Opinion
Voices of Alaska: Time to put our wealth to work
By now, most of you know we have a budget challenge: Over the past two years, Alaska’s oil…
Opinion
What others say: Government releases new dietary guidelines
Every five years the federal departments of Agriculture and the Health and Human Services jointly release a set…
Life
Business briefs
■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce will not meet this week. At noon on Jan. 26, the chamber…
News
Huge turnour for awards celebration
Members of the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce (SCC) turned out in large numbers last week to honor the…
News
KWF director leaves
While throughout his career as founder and executive director of the Kenai Watershed Forum (KWF) Robert Ruffner received…
News
Moon Rocks arrive
The excitement was over the moon, literally last week as two very secure cases arrived at the Challenger…
News
More families move toward in-home education
Kenai Peninsula families may be making the move from brick-and-mortar schools to learning at a distance, and in…
Education
The Kenai River Campus is closed today
In observance of Alaska Civil Rights Day and Martin L. King Day, all locations of Kenai Peninsula College…
Education
Around the District
School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 6 p.m. in…
Education
Students return to auto shop after losing teacher
KETCHIKAN — Students are just now returning to Ketchikan High School’s auto shop after the death of Kayhi…
Opinion
Voices of Alaska: What we heard from AMHS community engagement meetings
The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) held six community engagement meetings across coastal Alaska last month. During this…
Opinion
Op-ed: The great humiliation
The Obama administration was right when it insisted that the capture and release of 10 American sailors by…
Opinion
What others say: Silence and secrecy no more
This newspaper once referred to Gov. Bill Walker as a rogue while endorsing his opponent, Sean Parnell, during…
Sports
Stars hockey finally gives Peninsula a win over Valley
WASILLA — Matanuska-Susitna valleys teams were ready to skate to a regular season sweep of their Peninsula opponents…
Sports
Kenai’s Gibson, Danielson take Rally in Valley ski titles
PALMER — A pair of Kenai Kardinals earned individual titles during the Rally in the Valley cross-country skiing…
Sports
Weekend hoops roundup: SoHi boys fall to Wasilla
Kobe Brown scored 17 points to lead the Wasilla Warriors to a 52-29 boys basketball win over the…
Government
Constitutional change proposed to limit session length
JUNEAU — A Democratic state representative has proposed a constitutional amendment to limit regular legislative sessions to 90…
News
Zinc mine sues over new severance tax
ANCHORAGE — The company that manages one of the world’s largest zinc mines is suing an Alaska municipality…
News
Juneau Walmart to close Feb. 5
By Feb. 4, Juneau’s Walmart will be closed. By the end of the following week — once all…