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Social media can be a wonderful tool. With things like Facebook and Twitter, government entities have the ability…

Life

Glynn Moore: There’s a strange word for you

When the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ appearance on Ed Sullivan was observed recently, there was much talk…

Sports

Colony sweeps Soldotna at NLC tourney

PALMER — Sometimes to win big games, it takes a different player to hit the big shots. Eric…

Sports

Kardinals close with pair of losses to Palmer

PALMER — Any hope of a trip to the state tournament for the Palmer Moose disappeared with a…

Sports

Friday at the Southcentral Conference tournament

The Nikiski girls basketball team used a monster fourth quarter to clinch its first Class 3A state tournament…

Sports

Brown Bears sweep IceRays

The Kenai River Brown Bears snapped a four-game losing streak with a two-game sweep of the host Corpus…

Letters to the Editor

Fish board actions a victory for king conservation

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Alaska Board of Fisheries (BOF) for its dedication…

Letters to the Editor

‘Bears’ Den’ helps support junior hockey on peninsula

“The Bears’ Den” is a name to be linked with the Kenai River Brown Bears Hockey team. This…

Sports

Southcentral Conference roundup

Three Kenai Peninsula girls teams and two Peninsula boys teams picked up victories on the first day of…

Sports

NLC tournament roundup

PALMER — The Soldotna Stars and Palmer Moose entered the conference tournament with similar storylines. They were the…

Contributed Photo: ENSTAR ENSTAR equipment sits near the Kenai River Thursday March 6, 2014 where the company is working to drill beneath the river and connect residents inFunny River to a natural gas line in Sterling.

News

Drilling begins to bring gas pipeline to Funny River

Drilling has begun on a $1.3 million natural gas pipeline that will cross the Kenai River and connect…

News

HEA plans Soldotna/K-Beach outage

Homer Electric Association is planning a scheduled outage for the Soldotna and Kalifornsky Beach Road area on Monday,…

News

Kenai pushes to complete well

Following an emergency declaration from Kenai City Manager Rick Koch, the Kenai City Council approved a purchase order…

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre, left,  and Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Luke Hopkins appear before the Senate Finance Committee to express concerns about municipality input in aspects of gas line negotiations that affect local communities on Thursday, March 6, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

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Mayors seek assurances on gas line project

JUNEAU — Borough mayors want to ensure they have a say on terms that will affect local communities…

News

New group defends Treadwell in setnet ban initiative case

ANCHORAGE — A new commercial fisheries group filed an amicus brief Thursday in the lawsuit regarding the initiative…

Letters to the Editor

Hunting priority should go to Alaskans

The record is clear, Alaska’s Moose population as well as other game continue to dissipate while, once again,…

Opinion

Conservative approach to state budget warranted

The Legislature’s House Finance Committee this week proposed a $9.1 billion state budget for the upcoming fiscal year.…

Life

The stars are all around us

An author writes of a close friend and her intriguing encounter. She spent her summers in a small…

Life

Church news

Hidden talents show takes the stage The Midnight Son Seventh Day Adventist Church invites the public to watch…

News

Three chickenpox cases reported in Kenai/Soldotna area

Three cases of chickenpox in young adults from the Kenai and Soldotna area since mid-February have been reported…