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The view of a Homer sunrise as seen from the cabin where the author spent a recent winter weekend. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tangled up in Blue: A weekend away

Coming up to an unknown cabin in the woods is an engaging experience. Throughout the windy, snow-covered roads…

Refuge Notebook: To feed or not to feed the birds

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Refuge Notebook: To feed or not to feed the birds

By TODD ESKELIN

Laura Bashor and Amber Robbins, two biological interns at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, being filmed this past summer for an Animal Planet series on top of Hideout Trail. (Photo provided by refuge)

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Refuge notebook: Reflections on 2018

By ANDY LORANGER

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2018, file photo, New England Patriots defensive back Stephon Gilmore, center, celebrates his interception with Dont’a Hightower, left, and Eric Rowe, right, during the first half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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Please tear us apart

In contrast to Will Morrow’s spin on being a Patriots fan (see “Don’t Tear Us Apart”, Jan. 27),…

Musher Dave Turner celebrates just after winning this year’s Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019 at Freddies Roadhouse finish line near Ninilchik, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Dave Turner claims first T200 win

After chasing other top mushers for three years, Dave Turner has finally proven himself a winner by snagging…

Tangled up in Blue: Are you silly?

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Tangled up in Blue: Are you silly?

There’s a whole book of vocabulary in the world of downhill skiing.

The summit of Vista Trail on Skilak Loop Road, seen Nov. 23, 2018, while waiting for skiing to come to the central Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Power of the Culture of the North

First, a few confessions.

Tangled up in blue: Squeaky boards

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Tangled up in blue: Squeaky boards

By KAT SORENSEN

My snowy driveway one winter morning, near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Get outside 2019

Last New Year’s Eve I was at the same event I was for the two previous New Year’s.…

Out of the Office: At the edge of the world

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Out of the Office: At the edge of the world

Anniversaries are strange things — in many ways they are arbitrary, days we mark on a calendar to…

Refuge notebook: Building new trail builds community

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Refuge notebook: Building new trail builds community

By ERIN McKITTRICK

Catriona Reynolds finishes off a victory in the 10-mile bike at the Mouth to Mouth Wild Run and Ride on Monday, May 28, 2018, at the Kenai beach. On Reynolds’ tail is Sky Carver. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai, Soldotna biking community awarded

Kenai and Soldotna were both recently awarded bronze-level status by the League of American Bicyclists for meeting standards…

Tangled up in Blue: Up in smoke!

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Tangled up in Blue: Up in smoke!

My wood stove stole my freedom. The independence I cultivated through years of working late nights in return…

77 years of conservation in our neighborhood

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77 years of conservation in our neighborhood

By LEAH ESKELIN

Skiers climb a hill near the start of the Kachemak Bay Marathon Ski Tour in March of 2007 near Homer, Alaska, in winter where Homer actually had snow. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Out of the Office: Don’t wait for snow or ice — just get outside

Now would be the time when an enterprising outdoors columnist writes about all the wonderful winter sports to…

Machines are learning about wildlife

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Machines are learning about wildlife

By DAWN ROBIN MAGNESS

Refuge Notebook: Kenai blackfish came from Bethel

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Refuge Notebook: Kenai blackfish came from Bethel

By MATT BOWSER

Tangled up in Blue: Old Tom Bombadil

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Tangled up in Blue: Old Tom Bombadil

I’ve been running into Tom Bombadil everywhere lately.

Out of the Office: What are men to rocks and mountains?

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Out of the Office: What are men to rocks and mountains?

I’ve met a lot of addicts since moving to Alaska.

Refuge notebook: Species-packing into Biosphere 2

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Refuge notebook: Species-packing into Biosphere 2

By TONY BURGESS