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With rush of kings, Fish and Game loosens restrictions on some Cook Inlet rivers
Anglers will get another chance at fishing for Anchor River king salmon during the 2015 season. Alaska Department…
News
Rural Alaska housing program celebrates 50 years
Peppered around the Central Kenai Peninsula are islands of housing units easily attained by low-income, first-time homebuyers. No…
Opinion
USA Freedom Act should make you shake your head
The good news — if you can call it that — is for the first time in 15…
Opinion
Putin is the key to Ukraine success with an IMF loan
WASHINGTON (AP) — So far, the International Monetary Fund is giving Ukraine a passing grade on early efforts…
Life
Rising economic tide lifts Rogue Valley boat makers
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Bruce Wassom knows the highs of raging currents and the lows of getting swamped…
Life
Kenai Refuge is looking for bats
“Gross” is the response I often get from my mother when I talk about bats. Stories that make…
Life
National Park Service supports Mount McKinley name change
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The National Park Service is not against changing Mount McKinley’s official name to Denali,…
Arts & Entertainment
Not a tree, but a castle
Perseverance to offer week-long ‘Theatre in the Wild’ camp in August Juneau’s got a thriving arts community and…
News
Alaska Senate, House approve fully funded budget
ANCHORAGE — After months of negotiations, the Alaska Legislature on Thursday approved a $5 billion budget that reduces…
Sports
Bird Homestead golf report
The last frontier is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Here on the Kenai Peninsula we…
News
Kenai River Festival celebrates 25 years
The Kenai Watershed Forum’s annual Kenai River Festival will be back in Soldotna Creek Park this weekend to…
News
Walker announces merger of Alaska Labor agencies
ANCHORAGE — Two divisions within the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development will be combined in what…
News
Anti-setnet group scrubs site after submitting signatures
After the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance submitted 43,000 signatures on June 10 to the Alaska Division of Elections…
Arts & Entertainment
The power in paper
The Power in Paper Brent Johnson, Clam Gulch What puts the zing in advertising? A parrot in your…
Arts & Entertainment
What’s Happening
Best Bets ■ The 25th annual Kenai River Festival is Friday-Sunday in Soldotna Creek Park. For a full…
Arts & Entertainment
Breaking Point
When it comes to your job, you’re a crackerjack. You have quite the reputation for doing your best,…
Arts & Entertainment
Reeling it in: McCarthy grabs spotlight in ‘Spy’
“Spy” 20th Century Fox 2 hours Melissa McCarthy is one of those actresses I’d really like to get…
Arts & Entertainment
Walt Disney’s surrealistic friend
SAN FRANCISCO — It turns out the man behind Mickey Mouse liked quirky cats. Besides his love of…
Life
Fishing report: Ready for the rush to the Russian?
As of Wednesday morning, anxious anglers had already started to converge on the Russian and upper Kenai rivers…