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    Me and my former coworker, reporter Camille Botello, goofing off in the Peninsula Clarion newsroom.
    Out of the Office: Next chapter
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 22, 2024 2:30 am

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

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    A sign along a trail to Exit Glacier marks the spot to where the toe of the glacier reached in 2010, photographed on June 22, 2018. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
    Exit Glacier reopened for summer, snow and bears...
    By Jacob Dye • May 22, 2024 1:30 am

    Visitors should check the park website for updated conditions and ensure they are prepared before visiting the area

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    A lovage plant growing at Deep Creek State Recreation Area, July 7, 2017. (Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS)
    Refuge Notebook: I love beach lovage
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • May 16, 2024 2:30 am

    For my family, as for many people on the Kenai Peninsula, growing and harvesting food is a regular part of…

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    The World Cup cross-country ski races in Minneapolis on Feb. 17, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of the Office: Remembrance
    By Jeff Helminiak • May 8, 2024 1:05 am

    Sometimes I forget how I got to be this way.

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    The 2023 Marine trash cleanup crew. (Photo by Sarah Conlin/NPS)
    Refuge Notebook: Collaboration on the high seas and...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • May 1, 2024 2:30 am

    “Cowboys use rope; you collected dock line.” Consider it another lesson learned onboard the R/V Island C. And there were…

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A group of caribou mosey across Murwood Avenue near Soldotna, Alaska, on Sunday, April 14, 2024.
    Out of the Office: ‘Let’s mosey’
    By Jacob Dye • April 25, 2024 1:30 am

    Sunday, I photographed some caribou close to my home.

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    A pair of Trumpeter Swans break through the thin ice in search of emergent vegetation at the Kenai River Flats with Mt. Redoubt in the background. (Photo courtesy T. Eskelin/USFWS)
    Refuge Notebook: Has spring sprung?
    By Todd Eskelin • April 17, 2024 2:30 am

    I have always found the arrival of spring to be championed by the first sightings of geese at the Kenai and Kasilof Flats

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    Winter is the time for fuel break projects. (Photo by Jeff Bouschor/USFWS)
    Refuge Notebook: What do wildland firefighters do in...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • April 3, 2024 2:30 am

    JEFF BOUSCHOR

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    Nick Varney
    Unhinged Alaska: Sometimes they come back
    By Nick Varney • April 3, 2024 2:30 am

    I’m sure that most of you have memories that make you smile, scratch your grumpy side, or are just flat…

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    Me working in the Alaska House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 in Juneau, Alaska. (Mark Sabbatini/Juneau Empire)
    Out of the Office: Juneau
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 27, 2024 2:30 am

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

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    Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion
The Sterling Highway crosses the Kenai River near the Russian River Campground on March 15, 2020, near Cooper Landing, Alaska.
    Russian River Campground closed for construction
    By Jacob Dye • March 20, 2024 1:30 am

    The campground is expected to reopen on June 2

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    Engineer Lake Cabin can be seen in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on Nov. 21, 2021. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
    Refuge campsite and cabin rental fees to increase...
    By Jacob Dye • March 13, 2024 1:30 am

    Certain fees for campground sites and public use cabins in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge will increase this summer, the…

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    Summer seasonal field crews grow professionally through experiencing the beauty and the bounty of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by USFWS)
    Refuge Notebook: Summer seasonal photos show conservation endures...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • March 6, 2024 2:30 am

    By Kris Inman

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