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Fishery stakeholders share concerns with Senate committee

Kenai Peninsula salmon fishery stakeholders addressed a variety of issues at a Senate Resources Committee hearing in Juneau…

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Cal Thomas: Fred Phelps – Satan’s servant

My parents taught me never to speak ill of the dead, but in the case of Fred Phelps,…

Letters to the Editor

Asleep at the wheel

The guy at the helm wasn’t the only one asleep at the wheel when the Exxon Valdez “fetched…

Opinion

What others say: Ukraine a case study in nonproliferation

The damage to world order from Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Crimea will echo for years, but one of…

Dancers rehearse for Sky-High's last Mass Dance Concert

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Dancers rehearse for Sky-High’s last Mass Dance Concert

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s (KPBSD) Mass Dance concert April 4th & 5th will be an historic…

Skyview Interact sponsors Zumbathon benefit for Cystic Fibrosis

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Skyview Interact sponsors Zumbathon benefit for Cystic Fibrosis

Rotary Kenai River Interact Club hosted their first Zumbathon last week to raise funds to fight Cystic Fibrosis.…

Community service prodigy gets recognized by Rotary

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Community service prodigy gets recognized by Rotary

At a recent district workshop in Anchorage Soldotna Rotary past President Marcus Mueller was a speaker at a…

Snow Squall holds as 23rd St. Patrick's Day parade passes by

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Snow Squall holds as 23rd St. Patrick’s Day parade passes by

Over the last 23 years Alaska’s only St. Patrick’s Day parade has experienced everything the weatherman has to…

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No injuries after gas tanker collision

Two vehicles collided and struck a commercial fuel truck at the Tesoro gas station on the Sterling Highway…

Letters to the Editor

Time needed to review HB 77 changes

I would like to encourage residents from the Kenai Peninsula to contact their legislator to urge them to…

Claudia Martinex works on her hand made putty, Saturday, March 22, at WSTD in Soldotna.

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Girl Scouts take on science

A handful of Girl Scouts of Alaska stood scooping mouthfuls of handmade ice cream in plastic bags in…

In this April 21, 1989 file photo, crews use high pressured hoses to blast the rocks on this beach front on Naked Island, Alaska. This is one of only two beaches that are being worked on, of the 58 beaches in the Prince William Sound.  On March 24, the crude oil tanker Exxon Valdez grounded on a reef and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of oil in the waters. Nearly 25 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska, some damage heals, some effects linger in Prince William Sound.  (AP Photo/Rob Stapleton, File)

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25 years later, Exxon Valdez spill effects linger

ANCHORAGE — Before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, there was the…

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Alaska lawmaker wants coal plant without fed regs

JUNEAU (AP) — A Republican senator says Alaska should ignore federal regulations and plan to build a large-scale…

Education

School briefs

School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in…

Education

Renowned Alaska Native storyteller to perform

The KRC Learning Center and the Alaska Native Oratory Society invite the public to attend a presentation by…

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Family hosts Mongolian exchange student

HARDWOOD, Mich. — Mick and Heidi Reynolds of Hardwood have been traveling to Mongolia for the past 14…

Opinion

Rich Lowry: Paul Ryan’s white hood

What incorrigible racist said the following? “Fewer young black and Latino men participate in the labor force compared…

Letters to the Editor

Time to take a look at the world around us

My dear old mom came to live with my wife Faith and I a few years ago. After…

Opinion

What others say: Allegations of CIA spying on Senate troubling

It’s tempting to note on how the shoe is on the other foot for the Senate Intelligence Committee.…

Alaska State Library, Betty Bannon Collection, United States Army photo, AMRC-b70-15-66

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‘We didn’t get dinner that night’

Nedra Evenson was making dinner for her family at her home at Mile 3 of the Kenai Spur…