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Kasey Renfro and Seth Payment show off their tier rock wall on Skyline Trail. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

Refuge Notebook: Skyline gets much-needed upgrades after the fire

Skyline Trail was the top priority for getting trail work done and getting the trail reopened for the public to enjoy. Skyline is arguably our… Continue reading

  • Oct 22, 2020
  • By CHRISTA KENNEDY Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
  • Refuge Notebook
Kasey Renfro and Seth Payment show off their tier rock wall on Skyline Trail. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)
A section of the Diamond Creek beach has built up, with plants growing where 10 years ago there had been bare mud, as seen here on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Out of the Office: Annual CoastWalk beach trek reveals changes, transformation

Volunteers in annual Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies program clean up, monitor beaches

A section of the Diamond Creek beach has built up, with plants growing where 10 years ago there had been bare mud, as seen here on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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Keep Alaskans out of the COVID-19 ditch this winter

For those who require care on a ventilator in the ICU, more than a third of people die.

  • Oct 22, 2020
  • By Michael Bernstein, M.D., and Preston M. Simmons, DSc, FACHE
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Kelly Tshibaka (courtesy photo)

With Sullivan in D.C., Alaska can be 1st again

Sen. Sullivan understands Alaskans and will continue to serve us well in D.C.

  • Oct 22, 2020
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Some of the 45 art quilts featured in “Shifting Tides: Cloth in Convergence,” on exhibit from Oct. 9 to Nov. 28, 2020, at the Pratt Museum in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Traveling show at Pratt features Alaska, Pacific Rim artists

‘Shifting Tides’ traveling quilt show explores theme of Pacific Ocean connection

Some of the 45 art quilts featured in “Shifting Tides: Cloth in Convergence,” on exhibit from Oct. 9 to Nov. 28, 2020, at the Pratt Museum in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
Mia Costello is a senator in the Alaska Legislature representing Senate District K – West Anchorage. (Courtesy photo)

Alaska Voices: Amy Coney Barrett should be confirmed by the Senate

Her qualifications for the job are obvious and unquestioned.

  • Oct 21, 2020
  • By Mia Costello
Mia Costello is a senator in the Alaska Legislature representing Senate District K – West Anchorage. (Courtesy photo)
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Alaska Voices: The importance of an independent Alaska judiciary

Our civic discourse and the orderly process by which we self-govern is at risk.

  • Oct 20, 2020
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Opinion: Attorneys general: Retain Justice Susan Carney

Carney has served the people of this state with distinction.

  • Oct 20, 2020
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Voices of the Peninsula: Voting matters

Be prepared when you fill out your ballot.

  • Oct 20, 2020
  • — Alex Koplin, Homer
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Tony Knowles (Courtesy photo)

Alaska Voices: Vote for an independent who will work to build unity

Dr. Al is ready to take on Washington.

  • Oct 19, 2020
  • By Tony Knowles
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Sen. Peter Micciche (R-Soldotna) listens to testimony in Juneau, Alaska in this undated photo. (Photo courtesy of Peter Micciche)

Voices of the Peninsula: Don’t fix what isn’t broken

Vote “no” on Ballot Measure 2

  • Oct 19, 2020
  • Alaska Sen. Peter Micciche
Sen. Peter Micciche (R-Soldotna) listens to testimony in Juneau, Alaska in this undated photo. (Photo courtesy of Peter Micciche)
The author is seen here, sharing the world at Lassen Volcanic National Park in California. (Photo courtesy of Patrick Lewis)

Tangled Up in Blue: Me, me, me

When I wait until the last minute to write Tangled Up in Blue, inspiration can be hard to come by. This morning, mere hours before… Continue reading

The author is seen here, sharing the world at Lassen Volcanic National Park in California. (Photo courtesy of Patrick Lewis)
A long, white strip of soft, white feathers running down the back gives the downy woodpecker its name. (Photo by Colin Canterbury/USFWS.

Refuge Notebook: The smallest woodpecker

On a recent sortie looking for grouse in the spruce forest of the northern Kenai Peninsula, I heard what sounded to me like a squeaky… Continue reading

A long, white strip of soft, white feathers running down the back gives the downy woodpecker its name. (Photo by Colin Canterbury/USFWS.
Les Gara (courtesy photo)

Opinion: A vote for Ballot Measure 1 is a vote for Alaska

Ballot Measure 1 says we don’t have to live with self-inflicted poverty.

  • Oct 10, 2020
  • Les Gara
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The climb up April Bowl provides expansive views, seen here Aug. 3, 2020 in Hatcher Pass, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
The climb up April Bowl provides expansive views, seen here Aug. 3, 2020 in Hatcher Pass, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
Andrew Berg outside his ҈omesteadӠcabin, which stood originally on Tustumena Lake and now stands at the headquarters of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

Refuge Notebook: If these walls could talk

Big game guide Berg led remarkable life

Andrew Berg outside his ҈omesteadӠcabin, which stood originally on Tustumena Lake and now stands at the headquarters of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)
Christina Whiting poses for a photo on Oct. 5, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Taz Tally)

Homer artist takes pandemic project on road

‘Behind the Mask - Our Stories’ invites people to share experiences

Christina Whiting poses for a photo on Oct. 5, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Taz Tally)
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Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 casts a pall over students’ futures

We can ensure the energy industry will be able to continue supplying jobs for generations to come.

  • Oct 5, 2020
  • Dr. Herb Schroeder, ANSEP founder and vice provost
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Alaska Voices: Finish the ballot!

Voters have an incredible amount of information on whether to retain or remove judges in office.

  • Oct 5, 2020
  • By Bud Carpeneti
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A photo of the author’s hands during a drier October full of blueberry picking. (Photo provided by Kat Sorensen)
A photo of the author’s hands during a drier October full of blueberry picking. (Photo provided by Kat Sorensen)