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The Aniak River outside Dan Gillikin’s house is choked with chunks of ice during a slow breakup on May 10, 2026. (Photo by Dan Gillikin)

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Alaska Science Forum: Research team seeks answers from a changing river

A shifting climate is bringing big, sudden changes to the Kuskokwim River and the people who rely on…

Photo by Tressa Dale Shocking grocery prices have most of us making sacrifices these days, and sometimes we need to opt for the tougher cuts of meat, but if you stay positive and make the most of what you have it doesn’t have to be so bad.

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A tasty dish made with tough meat

Cube steak is made with the toughest cuts, smashed and crushed and mangled, but breaded and fried and…

Photo from the Kenai United Methodist Church archives The Kenai Methodist Church in 1962.

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Our Sunday best: Early churches of the central Kenai Peninsula — Part 3

AUTHOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story first appeared in May 2013 in the Redoubt Reporter. The…

Photo from the Kenai Peninsula College photo archive Soldotna’s Catholic Church (Our Lady of Perpetual Help), circa 1962.

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Our Sunday best: Early churches of the central Kenai Peninsula — Part 2

AUTHOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story first appeared in May 2013 in the Redoubt Reporter. The…

This baked ziti casserole is savory, not bitter, and the recipe makes plenty for leftovers. (Photo by Tressa Dale)

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Nothing says I’m sorry like a delicious casserole

Savory ziti casserole is perfect with a salad and a slice of humble pie

Rod Boyce stands in front of David Newman’s chalkboard sketch made during a discussion of magnetic confinement nuclear fusion. (Photo by Rod Boyce)

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Alaska Science Forum: Mind-bending science for this science layman

Exploring scientific frontiers with the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute

Father Juvenaly, Kenai’s first Russian Orthodox priest, led the establishment of Christianity on the Kenai Peninsula. (Wikipedia image extracted from a larger church icon)

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Our Sunday best: Early churches of the central Kenai Peninsula — Part 1

AUTHOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story first appeared in May 2013 in the Redoubt Reporter. The…

Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion Bo ssam, or Korean roast pork wraps, paired with endless side dishes creates a fun food experience.

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Feeding our brains and bodies well

This meal is a hands-on, family style experience.

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Homer happenings from years past

Photo courtesy Becky Lindsey Ned, Kristen and Anna Rozell are photographed at the UAF Gold Ceremony on May 1, where Ned was awarded Science Writer Emeritus.

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This one’s for you, Ned!

It’s been a big spring for now-former Alaska Science Forum author Ned Rozell.

These lemon bars are a bright, sweet and straightforward dessert. Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion

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5 years of recipes shared

This dessert celebrates the fifth anniversary of this column.

By the early 1910s, crossing the Killey River was part of a regular route into moose- and Dall sheep-hunting country, via Skilak Lake. This photo, featuring a hunting guide crossing the river in a collapsible boat, was taken in 1912 and included in Morris L. Parrish’s 1913 hunting memoir.

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The Killey mystery — Part 2

The name “Killey River”—spelled exactly as it is today—first appeared in print, as far as I can tell,…

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Homer happenings from years past