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The sun shines on the Kenai Mountains in Turnagain Arm on Saturday, July 9, 2022 near Anchorage, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Simple gifts

It’s always humbling to be reminded of what we take for granted in this life.

Bill shows his appreciation for the Kenai sockeye after a successful evening fishing trip with friends, new and old. (Photo provided by USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: A salmon in the freezer and a moose on the porch

There’s a moose on our patio and a bear near our RV steps. Life can be an adventure…

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: Heads up: Silvers are sneakin’ into the hole

Anyone driving by the Spit’s fishing lagoon recently must have thought that they could have spotted more action…

Mount Marathon, seen July 4, 2022, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Keeping Mount Marathon Race local

How does the Mount Marathon Race stay local?

Thereճ a lot of buzz around fireweed. A diversity of pollinators visit the flowers. (Photo by Katrina Liebich/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: Fireweed shows Alaska’s summer clock is ticking

Alaska’s short, sweet summer is usually in full swing by the time you really notice it. “Better hurry…

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: Check out cleaning tables for fishing action

The Spit was rockin’ last weekend, even though the infamous Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon suffered serious supply chain…

Dave Hancock throws in the weight-for-distance event at the Kachemak Bay Highland Games on Saturday, July 2, 2022, at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong)

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Fraley wins Highland games

Participants from Alaska and even Hawaii competed in the 2022 Kachemak Bay Highland Games last Saturday and Sunday.…

Seward’s Hannah Lafleur leads a trail of runners to the finish to take second in the women’s Mount Marathon Race on Monday, July 4, 2022, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Colorado’s McLaughlin smashes Forsberg’s record at Mount Marathon

Oregon’s King becomes race’s oldest winner

"Doing our part to be bear smart" keeps bears behaving naturally on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Photo taken with a 600mm zoom lens. (Photo by Colin Canterbury/FWS)

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Refuge Notebook: It takes a village to keep bears wild on the Kenai

It has been a while since I have been up close and personal with a bear. It happened…

Former Homer High School athletic director poses on Friday, July 1, 2022, at the high school athletic field in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Work ethic, grit and teamwork

After two decades, Homer athletic director says goodbye to program he helped build

Anna waits in traffic in Cooper Landing, Alaska, on June 9, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Time well spent

There really only seem to be two seasons in Alaska: winter season and construction season.

People in an inflatable kayak fish off the end of the Homer Spit on Thursday, June 23, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Reeling ‘Em In: Fishing gets exciting with snagging opener

Snagging opener runs through 11:59 p.m. Friday at Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon

Silas Firth, left, Emily Knight, center, and Craig Albers, right, run past lupines in the 2022 Homer Spit Run 10k and Half Marathon on Saturday, June 25, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
Silas Firth, left, Emily Knight, center, and Craig Albers, right, run past lupines in the 2022 Homer Spit Run 10k and Half Marathon on Saturday, June 25, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Markelz wins Spit Run 10k

2022 Spit Run honors former Homer mayor, avid runner