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    Dan Rapp and Sarah Youngren of Soldotna have spent the last five summers on Aiktak Island in the eastern Aleutians and hope to return in 2020. (Photo by Sarah Youngren)
    Refuge Notebook: Learning to love the ‘sweat and...
    By HEATHER RENNER Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge • May 7, 2020 1:30 am

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

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    Mills Creek on April 29, 2020 in the pass between Cooper Landing and the Turnagain Arm. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak)
    Out of the office: Summer arrives
    By Jeff Helminiak • May 7, 2020 1:30 am

    What was I doing?

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    Homer’s Daniel Reutov snags the ball from a Kenai player during a soccer game on April 16, 2019 at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    The seniors of spring sports: Boys soccer
    By Megan Pacer • May 6, 2020 5:30 am

    This is the fourth in a series of stories highlighting the seniors who would have been playing their final sports…

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    Chris Giegerich holds a monster halibut he caught on the F/V Huntress with Capt. Josh Brooks on May 3, 2020, while fishing in lower Cook Inlet with his family. (Photo courtesy of Joleen Brooks, F/V Huntress)
    Angler catches monster halibut
    By Staff report Homer News • May 6, 2020 5:30 am

    A monster halibut caught on May 3 by Chris Giegerich would have been a contender last year — if not…

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    A completely normal scene at the top of Slaughter Ridge in Cooper Landing. (Photo provided by Kat Sorensen)
    Tangled Up in Blue: AM/FM
    By KAT SORENSEN For the Clarion • May 6, 2020 1:30 am

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

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    Photo provided by USFWS                                 A morel mushroom grows in disturbed gravel on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.
    Refuge Notebook: Forest morels: Year after fire brings...
    By LEAH ESKELIN Kenai National Wildlife Refuge • May 6, 2020 1:30 am

    2019 will be synonymous with wildland fire for most of the residents of the Kenai Peninsula, and as the details…

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    Nick Varney
    Unhinged: Believe it or not, there’s a bright...
    By Nick Varney • May 6, 2020 1:30 am

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

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    A painting by the author. (Photo provided by Erin Thompson)
    Out of the Office: Painted blue
    By Erin Thompson • April 29, 2020 4:30 pm

    I went to Homer a few weeks ago to find blue.

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    Refuge Notebook: Recreational safety after the Swan Lake Fire
    Refuge Notebook: Recreational safety after the Swan Lake...
    By MICHAEL HILL Kenai National Wildlife Refuge • April 29, 2020 4:30 pm

    Residents of the Kenai Peninsula are all too familiar with wildfire after the summer of 2019. Not only did the…

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    Homer’s Mose Hayes pitches during the Mariners’ game against Soldotna High School on May 10, 2018 at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Homer News file photo)
    The seniors of spring sports: Baseball
    By Megan Pacer • April 29, 2020 5:30 am

    This is the third in a series of stories highlighting the seniors who would have been playing their final sports…

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    Rayana Vigil, left, celebrates a victorious bout during the 2019 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Wrestling State Championships in Anchorage, Alaska. Vigil was crowned the women’s state champion for the 189-pound weight class. (Photo courtesy Alaska School Activities Association)
    Homer’s Rayana Vigil commits to Southern Oregon University...
    By Megan Pacer • April 22, 2020 5:30 am

    Rayana Vigil, a soon-to-be Homer High School graduate and Alaska state champion wrestler, has committed to wrestling at Southern Oregon…

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    Skyline Trail has damaged tread as well as hazard trees from the Swan Lake Fire. (Photo by Christa Kennedy/Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)
    Refuge Notebook: Swan Lake Fire trails update
    By CHRISTA KENNEDY Kenai National Wildlife Refuge • April 22, 2020 1:30 am

    Last fall the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge was forced to close eight trails due to Swan Lake Fire activity. Through…

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    The view of Turnagain Arm, as seen from Hope Point in September 2018. Hope, Alaska, would be a good meeting place for a date once restrictions caused by the new coronavirus are lifted. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of the Office: Love in the time...
    By Brian Mazurek • April 15, 2020 2:30 pm

    How do you find “the one” if you can’t even leave your home?

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