Life
Voices of Faith: An angel’s favorite greeting
“What is your greatest or most distressing problem?” If your answer to this question is the same as…
Arts & Entertainment
Reeling it in: Holiday releases bring awards season buzz
The holiday season brings more than jolly old elves and visions of dancing sugar plums. It’s also the…
Sports
SoHi girls hoops wins in San Diego
The Soldotna girls hoops squad defeated El Cajon Valley High School 50-15 Tuesday at the So Cal Holiday…
News
Flight preparations: Drone program exposes students to STEM field
One day in early December, an up-and-coming engineering firm in Nikiski was bustling. Employees, all of whom are…
News
Soldotna woman found dead in woods
A Soldotna woman was found dead on Saturday after walking into the woods on the side of the…
Life
Best recipes of 2015: Caramel Custard in its glistening glory
Hard as it may be to grasp, 2015 is coming to a fast end. If you’ve followed this…
Life
Pioneer Potluck: About Happy New Year 2016
Be Somebody Who Makes Everyone feel like Somebody The First to Apologize Is the Bravest The First…
Opinion
Op-ed: The New Year Perverse Verse
It’s the annual time to try new solutions So we jot down, again, our New Year’s resolutions. It…
Opinion
What others say: Working together
It’s the Last Frontier’s last frontier — the Arctic. The groundwork is being laid for infrastructure in Alaska’s…
News
Board of Fish seeks information on coastal erosion impacts to set gillnetters
The Alaska Board of Fisheries has formed a new committee to study the effects of coastal erosion impacts…
News
Kenai man collides with road grader
Police say a drunk driver crashed into a road grader in Soldotna on Monday night. The Soldotna Police…
News
Small plane crashes into Alaska building, killing at least 1
ANCHORAGE — The pilot of a small plane that smashed into a building in downtown Anchorage on Tuesday…
Sports
Kenai graduate Cooper takes 3rd in Junior Men’s biathlon race
2015 Kenai Central graduate Travis Cooper was third in the Junior Men’s race Monday at the USA Youth…
Sports
Nikiski boys win twice in Hawaii; SoHi girls lose in California
The Nikiski boys basketball team won its first two games of the round-robin World Youth Basketball Tournament Makahiki…
Life
Business briefs
■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce will not meet this week. For more information, call 907-262-9814. ■ The…
News
Inuit link steady food supply to environment health
ANCHORAGE — Alaska Inuit hunter John Goodwin for decades has hunted oogruk, the bearded seal, a marine mammal…
News
Walker reflects on first full year in office, looks ahead
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker likened his first year in office to moving into a new house that…
Opinion
Op-ed: The sum of all fears
President Obama and members of his administration assure us we have nothing to fear when it comes to…
Opinion
What others say: Graham’s withdrawal should be lamented
Lindsey Graham was always a long shot for the Republican presidential nomination, but the departure of the South…
News
Local Christmas Bird Count celebrates 25th consecutive count
The 25th local annual Christmas Bird Count was held and completed Saturday, December 12th, under the direction of…