1)

Dying was the problem

Clark Fair photo Homer Community Cemetery was first established in 1928 and has been closed to non-reserved burials since the early 1980s.
A close-up view of spruce tip rust on spruce tips on the Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by USFWS/Kris Inman)

Refuge Notebook: Another big year for spruce tip rust

Much like 2018, the orange tips of young spruce trees are catching people’s attention and reminded me of 2018 when a co-worker asked, “What is… Continue reading

A close-up view of spruce tip rust on spruce tips on the Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by USFWS/Kris Inman)
Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion A copy of “The Great Alone” sits on a desk in the Peninsula Clarion offices on Thursday in Kenai.

Off the Shelf: ‘The Great Alone’ tells beautiful, tragic tale set on the Kenai Peninsula

Isolation, in all its forms, is a central theme of the book

Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion A copy of “The Great Alone” sits on a desk in the Peninsula Clarion offices on Thursday in Kenai.