Sports
Prep soccer roundup
PALMER — After watching his team fall behind during the first 40 minutes, Soldotna head coach Jimmy Love…
Sports
Baseball roundup
The Soldotna Stars opened the prep baseball season with a 10-6 victory over Homer on Saturday afternoon in…
News
SeaLife Center replaces fossil fuel with seawater system
ANCHORAGE — Thousands of people visit the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward for a look at Steller sea…
Opinion
Voices of Alaska: Combating Alaska’s epidemic of sexual violence
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. It gives us all the opportunity to show our support to survivors…
Opinion
Voices of Alaska: A great state needs a great university
In a few short weeks, more than 4,600 students will cross graduation stages all across Alaska and begin…
Opinion
It bears reminding …
With human-bear encounters already making headlines around the state, it’s a good time for a reminder to Kenai…
Life
It is what it is: Just the right size
We’ve been watching a lot of home improvement and real estate shows on TV recently — because that’s…
Life
Weddings
Jenna Redford and Ben McPhail were married in an afternoon ceremony Dec. 22, 2015 on the Kenai bluff…
Life
Sterling Judo prepares for state championship
Lots of judo yells (kias), straining bodies and enthusiastic attempts at throwing, holding and obtaining submission from practice…
Life
Community News and notes
Megan Neill of Soldotna was inducted into the Harding University circle of Omicron Delta Kappa on April 17.…
Life
My parents knew more than I gave them credit for.
The other day in a grocery store, I pored over shelves crammed with oddities. “Are these things on…
Sports
Friday prep soccer roundup
A momentary lapse in defensive concentration cost the Kenai Central boys Friday night, who fell 1-0 to Colony…
Sports
Oilers Corner: Former Oilers Olerud, Hale honored by Pac-12
John Olerud and Chip Hale, two former members of the Peninsula Oilers, were recently honored by being named…
Life
Refuge Notebook: The story behind Earth Day
Today is Earth Day! It’s celebrated every April 22, the first time in 1970 by 20 million Americans.…
Life
An Outdoor View: More on wildness
As I mentioned in this column last week, I like the fact most of Alaska’s lands are owned…
Life
Birch tapping for the beginners
With three weeks gone in the season, Kenai birch sap is still streaming on the central Kenai Peninsula,…
Opinion
Voices of the Peninsula: Magnuson-Stevens at 40: Promises not kept for all fisheries
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act turned 40 last week and Federal and State fishery managers marked…
Opinion
For Earth Day, small contributions make a big difference
Today marks Earth Day, an event many Alaskans approach with mixed feelings. On the one hand, we appreciate…
Life
Voices of Faith: Eye has not seen, ear has not heard
The other day, I saw in a magazine a photo of a really wealthy oil sheik’s property on…
Life
Church news
Russian Orthodox Church offers Palm Sunday services This weekend marks the beginning of the Russian Orthodox Holy Week…