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Fairbanks bus driver shortage making kids late to class

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Another dog connected to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has died. Race officials say a 3-year-old male named Shilling from musher… Continue reading

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows a scene from, “Kong: Skull Island.” (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

Reeling it in: Kong proves he’s still king

“Kong: Skull Island” Warner Bros. 1 hour, 58 minutes After more than a dozen different film versions, you’d think there wouldn’t be much new that… Continue reading

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows a scene from, “Kong: Skull Island.” (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

Report back: My take on the Upper Cook Inlet Board of Fisheries 2017

If you follow fisheries issues you probably know that getting on the Board of Fisheries can be; what’s the right word, challenging? One of the… Continue reading

Tight Lines: In search of the privileged moment

Tight Lines: In search of the privileged moment

My timing may not have been the best. I’d arrived just as a bevy of tour operators, in a carefully orchestrated display of mass confusion,… Continue reading

Tight Lines: In search of the privileged moment

Top 12 selected for Caring for the Kenai competition

Twelve high school students from the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District have been selected as finalists in this year’s Caring for the Kenai competition. A… Continue reading

Op-Ed: The national illness

Many Republican leaders are leery about having their name attached to the GOP’s replacement for Obamacare, a health care overhaul they have demonized since it… Continue reading

Voices of Alaska: Legislators must reach fiscal fix this session

As we reach the halfway point of the 2017 legislative session, we wish to share some thoughts about this critical time that represents a truly… Continue reading

Brenner Furlong presents a check for $1,000 to Boys & Girls Club president Tim Redder.

A champion on and off the field

Soldotna High School junior Brenner Furlong has proven himself to be an amazing athlete as a running back for the SoHi Stars, being named the… Continue reading

Brenner Furlong presents a check for $1,000 to Boys & Girls Club president Tim Redder.
A precision ring saw cutting at Standerfer Stoneworks makes any cut possible.

Standerfer Stoneworks for rock solid service, creativity

Dave and Audrey Standerfer agree with the Nobel Prize winning poet Boy Dylan that “everybody must get stoned” — as in granite and quartz that… Continue reading

A precision ring saw cutting at Standerfer Stoneworks makes any cut possible.
Kindergarten students at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science acted out a scene from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Thursday, March 9, 2017 as the culmination of Artist In Residence Elizabeth Ware’s work with the students. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Kaleidoscope students channel the Bard

All the world’s a stage, and on Thursday afternoon, the students at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science were the players. After two weeks with… Continue reading

Kindergarten students at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science acted out a scene from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Thursday, March 9, 2017 as the culmination of Artist In Residence Elizabeth Ware’s work with the students. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
Ice Fishing Derby kid’s division winners claim prizes at awards ceremony, including 8-month-old Ariel Voight, the Derby’s youngest participant.

Ice Fishing Derby records first Royal Flush, youngest participant

There have been two decades of family ice fishing memories on the Kenai Peninsula thanks to the family-owned Soldotna Trustworthy Hardware &Fishing. And as the… Continue reading

Ice Fishing Derby kid’s division winners claim prizes at awards ceremony, including 8-month-old Ariel Voight, the Derby’s youngest participant.

Results posted for snowmachine drag races at Freddie’s

Freddie’s Roadhouse, located at Mile 16 Oilwell Road in the Caribou Hills, had military apprecation snowmachine drag races Sunday. The event was part of a… Continue reading

Connections student invited to STEM congress

A Funny River Connections home-school student will travel to Massachusetts this summer as an Alaska delegate to the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders.… Continue reading

Mitch Seavey, of Sterling, Alaska, runs towards the finish line under the Burled Arch, winning the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, in Nome, Alaska, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Seavey won his third Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, becoming the fastest and oldest champion at age 57 and helping cement his family’s position as mushing royalty. (AP Photo/Diana Haecker)

Mitch Seavey becomes oldest, fastest musher to win Iditarod

ANCHORAGE — Mitch Seavey won his third Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, becoming the fastest and oldest champion at age 57 and helping… Continue reading

Mitch Seavey, of Sterling, Alaska, runs towards the finish line under the Burled Arch, winning the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, in Nome, Alaska, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Seavey won his third Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, becoming the fastest and oldest champion at age 57 and helping cement his family’s position as mushing royalty. (AP Photo/Diana Haecker)

Op-Ed: America’s longest war

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to spend $1.4 billion of New York’s resources to solve the persistent problem of poverty in central Brooklyn. If he wins… Continue reading

What others say: Who’s going to pay

Mexico should start writing checks for our border wall — and soon. Because if we fund it, the money will be taken from federal services… Continue reading

Voices of Alaska: PFD-education lottery would allow Alaskans to voluntarily support K-12 funding

Why shouldn’t we have a little fun solving our problems? Sure, there’s a state fiscal problem. I’ve spoken about this issue for some time. But… Continue reading

Kachemak Bay Marathon draws over 90 skiers

The Kachemak Bay Marathon, starting at Lookout Mountain and ending at Baycrest Ski Trails in Homer, had just over 90 finishers Saturday. The wins in… Continue reading

Nikiski girls get No. 3 seed at state; Ninilchik boys go in as a No. 1

The Nikiski girls basketball team qualified for the state tournament at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage and drew a very familiar foe in the… Continue reading

Op-ed: The perils of Jacksonian governance

Upon taking office, President Donald Trump dusted off a portrait of Andrew Jackson and hung it above his desk in the Oval Office. He chose… Continue reading