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Out of the office: Summer arrives

Out of the office: Summer arrives

What was I doing? I asked myself that as a struggled frantically to wiggle my telemark boots into the bindings and continue down the miners… Continue reading

Out of the office: Summer arrives
Refuge Notebook: Learning to love the ‘sweat and shiver’ diet

Refuge Notebook: Learning to love the ‘sweat and shiver’ diet

Have you ever spent a weekend camping, maybe a long weekend, when the rain never seemed to quit? Where on the last day, all you… Continue reading

Refuge Notebook: Learning to love the ‘sweat and shiver’ diet
Point of View: Pebble and Dunleavy: How the commercial fishing “essential service” declaration reveals irony at its finest

Point of View: Pebble and Dunleavy: How the commercial fishing “essential service” declaration reveals irony at its finest

“Why is the governor supporting the Pebble Project?”

Point of View: Pebble and Dunleavy: How the commercial fishing “essential service” declaration reveals irony at its finest
Sen. Tom Begich (courtesy photo)

Opinion: Reconvene the Legislature

It’s time we went back to work to complete these tasks.

Sen. Tom Begich (courtesy photo)
Jane Wiebe’s wheelbarrow of lovely tubers will cause any potato aficionado’s heart to sing. The photo was taken on Oct. 7, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)

Kachemak Cuisine: Try these spicy potato recipes

Recall when you tried sriracha for the first time?

Jane Wiebe’s wheelbarrow of lovely tubers will cause any potato aficionado’s heart to sing. The photo was taken on Oct. 7, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)
Therese Lewandowski

Voices of the Peninsula: Big and small, UA campuses need our support in the recall of governor

“I wonder what the Kachemak Bay Campus will become.”

  • May 5, 2020
  • Therese Lewandowski
Therese Lewandowski
Nick Varney

Believe it or not, there’s a bright side

Don’t worry, I’m not going to jump into the COVID-19 kerfuffle.

Nick Varney
Tangled Up in Blue: AM/FM

Tangled Up in Blue: AM/FM

I woke up to the sound of a stranger crying and decided to go directly back to bed. It was a pang of depressing abnormality… Continue reading

Tangled Up in Blue: AM/FM
Refuge Notebook: Forest morels: Year after fire brings rewards

Refuge Notebook: Forest morels: Year after fire brings rewards

2019 will be synonymous with wildland fire for most of the residents of the Kenai Peninsula, and as the details of date and time fade… Continue reading

Refuge Notebook: Forest morels: Year after fire brings rewards
Opinion: Narcissism is in our DNA

Opinion: Narcissism is in our DNA

But it doesn’t have to decide our actions.

  • Apr 28, 2020
  • By Rich Moniak For the Juneau Empire
Opinion: Narcissism is in our DNA
Chris Maisch, Division of Forestry director

Alaska Voices: Alaskans must prepare now for summer wildfire, COVID-19 battles

Remember how terrible last summer’s wildfires were — the smoky skies, the traffic jams, the evacuations, the damaged homes and property? Now, imagine having to… Continue reading

  • Apr 27, 2020
  • By Chris Maisch
Chris Maisch, Division of Forestry director
Opinion: PFD paid now, long-term fiscal plan for security in crisis

Opinion: PFD paid now, long-term fiscal plan for security in crisis

Alaska is in a perfect political storm of trouble.

  • Apr 27, 2020
  • By Clem Tillion
Opinion: PFD paid now, long-term fiscal plan for security in crisis
Refuge Notebook: Recreational safety after the Swan Lake Fire

Refuge Notebook: Recreational safety after the Swan Lake Fire

Residents of the Kenai Peninsula are all too familiar with wildfire after the summer of 2019. Not only did the Swan Lake Fire burn for… Continue reading

Refuge Notebook: Recreational safety after the Swan Lake Fire
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Minister’s Message: Create in me a clean heart, O God

Youth are highly valued and loved by God.

  • Apr 23, 2020
  • Dr. Roger Holl For the Peninsula Clarion
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Point of View: Parents — You are essential workers

Point of View: Parents — You are essential workers

Parenting is always a full-time job, and under typical circumstances can be challenging.

Point of View: Parents — You are essential workers
Out of the office: Painted blue

Out of the office: Painted blue

I went to Homer a few weeks ago to find blue. For weeks I had wanted to paint nothing but blues and purples, but I… Continue reading

Out of the office: Painted blue
One of the kits used to collect samples that are tested for COVID-19 is seen here at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska on April 7, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)                                One of the kits used to collect samples that are tested for COVID-19 is seen here at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska on April 7, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Alaska Voices: Dunleavy is no friend to health care

The profound effects of underfunding Alaska’s health care system are just now coming to light.

  • Apr 22, 2020
  • Laurie Montano, Tina Tomsen, and Robert Hunter
  • Coronavirus
One of the kits used to collect samples that are tested for COVID-19 is seen here at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska on April 7, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)                                One of the kits used to collect samples that are tested for COVID-19 is seen here at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska on April 7, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
The Homer News offices at 3482 Landings Street, as seen on March 17, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Homer News, Peninsula Clarion and Juneau Empire win awards

A Facebook live announcement was held and the results released on April 18.

The Homer News offices at 3482 Landings Street, as seen on March 17, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
Church of the Rock Homer Pastor Aaron Weisser, Ph.D. (Photo courtesy Aaron Weisser)

Point of View: Opportunities for kindness and caring have never been as ripe

It has been truly amazing to see so many people from our community rally to support each other.

Church of the Rock Homer Pastor Aaron Weisser, Ph.D. (Photo courtesy Aaron Weisser)
Kachemak Cuisine: Sourdough pancakes are an Alaska classic

Kachemak Cuisine: Sourdough pancakes are an Alaska classic

What makes you forget about this insanity right now?

Kachemak Cuisine: Sourdough pancakes are an Alaska classic