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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…

Sports

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…

Sports

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…

News

Soldotna City Council now accepting applications

Applications to serve on Soldotna City Council are being accepted until April 17. With the resignation of Keith…

Opinion

Op-ed: The teenage demagogues

All you needed to know about student activist David Hogg’s speech at the “March for Our Lives” in…

Opinion

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…

Opinion

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…

Letters to the Editor

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…

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

News

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…

Letters to the Editor

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…

Opinion

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…

Opinion

What’s wrong in Washington (and America)

KEY LARGO, Florida — At dinner with friends, I was asked what is wrong with Washington. The question…

Catching the stuffies at Three Friends Dog park.

News

Stuffy, furry, fluffy, pet hunt

Since the Three Friends Dog Park opened last summer it has been a tremendous success according to canines…

Letters to the Editor

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…

Letters to the Editor

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…

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Students seeks help with project

Students seeks help with project Dear People of the Great State of Alaska, Hello! I am a fourth…

Life

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…

Opinion

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)…

Opinion

What others say: If you aren’t paying, you are the product

Across the world, the hashtag #DeleteFacebook has been trending on Twitter, Google and, most ironically, on Facebook itself.…

Opinion

Op-ed: The ‘vacation’ disappearing act

Does anybody know or care where Laura Ingraham is “vacationing”? Ingraham, who has been a mouthpiece for right-wing…