News
Sunday skating
Fernando Ramos of Soldotna skates along the ice at Daubenspeck Family Park just off Marathon Road, behind Walmart,…
News
Avalanche course treks on despite warm weather
Despite unusually warm weather, Avalanche Observer Alex Mclain wants the community to be prepared. Mclain, who works with…
Life
Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Happy New Year!
Well, here we are, a week into the New Year already. The last piece of fudge has been…
Life
Community News and Notes
News and Notes McDonald named to LeTourneau University President’s List Austin McDonald, a Senior Chemistry major from Soldotna,…
Life
Notes from the Recycling Bin
Did you know … Around the world, people consume 80 billion (yes, billion) pieces of clothing a year,…
Sports
Tomahawks sweep Brown Bears
The Kenai River Brown Bears were swept by the host Johnstown (Pennsylvania) Tomahawks on Friday and Saturday in…
Sports
Alaskans rise to top at skiing nationals again
Alaska skiers continued to find success Friday at the U.S. Cross Country Championships at Kincaid Park in Anchorage.…
Sports
Soldotna girls sweep in Kodiak
The Soldotna girls enjoyed a successful trip down in Kodiak this weekend, sweeping the Kodiak Bears in the…
Life
Refuge Notebook: A splash of yellow on the winter landscape
A few years ago I received a call about an odd, unidentifiable bird. This is not an abnormal…
News
Preventing suicide one day at a time
Alaska consistently tops the nation in suicides — in 2014 and 2015 the state’s suicide deaths were ranked…
News
Planning commission makes marijuana recommendations
The Soldotna Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended marijuana regulations for the Soldotna City Council to consider as…
Opinion
What others say: With tax bill Republicans linked with economic growth
Tax legislation passed by the Republicans last week does not significantly simplify tax filing, nor does it provide…
Opinion
Op-ed: The 2018 Games
I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty much footballed out. The season’s not over yet — we…
News
Poet’s Corner: ‘Trouble’
Trouble By Rebecca Langston, Kenai Trouble, trouble, trouble … troubled. Here it comes, MORE then doubled. Once I…
Opinion
What others say: Fair trials and federal tricks
It should be obvious: When the U.S. government goes after anti-government protesters, it must follow the highest legal,…
Arts & Entertainment
What’s Happening
Events and Exhibitions • On display in January at the Kenai Fine Art Center is Art Teachers of…
Arts & Entertainment
Reeling it in: The good and the bad of 2017
2017 was an odd year for all of us. Outside, the world seems more divided than it ever…
Opinion
Op-ed: A righteous campaign against MS-13
Donald Trump is given to lurid rhetoric, and in the MS-13 gang he has finally met a subject…
Sports
Local skiers join National Ski Championship action
Local skiers competed with the country’s best Wednesday at the U.S. Cross-Country Ski Championships at Kincaid Park in…
News
Ancient DNA gives glimpse of ancestors of Native Americans
NEW YORK — DNA from an infant who died in Alaska some 11,500 years ago is giving scientists…