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Three members of the Alaska Senate majority’s leadership listen to questions during the majority’s weekly news conference on Monday in Juneau. Pictured are, from left, Senate Majority Leader Peter Micciche, Senate President Pete Kelly and Senate Finance Committee Co-chair Lyman Hoffman. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Big items remain as Alaska lawmakers seek timely session end

JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature is in its final week of a scheduled 90-day session, with budgets to complete and questions over what it will… Continue reading

Three members of the Alaska Senate majority’s leadership listen to questions during the majority’s weekly news conference on Monday in Juneau. Pictured are, from left, Senate Majority Leader Peter Micciche, Senate President Pete Kelly and Senate Finance Committee Co-chair Lyman Hoffman. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
A Visual Feast celebrates student art

A Visual Feast celebrates student art

Eighth-grader Jolie Widamen from Skyview Middle School can’t draw, can’t paint and is definitely not artistic, or at least that’s what she told her mom,… Continue reading

A Visual Feast celebrates student art

Homer competes at Pro/Whit track meet

The Homer track and field program opened its season Friday and Saturday at the Pro/Whit Championships at The Dome in Anchorage. The Homer girls placed… Continue reading

Homer girls play to draw against Palmer

The Homer girls soccer squad officially opened their 2018 season with a 1-1 draw against Palmer today in Palmer. Senior striker Sienna Carey scored the… Continue reading

Soldotna City Council now accepting applications

Applications to serve on Soldotna City Council are being accepted until April 17. With the resignation of Keith Baxter in March, the city is looking… Continue reading

Poet’s Corner: Mushing the Fortymile

Mushing for the Fortymile By John A. Anderson, Kenai Above the hoarfrosted aspens a horned moon casts a yellow glow through the bare and lifeless… Continue reading

Op-ed: The teenage demagogues

All you needed to know about student activist David Hogg’s speech at the “March for Our Lives” in Washington, D.C., over the weekend was that… Continue reading

Editorial: Still a need to ‘choose respect’

In what has become an annual event, the Choose Respect March took place Wednesday afternoon in Kenai. Dozens of participants made the walk along Frontage… Continue reading

Voices of Alaska: Alaska must encourage investment, not drive it away

On March 12, 1968, Alaska forever changed. That was the day a team of geologists, engineers and drillers confirmed the Prudhoe Bay oil field. The… Continue reading

Letter: Alaska doesn’t need predator control on sea otters

Alaska doesn’t need predator control on sea otters Companion bills coursing their way through the Alaska Senate and House propose killing sea otters to protect… Continue reading

25 local vendors brought their best to the 2018 Taste of the Kenai.

Taste of the Kenai overflowing with flavor

More people had a chance to taste the Kenai than ever before at the 2018 Taste of the Kenai sponsored the Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing… Continue reading

25 local vendors brought their best to the 2018 Taste of the Kenai.

Letter: Homer resident opposed to hospital boundary change

Homer resident opposed to hospital boundary change I am writing to say I oppose Assemblyman Dale Bagley’s Ordinance 2018-16 that seeks to change the boundary… Continue reading

What others say: Expelling Russian diplomats balances earlier faux pas

The Trump administration deserves credit for expelling 60 Russian diplomats (spies, actually, claimed the White House) and for closing the Russian consulate in Seattle, which… Continue reading

What’s wrong in Washington (and America)

KEY LARGO, Florida — At dinner with friends, I was asked what is wrong with Washington. The question presumes a standard by which “wrong” can… Continue reading

Catching the stuffies at Three Friends Dog park.

Stuffy, furry, fluffy, pet hunt

Since the Three Friends Dog Park opened last summer it has been a tremendous success according to canines of the central Kenai Peninsula who have… Continue reading

Catching the stuffies at Three Friends Dog park.

Letter: With fish board politics, follow the money

With fish board politics, follow the money With the Kenai River Sportfishing Association, it is always a case of follow the money, whether it was… Continue reading

Letter: Fishery permit buyback proposal the wrong way to go

Fishery permit buyback proposal the wrong way to go Sen. Peter Micciche’s proposed buyback bill is not only wrong headed, at $260,000 for a permit,… Continue reading

Letter: Students seeks help with project

Students seeks help with project Dear People of the Great State of Alaska, Hello! I am a fourth grade student in North Carolina. In fourth… Continue reading

Pioneer Potluck: Bob’s old Ford Escort

1998-99, North Nikiski Bob needed an economical car to go back and forth to work as a carpenter for Unocal. He spotted a two-door Ford… Continue reading

What others say: Congress breaks cycle of fire costs

The oddest thing happened last week in Washington, D.C., as members of Congress (and then President Donald Trump) rushed to keep the government open so… Continue reading