Sports
Area skiers compete in 2nd Besh Cup
Area skiers competed at the second Besh Cup race of the season Sunday at the Hillside Trails in…
News
HEA rates to decrease in January
Homer Electric Association members will likely see a rate decrease beginning Jan. 1, 2015, the electric cooperative announced…
News
Fish tech program has in-state focus
KETCHIKAN (AP) — More than half a dozen fish-centric University of Alaska community campuses around the state are…
News
Workshops perpetuate Tlingit language
JUNEAU (AP) — Mallory Story, Will Geiger, Andrew Williams and Richard Radford show respect for the people who…
News
Walker: Alaska will weather fiscal storm
Gov. Bill Walker is reaching out to community and business leaders to help guide him through some tough…
Opinion
Rich Lowry: Obama’s Cuban olive branch
Candidate Barack Obama said that, as president, he would talk to anti-American dictators without precondition. He didn’t mention…
Opinion
What others say: New PE rules should be given a workout
Physical education guidelines for students in the Juneau School District may soon be changing, and we see this…
Sports
SoHi, Kenai wrestle at West Xmas Classic
The Service Cougars claimed the West Anchorage Christmas Classic wrestling tournament Saturday at West High, amassing 264.5 points…
Sports
Day 1 Besh Cup results
A handful of local skiers made the trip up to Kincaid Park in Anchorage to compete with the…
Sports
Nikiski girls, boys compete at Holland America tourney in Sitka
The Nikiski girls basketball team used a defensive tiebreaker to win the Holland America tournament on Thursday, Friday…
Sports
Thunder Mountain girls claim Kenai River Challenge title
The Thunder Mountain girls wrapped up the Kenai River Challenge championship Saturday with a 40-33 victory over Kenai…
News
Walker considers delay in legal marijuana sales
FAIRBANKS (AP) — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker will consider a 90-day delay in implementing a regulatory system for…
News
Among friends: Group forms to support those who have lost a child
Sitting in the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Library conference room Saturday afternoon, five of the six Compassionate Friends…
News
7 on ballot for Soldotna charter commission
With seven home rule charter commission member candidates approved, Soldotna’s special city election will be held Feb. 3,…
News
Donlin Gold project has peninsula implications
The future of Donlin Gold’s mining project was detailed in a presentation at the Alaska Support Industry Alliance…
News
Weird weather lingers across region
ANCHORAGE — A week before Christmas, Alaska’s largest city should look like a postcard wonderland, and the last…
Opinion
Voices of the Peninsula: Setnet ban initiative is an anti-salmon initiative
As you’re out shopping this holiday season, someone wielding a clipboard might approach you and ask if you…
Opinion
Bob Franken: Cuba si, Congress no
What a shame that President Barack Obama finds it so much easier to negotiate with the Castros than…
Opinion
Clarion editorial: Discussion of marijuana regulation should continue
The discussion of if and how to regulate the commercial production and sale of marijuana is under way…
Life
Learning for Life: Carbon monoxide, a silent killer
Winter in Alaska provides us many opportunities to enjoy the outdoors, or more often to spend some quality…