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Nikiski Class Races set for today

Nikiski High School will host Homer, Kenai Central, Soldotna and Voznesenka today at the Nikiski Class Races. The…

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CIA coed soccer opens up season with win

The Cook Inlet Academy soccer team began its 2015 season with a 4-1 victory over visiting Birchwood Christian…

Opinion

Lowry: The phenomenal incoherence of Donald Trump

Donald Trump is a great communicator. He’s self-assured, entertaining, pungent. He could, as they say of talented actors,…

Opinion

Race and the death penalty collide in Colorado

Denver District Judge John Madden IV was, of course, correct this week when he advised jurors who’d just…

Opinion

Trump: Deport children of immigrants living illegally in US

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wants more than a wall to keep out immigrants living…

News

Colorado man missing after walking away from Moose Pass campsite

A man is missing after friends say he got drunk and walked away from a campsite near Kenai…

Sports

Kincaid, Johnston take Salmon Cycle Series race 6

The Tsalteshi Cycle Series put forth a very tough course Thursday night for the sixth race of the…

Sports

Houston football tops Homer

WASILLA — The Houston Hawks hit the locker room trailing rival Homer at halftime Friday night. Despite being…

Sports

Birch Ridge Golf Report: Time for the tournament that’s got it all backwards

Time to get crazy with it. The Bassackwards is back! We’re playing the golf course backwards Friday. You…

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SoHi girls, boys take 2nd at Colony Invite

PALMER — Typically it’s a few weeks into the season before runners flood the trails at Colony High…

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School district reports few open positions

While other school districts throughout Alaska are reporting teacher and support staff shortages, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School…

AP Photo/Frank Flavin/Alaska Energy Authority In this 2012 file photo, researchers walk along the Susitna River. With a spending freeze lifted by Gov. Bill Walker, work is resuming on the Susitna-Watana hydroelectric project. However, the authority will need about $100 million in new funding to get through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensing process and to construction.

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Susitna-Watana studies resume after spending freeze lifted

Work is resuming on the Susitna-Watana hydroelectric project under spending guidelines put in place by Gov. Bill Walker’s…

Opinion

Thomas: Another education subsidy

If elected president, Hillary Clinton has promised to spend $350 billion to make college “more affordable.” The U.S.…

Opinion

Franken: Hillary’s strategic retreat

It’s classic Clinton strategy: In the 20 years-plus that I’ve covered them, I’ve dealt countless times with their…

Opinion

Unserious country deserves unserious candidates

With recently-turned-Republican Donald Trump and still-not-a-Democrat Socialist Bernie Sanders leading the latest primary polls from New Hampshire, America…

Piera, Chythlook wed in Soldotna

Life

Piera, Chythlook wed in Soldotna

Leon and Maria Chythlook are pleased to announce the wedding of their son Alexander Chythlook to Liana Piera…

Life

Childhood obesity challenges

WASHINGTON — The new director of Michelle Obama’s initiative against childhood obesity knows firsthand the benefits of healthy…

Hancock weds Sizemore

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Hancock weds Sizemore

Hayley Lynn Hancock and Caleb Robert Sizemore were united in marriage on Sunday, May 24, 2015 at Arrowhead…

Life

School starts this week

Holy buckets. School starts this week. I’m not totally prepared because the thought of it gets pushed away.…

Life

Watermelon needs salt

Last week, when I wrote about the social contract of agreed-on rules that help us try to get…