News
Zappa mushing for Bristol Bay
The road to her first Iditarod has been full of obstacles, but for Monica Zappa of Kasilof, she…
News
House committee moves cell phone ban bill
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska House Community and Regional Affairs Committee unanimously moved a bill Thursday that…
News
House committee advances abortion funding bill
JUNEAU — A divided House Finance Committee advanced an abortion funding bill Thursday over concerns that it did…
Sports
Wild take down Brown Bears
The Kenai River Brown Bears lost 4-2 to the host Wenatchee (Wash.) Wild on Thursday to fall four…
Letters to the Editor
Cuts to education holding Alaska back
We can’t move education forward with the Governor’s four-year string of teacher and educator cuts. He and his…
Opinion
Better access a reasonable request
A heated exchange during a school district budget presentation leads to a bigger question on the accessibility of…
Life
Taste and see the Lord is good
One thing I have noticed that has not changed a whole lot over the past sixty plus years…
Life
Church news
Shrove Pancake Supper offered A Shrove Pancake Supper will be offered from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 4 at…
Life
Homer doctor, friends snowmachine to Nome
For the 22nd year, Paul Sayer, a Homer physician, is getting ready to take the same two-week, mid-winter…
Life
Refuge Notebook: A demonstration of age and beauty
On a frosty morning in February 1985, biologists from the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge hunkered down in the…
News
Les Palmer: Blood sports
Author’s note: In recent years, I’ve given serious thought to some of my urges and actions as they…
Life
Perfect conditions for perfect climbing
UTICA, Ill. (AP) — Year-round tourist attraction Starved Rock State Park does not attract mountaineers every year. But…
Sports
Sterling Judo club finds success
The 2014 Mat-Su Judo Invitational, held Feb. 15 in Wasilla, featured a number of competitors from the Sterling…
News
State to get share of fisheries disaster aid
Alaska is set to receive $20.8 million in federal aid more than a year after three regions of…
News
Hearing set for suit over setnet ban initiative
Oral argument in the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance’s appeal of the Lieutenant Governor’s decision not to certify its…
News
Assembly votes down advisory vote resolution concerning non-profits, KPC
Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting goers were greeted by two people — one of whom was dressed in…
News
High risk to state to go it alone on pipeline
JUNEAU — The state could face some difficult decisions, and tight budgets, as it pursues a major liquefied…
Opinion
Rich Lowry: A military budget of delusion
The Obama administration says that we need to end what it calls “the era of austerity” in Washington.…
Opinion
What others say: A piece of the pipe
Giving Alaskans a piece of the pipe is an excellent idea. Sen. Lesil McGuire of Anchorage suggests that…