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Kathleen Sorensen, “Tangled Up In Blue” columnist, is from Seward, the Alaska tourist town mentioned in this week’s story. Pictured is Resurrection Bay in Seward on Aug. 21, 2021. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Tangled Up In Blue: Slowing down

I’m finding myself, more than ever, falling into bouts of anger, and it’s making me mad.

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Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: Study techniques of the winner, not the whiner

I often get asked if it’s tough to write a fishing column while living in a community where…

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Prep football: Nikiski tops Eielson; Homer falls to Eagle River

The visiting Nikiski football team held off Eielson for a 28-27 victory in Denali Conference play Friday.

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Jessie Goodrich, left, and Lauren Kuhns, right, pose on Aug, 8, 2021, after swimming in the Change Your Latitude 10 km open ocean swim in Sitka. Goodrich is a Homer open ocean swimmer and Kuhns is a Homer woman attending Assumption College in Worchester, Massachusetts.

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This story has been updated to reflect the cancellations of Friday night’s volleyballs games versus Seward.

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Peninsula, state football team members test positive for COVID-19

Positive COVID-19 tests among Kenai Peninsula and state high school football teams affected several games last weekend.

A group photo of the campers after a digital scavenger hunt in Get Out and Get Dirty Camp. (Photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

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Refuge Notebook: And just like that, I was in full camp mode

As a child, being outdoors was a huge part of my life. Some of my favorite memories are…

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Fleetwood wins KBay Mountain Classic

Anne Fleetwood led 31 runners to the finish line of the Grace Ridge Race - KBay Mountain Classic…

Kenai Central sophomore Emilee Wilson runs to victory in the freshmen-sophomore girls race in the Nikiski Class Races on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, at Nikiski High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai starts fast at Nikiski Class Races

The Kenai Central cross-country team got off to a quick start Monday at the season-opening Nikiski Class Races…

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Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: Know your fish and avoid encounters with the wildlife troopers

Fish and game handbook has pictures to help identify species.

Some tanks were breached with explosives and the fuel set on fire, a method of eliminating fuel that was not very successful.

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Refuge Notebook: A long-awaited cleanup gets underway on the Aleutians

In the Aleutian Islands, the war brought thousands of soldiers and enormous quantities of equipment and supplies to…

A banner supporting Olympic swimmer Lydia Jacoby hangs outside of First National Bank Alaska in her hometown of Seward on Saturday, July 24, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tangled Up In Blue: Go Lydia!

All of Seward was watching with tempered excitement the night of her gold medal swim.