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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Tough times all around
    By Nick Varney • June 3, 2025 2:30 am

    The lagoon wasn’t exactly a hotspot for king-popping last week even for the couple of fish-stealing thug seals that showed up.

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    A frozen Dolly Varden Lake is seen Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Sterling, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
    Dolly Varden campground to close for renovation
    By Jacob Dye • May 26, 2025 1:30 am

    The boat launch and main entrance will remain open.

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    The cover of Gary Titus and Clark Fair’s new book, “A Vanishing Past: Historic Cabins of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.” (Photo courtesy of Clark Fair)
    Pratt to host book signing with author Clark...
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • May 22, 2025 12:30 pm

    Fair is the co-author of “A Vanishing Past: Historic Cabins of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.”

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Back on the fishing beat
    By Nick Varney • May 21, 2025 2:30 am

    Angling-famished fanatics are heading our way.

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Back on the fishing beat
    By Nick Varney • May 21, 2025 2:30 am

    Angling-famished fanatics are heading our way.

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    Historic Elwell Lodge Guest Cabin is seen at its new spot near the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s Visitor Center. (USWS)
    An enduring legacy — Kenai National Wildlife Refuge...
    By Candace Ward • April 24, 2025 2:30 am

    My first encounter with Kenai National Wildlife Refuge cabins was as a Youth Conservation Corp leader in 1984 (41 years…

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    Monte Roberts, left, and Greg Brush, right, raise their hands during an emergency meeting of the Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board’s guide committee at the Kenai Peninsula Region Office of Alaska State Parks near Soldotna, Alaska, on Feb. 25, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    KRSMA board pushes back on new guide stipulations,...
    By Jacob Dye • April 1, 2025 1:30 am

    Stipulations 32 and 40 were included in an updated list emailed to Kenai River guides.

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    Students smile from atop a mountain peak while engaged in KMTA’s Pathfinders program. The program fosters environmental literacy and lifelong learning using an experiential, inquiry-based teaching model and helps expose students to the rich histories, environments and recreation opportunities available in the KMTA. (Photo courtesy of KMTA)
    Kenai Peninsula heritage area faces uncertain future
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • March 27, 2025 2:30 am

    A national heritage area that provides education and resources to the Kenai Peninsula is among the local organizations feeling the…

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    Cars drive through the rain on the Warren Ames Memorial Bridge on Bridge Access Road over the swift Kenai River on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    State Parks describes Kenai Peninsula projects slated for...
    By Jacob Dye • February 27, 2025 1:30 am

    There are 11 projects described in a press release from the State Department of Natural Resources.

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    Nick Varney
    Unhinged Alaska: Winter ya gotta be kidding me
    By Nick Varney • February 20, 2025 2:30 am

    This “winter” has been an anomaly to say the least.

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    A snowmachine rider takes advantage of 2 feet of fresh snow on a field down Murwood Avenue in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Snowmachine use barred in refuge, areas of Chugach...
    By Jacob Dye • January 2, 2025 1:30 am

    Inadequate snow cover cited as reason for the closure

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    The Sterling Highway crosses the Kenai River near the Russian River Campground on March 15, 2020, near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Russian River Campground reopens for winter
    By Jacob Dye • December 26, 2024 1:30 am

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    Skiers get a lift up the hill at the Homer Rope Tow on Ohlson Mountain in this March 2014 photo in Homer, Alaska. (Homer News file photo)
    Ohlson Mountain Rope Tow completes annual safety inspection
    By Emilie Springer • December 5, 2024 1:30 am

    The club prepares meeting to elect new board members

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