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    Out of the Office: What Makes an Alaskan?
    By Brian Mazurek • December 11, 2019 1:30 am

    Here’s a philosophical question for the readers out there —what qualifies someone as being “Alaskan”?

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    A scope looks out at a wetland at Pelican Island Wildlife Refuge on Nov. 27 near Vero Beach, Florida. (Photo by Kat Sorensen)
    Tangled Up In Blue: Running Through a Refuge
    By Kat Sorensen • December 4, 2019 2:30 am

    The Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge isn’t quiet.

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    Nick Varney
    Unhinged Alaska: Once upon a phone call
    By Nick Varney • November 13, 2019 1:30 am

    “Why don’t ya cut out the jester routine and get down to some serious investigative reporting?”

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    The author ran a marathon in the snow on Sept. 21, 2019 in Fairbanks, Alaska and has been feeling pretty blue since. (Photo courtesy Kat Sorensen)
    Tangled Up in Blue: Tangled up in Runner’s...
    By Kat Sorensen • November 6, 2019 5:30 am

    I’m always looking for the right answer, the right way to do things. I manipulate my Google searches over and…

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    Out of the office: Best place on the peninsula
    Out of the office: Best place on the...
    By Jeff Helminiak • November 6, 2019 1:30 am

    Tightness in the chest. Queasiness in the stomach. Physical longing tinged with antsiness. Like a sled dog left behind on…

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    Baked salmon with roasted turnips, brussell sprouts, carrots, beets, kohlrabi for dinner, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2019, near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of the office: Summery salmon memories
    By Victoria Petersen • October 30, 2019 1:30 am

    Wednesday evening, everything on my dinner plate was either caught in Alaska or grown in Alaska.

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    Nick Varney
    Unhinged Alaska: Sea Side Story: ‘The Rumble’
    By Nick Varney • October 16, 2019 1:30 am

    Well done, September.

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    Michael Armstrong’s dog, Leia, waits patiently to go for a walk on the Homer Spit beach on Jan. 25, 2014, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Out of the Office: Need an exercise plan?...
    By Michael Armstrong • September 25, 2019 5:30 am

    Suppose at your latest physical you got a stern lecture from your doctor. Suppose she told you to start exercising…

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    Reeling ‘Em In: Nick says ‘So long, and thanks for all the feedback, tips and tales’
    Reeling ‘Em In: Nick says ‘So long, and...
    By Nick Varney • September 18, 2019 5:30 am

    Before we roll into the last fishing report for the season, I’d like to say that it has been another…

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    Out of the Office: Let’s pour one out for Mother Tutka
    Out of the Office: Let’s pour one out...
    By Megan Pacer • September 12, 2019 5:30 am

    For the two years I’ve lived in Homer, I’ve managed just two trips across Kachemak Bay that haven’t been work…

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    Reeling ‘Em In: Hare v. Pheasants could be plot of Homer ‘Sea Side Story’
    Reeling ‘Em In: Hare v. Pheasants could be...
    By Nick Varney • September 11, 2019 5:30 am

    Last week, as dawn morphed from a dull steel radiance to a crimson ember’s glow, I had just stepped out…

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    Reeling ‘Em In: Labor Day tourism was slow, but fishing was smokin’ hot
    Reeling ‘Em In: Labor Day tourism was slow,...
    By Nick Varney • September 4, 2019 5:30 am

    Over the Labor Day weekend, the Homer Spit looked as though the holiday had been over for a month.

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    The Swan Lake Fire can be seen from the East Fork Moose River bridge on Thursday, June 27, 2019. (Photo courtesy Robert Kuiper)
    Out of the Office: Burnt out
    By Brian Mazurek • September 4, 2019 1:30 am

    The first time I reported on the Swan Lake Fire, I didn’t even mention it by name.

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