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    Photo by Brian Mazurek                                The sign announcing the start of the Alaska Highway in Dawson’s Creek, British Columbia, taken in August 2018.
    Out of the Office: What a long, strange...
    By Brian Mazurek • February 20, 2019 1:30 am

    If there’s one lesson I’ve learned this past year, it’s that sometimes you have to change your life, and sometimes…

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    Fat Freddie’s 3: Caribou Hills never fail to tire, inspire
    Fat Freddie’s 3: Caribou Hills never fail to...
    By Jeff Helminiak • February 13, 2019 1:30 am

    Fat bike racers hard at work in the third annual Fat Freddie’s Bike Race and Ramble. Snowmachiners whirring up and…

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    Skiers young and old take off at the start of the annual Ski for Women, which benefits South Peninsula Haven House, on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019 at the Lookout Mountain Trails near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Ski for Women puts fun above fast
    By Megan Pacer • February 6, 2019 5:30 am

    There are no points for speed, only for creativity.

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    The author (right) with a pair of friends at Grewingk Glacier in August 2018 near Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Megan Pacer)
    Out of the Office: Hold my beer
    By Megan Pacer • March 1, 2019 1:30 am

    Last week, the members of my team and I came in absolute dead last at trivia night. I normally wouldn’t…

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    Travis Beals’ dog team approaches the finish line of this year’s Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019 at Freddie’s Roadhouse near Ninilchik, Alaska. Beals and his team came in fourth, finishing just four minutes behind third place winner Nic Petit. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Dave Turner claims first T200 win
    By Megan Pacer • January 27, 2019 5:30 am

    After chasing other top mushers for three years, Dave Turner has finally proven himself a winner by snagging first place…

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    The summit of Vista Trail on Skilak Loop Road, seen Nov. 23, 2018, while waiting for skiing to come to the central Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of the Office: Power of the Culture...
    By Jeff Helminiak • January 23, 2019 5:30 am

    First, a few confessions.

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    Monica Zappa, in her telltale neon garb, takes off with her team from the starting line of the Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race on Jan. 27, 2018 at Freddie’s Roadhouse in Ninilchik. (Homer News file photo)
    Tustumena 200 ready to ramp up
    By Joey Klecka • January 16, 2019 11:03 pm

    In less than two weeks, a raucous group of race dogs will pull into the finishing area at Freddie’s Roadhouse…

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    Out of the Office: At the edge of the world
    Out of the Office: At the edge of...
    By ERIN THOMPSON Peninsula Clarion • January 2, 2019 12:52 am

    Anniversaries are strange things — in many ways they are arbitrary, days we mark on a calendar to keep us…

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    Skiers climb a hill near the start of the Kachemak Bay Marathon Ski Tour in March of 2007 near Homer, Alaska, in winter where Homer actually had snow. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Out of the Office: Don’t wait for snow...
    By Michael Armstrong • December 12, 2018 10:00 am

    Editor’s note: This column originally appeared in the Dec. 7 Peninsula Clarion before the recent snowfall in Homer. But you…

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    Snow caps a mountain range as seen on a flight from Anchorage to Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2018. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Out of the Office: What are men to...
    By Megan Pacer • November 28, 2018 10:31 pm

    I’ve met a lot of addicts since moving to Alaska.

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    Kachemak Bay State Park trails report
    Kachemak Bay State Park trails report
    September 19, 2018 11:31 am

    General announcements

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    Iskatel at sea earlier this summer. Last Thursday morning, Aug. 30, 2018, the inflatable catamaran arrived at the Homer, Alaska, harbor after a two-year trip from Lake Baikal, Russia, to Homer, arriving Aug. 26. (Photo provided/Baikal-Alaska Expedition)
    Russian catamaran completes 2-year voyage from Siberia to...
    By Michael Armstrong • September 5, 2018 11:36 pm

    Adventurers have sailed or paddled before to Homer in boats and kayaks, finishing arduous journeys across thousands of miles. Last…

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    Kachemak Bay State Park trails report
    Kachemak Bay State Park trails report
    September 5, 2018 11:31 am

    General announcements

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