Life
Cold, flowing waters
This has been a different winter with warmer temperatures and less snow than usual. A drive to Homer…
Opinion
Voices of Alaska: The hard truth about our oil revenue
Imagine your family’s biggest source of income plummeting by 80 percent in one year. At today’s oil prices,…
Letters to the Editor
Nikiski staff critical of Clarion article
The article run by the Peninsula Clarion about a Christmas assembly held at Nikiski High was so egregiously…
Opinion
Keep the LNG project moving forward
While Gov. Bill Walker has acted within his authority during his first month in office, a number of…
Life
Refuge Notebook: Celebrating marmots
For those of you who don’t know it, Marmot Day is on February 2. Celebrated in many lower…
Life
An Outdoor View: Hope for the future
Earlier this week, billionaire Bill Gates announced on his Internet blog that a new kind of sewage-treatment plant,…
Life
Is there a gazing globe in your garden’s future?
Did I see a glint of mocking laughter in a friend’s eyes when I mentioned the new addition…
News
Home-rule, finances on Soldotna council docket for 2015
The Soldotna City Council is headed into the 2015 year with financial uncertainties and pending legislative changes. Council…
News
Contributing to a healthy economy
The impact that the Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s Dena’ina Wellness Center has had on the tribe and the Kenai…
News
Three arrested in theft of log splitter
Three men were arrested near Kasilof on Jan. 2, hours after a man reported a theft from his…
News
Assembly starts health care discussion
For its first meeting of 2015 on Tuesday, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly put into practice new legislative…
News
Lawmakers wonder if AGDC dismissals will delay pipeline work
JUNEAU — Two Republican lawmakers are questioning whether the removal of three board members from an organization expected…
Opinion
Voices of Alaska: General aviation helps Alaska’s farms, businesses take off
Alaska is known for many things, the vast array of wildlife, breathtaking vistas, hunting, fishing and other recreational…
Opinion
Voices of the Nation: How do we respond to threats, attacks?
A brutal, cowardly attack Wednesday on the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo — famous for…
Opinion
What others say: Say no to an Aleutian Islands sanctuary
Hands off the Aleutian Islands. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility submitted a nomination to the National Oceanic and…
Arts & Entertainment
What’s Happening
Best Bets ■ An artists’ reception will take place from 6-8 p.m., Thursday at the Kenai Fine Arts…
Arts & Entertainment
Poem: A Remembrance
A Remembrance By Andrew McClure, Soldotna As I sit in my chair, surrounded By my nieces and nephews,…
Arts & Entertainment
This year is a big one
As resolutions go, this year’s is a big one. It’s a New Year’s resolution that you won’t break,…
Arts & Entertainment
Best and worst films of 2014
Every year at this time I read list after list of top tens from different critics and every…
Life
Pioneer Potluck: About… Nick names
On The Farm In Northern Colorado 1940’S Dads name was John Melvin McClure Sr. Moms name was Loretta…