Education
Around the District
School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 6 p.m. in…
Opinion
What others say: Bernie Sanders’ breakup wouldn’t fix Wall Street
In some quarters of the Democratic Party, apparently, it’s no longer enough to call for the breakup of…
News
Tyonek man arrested after stabbing
A Tyonek man has been arrested and charged after troopers say he stabbed another man in the village.…
Opinion
What others say: Transporation funding fallacies deserve correction
Alaskans are facing a sobering reality: we can no longer afford the same service levels from state government.…
Opinion
Op-ed: Cruz is Nixon, not Goldwater
The lazy conventional wisdom is that Ted Cruz is the new Barry Goldwater, doomed to suffer an electoral…
News
Library display honors Soldotna teacher
A long-time Soldotna teacher, Lucretia Mae Carter, who passed away on May 20, 2015, is being honored with…
Sports
Kenai basketball squads play in Valley
PALMER — The Colony Knights opened their Northern Lights Conference boys basketball season playing an unfamiliar role. After…
News
Cancer now No. 1 killer in 22 states, ahead of heart disease
NEW YORK — Cancer is becoming the No. 1 killer in more and more states as deaths from…
News
Rolling in the dirt
Father and son entrepreneurs Fred and Steve Sturman are getting dirty while hoping to clean up. Since last…
Opinion
Out of (gun) control
I’m still waiting; waiting for someone to show me how laws stop a person intent on breaking them.…
Opinion
Op-ed: Oregon and Iowa
Let’s face it: Those guys who have taken over a federal building at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge…
Opinion
Community support for drug users a step in the right direction
The bad news is that drug use is a serious problem in our community. There are the impacts…
News
Caribou Hills opened to snow machining
Portions of the Caribou Hills have gotten enough snow to allow for a limited opening to snow machining.…
News
Credit downgrade timed on bond sales, continued oil decline
Standard & Poor’s Jan. 5 downgrade of Alaska’s credit ratings, which caught many state leaders by surprise, was…
Life
Community News and Notes
Clifford and Abby Struffert announce the births of their daughter, Teresa Pearl “Tess” Struffert, on Dec. 3, 2015…
Life
Learning for Life: Soils workshops for garden and agriculture
Soils are the building blocks for our gardens and are essential for healthy plant growth. This series of…
Life
New Year fades to old
The old man in the beard, 2015, has hobbled out of the picture and Baby 2016 has crawled…
Sports
Colony girls, boys sweep Kenai Central in basketball
PALMER — The Colony Knights opened their Northern Lights Conference boys’ basketball season playing an unfamiliar role. After…
Sports
Brown Bears finally end losing skid
The Kenai River Brown Bears finally rid themselves of the proverbial monkey on their backs. The Brown Bears…
Sports
Weekend hoops roundup
The Soldotna boys basketball team fell to 0-3 at the Alaska Prep Shootout at Dimond High School in…