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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…

An aerial view of the Eastlands Trails project shows the trails under construction during the summer of 2025 in the Kachemak Bay State Park near Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy Stein Christopher

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Homer Cycling Club receives grant for trails

The Rasmuson Foundation recently awarded the nonprofit $250,000 to complete phase two of the Eastland Trails project.

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 Homer Skate Park is photographed on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Nonprofit seeks new community skate park

The Homer Skate Park Project and the Kachemak Bay Recreation Service Area are partnering to build a new…

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)

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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.

The Sterling Highway crosses the Kenai River near the Russian River Campground on March 15, 2020 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Sports

Russian River Campground closed to public use beginning next week

The area is expected to reopen Oct. 12.

Dick Hawkins speaks during a community meeting about the proposed Ninilchik Recreation Service Area at the Ninilchik Community Center in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Ninilchik voters to decide on levying tax to support pool, rec services

A “yes” vote would support establishment of the Ninilchik Recreational Service Area with an emphasis on funding the…

Silver salmon hang in the Seward Boat Harbor during the 2018 Seward Silver Salmon Derby. (Photo courtesy of Seward Chamber of Commerce)

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Seward Silver Salmon Derby opens for 70th year on Saturday

There will also be 10 tagged fish with their own prizes, mystery weight prizes, and a guessing game…

A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)

News

Sockeye fishing ‘exceptional’ on the Kenai

Northern Kenai fishing report

Anglers fish in the Russian River in early September 2020. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News file)

Sports

Sockeye fishing good on Russian, Kasilof rivers

Northern Kenai Fishing Report

Fairbanks native David Norris wins the men's Mount Marathon Race on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Sports

Mount Marathon preview: Fast times, big crowds possible as race returns to weekend for 1st time since 2015

The Mount Marathon Race is on July 4 in Seward.

The Russian River Sanctuary Area is seen in the area labeled B in this map provided by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. (courtesy)

News

Strong sockeye run prompts early open of Russian River Sanctuary

In regulation, the confluence is expected to be open from July 15 to Aug. 20.

Nick Varney

Sports

Reeling ‘Em In: Kudos to anglers who adhere to fishing regulations

Line launchers mimicking the scofflaw’s method is one of the reasons fish get spooked and quit biting.