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    Out of the Office
    A pair of nearly pristine three-year-old workout shoes are placed in the backseat of Jake Dye’s mostly invincible car in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Feb. 8. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of the office: ‘Stupid walks’
    By Jacob Dye • February 9, 2023 1:30 am

    After more than three weeks of regularly hitting the gym — easily the longest stretch of any kind of exercise…

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    An adult female moose rests in the snow under a spruce tree on Wednesday, Jan. 18 in Anchor Point. Photo by Delcenia Cosman
    Hello, Neighbor
    By Delcenia Cosman • February 2, 2023 9:00 am

    Even after living in Alaska for the better part of a decade, it still surprises me to run into my…

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    Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News 
R/V Sikuliaq research crew in the Gulf of Alaska in July 2022.
    From the Plankton to the Aurora
    By Emilie Springer • January 5, 2023 1:30 am

    Northern Gulf of Alaska Summer Research Cruise: R/V Sikuliaq, July 7-27, 2022.

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    Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion 
Jake Dye’s “Mostly Invincible” Toyota 4Runner sits outside the Peninsula Clarion offices in Kenai, Dec. 22, still indomitable.
    Out of the Office: Really cold
    By Jacob Dye • December 22, 2022 1:30 am

    At a certain point below zero degrees, I’m not so sure I can tell the difference anymore. Anything below zero…

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    Michael Armstrong poses at his desk in February 2015 at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by McKibben Jackinsky)
    Out of the Office: So long, and thanks...
    By Michael Armstrong • December 14, 2022 2:30 am

    Like many things in life, I didn’t intend to stay at the Homer News for 23 years and six months….

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    Papers are in at the Homer News building on Thursday, Dec. 1 in Homer. (Photo by Charlie Menke / Homer News)
    Out of the Office: In the Office
    By Charlie Menke • December 8, 2022 1:30 am

    For my last out of the office story, I am going to bring you into the office with a short…

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    Two roses washed up with the tide on the Homer Spit on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Out of the Office: Finding grace on the...
    By Michael Armstrong • November 30, 2022 2:30 am

    Last month while walking the Homer Spit beach I came across two red roses and a scattering of petals that…

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    Out of the Office: On Andrews’ legacy
    By Jeff Helminiak • November 24, 2022 2:30 am

    Editor’s note: After reading of the death of John Andrews at 78 on Sept. 27, 2022, in the obituaries of…

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    The sun rises over the mountains on the Sterling Highway on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, outside of Sterling, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of the Office: Deep breath, long drive
    By Jacob Dye • November 16, 2022 1:30 am

    I’ve made the drive between Soldotna and Anchorage probably hundreds of times, including twice a week for a large part…

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    Walkers here, please. (Photo by Charlie Menke / Homer News)
    Out of the Office: Walking
    By Charlie Menke • November 10, 2022 1:30 am

    “Only ideas won by walking have any value,” 20th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote.

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    Snow falls around the Peninsula Clarion building on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of the Office: One day at a...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 2, 2022 2:30 am

    So, it snowed this week. Not, like, a little bit — it snowed a lot. I’d guess about 10 inches…

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    This artwork placed Sept. 11, 2022, on "Breathe," the 2022 Burning Basket in Homer, Alaska, expressed the author's hope that his prostate surgery would remove the cancer from his body. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Out of the Office: Journey to Cancerland
    By Michael Armstrong • October 26, 2022 2:30 am

    These Out of the Office columns give the writers of the Homer News and Peninsula Clarion an opportunity to tell…

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    A room in the process of being painted Ultra Pure White. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of the Office: Ultra Pure White
    By Jeff Helminiak • October 21, 2022 2:30 am

    I recently painted the living room of the house in which I am living.

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    • Homer Epic lives up to its name
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    • Point of view: Peninsula teens need comprehensive sexual health education

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