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Peninsula Clarion reporter Chloe Anderson (center) photographs staff at Melino’s Marine Service as they work to re-float a sunken boat in Harris Harbor in Juneau on Jan. 8.<ins>, 2026</ins>

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Out of the Office: One last edition

The Feb. 20 edition of the Clarion is my last.

Community members enjoy skating at Kevin Bell Arena during the Christmas Eve community free skate on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

Community

Out of the Office: A metaphor on ice

I went ice skating for the first time in years last week, during the annual community Christmas Eve…

Snow-covered trees and peaks are pictured from a frozen pond near the Herbert Glacier trail in Juneau<ins>, Alaska,</ins> on Thursday, Dec. 11<ins>, 2025</ins>. (Chloe Anderson/Peninsula Clarion)

Community

Out of the Office: Breaking the winter cycle

There’s a learning curve to every new season and every new sport.

The aurora borealis is seen from Mendenhall Lake in Juneau on Nov. 12, 2025. A series of solar flares caused unusually bright displays of the northern lights across Alaska Tuesday and Wednesday nights. (Chloe Anderson/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Out of the Office: Aurora’s performance was worth the wait

A series of solar flares caused an unusually bright display of the northern lights Wednesday night.

Yarrow Hinnant, Elizabeth Pileckas and Kim McNett walk the Pratt Museum Trail on Friday, July 25. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

Community

Out of the office and under the trees

The Pratt Museum’s guided trail tours connect visitors and residents alike with the natural world immortalized within our…

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Sports

Out of the Office: Bitter patience for sweet fruit

The last time I wrote for this column, I was digging raspberry plants out of my friend’s backyard.

Forget-me-nots are in bloom on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 near a certain raspberry patch in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

Sports

Out of the Office: Forget not the little joys in life

I’ve been seeing a lot of chatter recently about how difficult it is, and how deliberate one must…

Me and my former coworker, reporter Camille Botello, goofing off in the Peninsula Clarion newsroom.

Sports

Out of the Office: Next chapter

Like a lot of people who do what they love, I can remember the moment I decided I…

The World Cup cross-country ski races in Minneapolis on Feb. 17, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Sports

Out of the Office: Remembrance

Sometimes I forget how I got to be this way.

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A group of caribou mosey across Murwood Avenue near Soldotna, Alaska, on Sunday, April 14, 2024.

Sports

Out of the Office: ‘Let’s mosey’

Sunday, I photographed some caribou close to my home.

Blackwater Railroad Company and Silas Jones (front left) play at the 30th annual Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at the Deep Water Dock on the Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

Sports

Out of the Office: Good gathering, good vibes

It’s been a while since I’ve attended a good-old-fashioned social event — albeit this one was technically still…

Me working in the Alaska House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 in Juneau, Alaska. (Mark Sabbatini/Juneau Empire)

Sports

Out of the Office: Juneau

It was kind of happenstance that I spent the last month living and working in Juneau.

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Sports

Out of the Office: Early sunsets over Homer

It’s not much of a secret, I think, that winter is not my favorite season. Ironic, perhaps, considering…