Sterling Highway closed as Swan Lake Fire grows
UPDATE, 7:30 p.m. The Swan Lake Fire was 5 miles to the west and northwest of Cooper Landing, according to… Continue reading
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Sterling Highway closed as Swan Lake Fire grows
UPDATE, 7:30 p.m. The Swan Lake Fire was 5 miles to the west and northwest of Cooper Landing, according to… Continue reading
Effort to vacate Homer easement fails at planning commission
Country musician Zac Brown was one of a handful of people seeking to remove the easement.
Sports
Soldotna’s Youngren takes 2nd among women, 3rd overall at Humpy’s Marathon
Soldotna’s Megan Youngren took second for the women and third overall Sunday in the Humpy’s Marathon in Anchorage, part of… Continue reading
Kahakauwila, Morin, Hyman win Donald R. Morgan Memorial Club Championship titles
Kenai’s Charlie Kahakauwila, Homer’s Chris Morin and Soldotna’s Marianne Hyman won gross titles Sunday at the two-day Donald R. Morgan… Continue reading
Opinion
In memory of Jean Brockel — fireball in the best way
It was several years before I had another teacher who approached the passion of Miss Bardelli.
Alaska’s summer 2019 fire season was one for the record books
110 Lower 48 crews and personnel from 46 states, Puerto Rico and Canada fought Alaska wildfires.
Medicaid waiver provides key tool to redesign state’s behavioral health system
Opinion: August is a good time to reflect on suicide prevention
Voices of the Peninsula: For the sake of students, let’s all do our jobs
Alaska Voices: Don’t back down on PFD fight
Letter to the editor: District’s health care proposal is too expensive
Outdoors and Recreation
Coming into the Country: Ticks
While on a family vacation to Florida this spring we took a short walk through a lush, beautiful forest in… Continue reading
Reeling ‘Em In: Silvers won’t get relief from sun until later in the month
When can we expect a break in this low-roast scenario?
Tangled up in Blue: Too many roads to travel
Refuge notebook: The difference between predicting climate change and its ecological outcomes
Reeling ‘Em In: How to give a 12-year-old boy a good time fishing — and get skunked, too
Out of the office: Taking our time on Tutka Backdoor Trail
Refuge notebook: Rethinking nonnative species in a human-driven world
Life
It is what it is: Painting, interrupted
With more than two months since I started this project, what’s taking me so long?
Tight Lines: Seward’s Silver Salmon Derby continues
Coho sport fishing on the Lower Kenai River is picking up but still reported as slow.
Reeling ‘Em In: Silvers won’t get relief from sun until later in the month
Pioneer Potluck: About Alaska summers — fishing, camping, traveling, visitors and mosquitoes
Unhinged Alaska: How the dynamic duos of mutts came to be
Pioneer Potluck: About family, friends and fun
Life in the Pedestrian Lane: My fifteen minutes …
Arts and Entertainment
Ani DiFranco to headline Salmonfest
Annual festival returns with increased camping space, costume contest and more
Local crystal shop doubles as gallery for artists in the community
When Kylee Swircenski moved to Kenai two years ago, she had no intention of starting her own business. As someone… Continue reading
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Brewery to Bathroom .5K winner? The fight against cancer
Former Kenai football player one to watch at Adams State
Coming into the Country: Ticks
Tight Lines: Seward’s Silver Salmon Derby continues
A conversation with the senator
Twin City Raceway sees youth vs. experience
Soldotna Realtor Febra Hensley named Realtor of the Year
Most Commented
Alaska Voices: Don’t back down on PFD fight
Opinion: How we fight wildfires needs to change
Voices of the Peninsula: The preposterous ACLU Lawsuit
Shooting in Kenai leaves two women dead
Letter to the Editor: Students, not taxpayers, should be paying for college
Borough kicks more money into junk car removal
The waves, or places I belong