News
Walker seeks input to balance budget
Pick your poison: State income tax? State sales tax? A “cap” on Permanent Fund dividends? Draconian cuts to…
Letters to the Editor
Why is Alaska worried about Wall Street?
Today I received a letter from Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins. He expressed his apology for the dysfunction of our…
Opinion
King numbers give reason for optimism
Cautiously optimistic. That’s how we’re feeling right now as we see sonar counts of king salmon headed up…
Life
Church News
Vacation Bible School — Sterling Pentecostal Church will present “Everest,” a Vacation Bible School program June 10-14 from…
Life
An Outdoor View: On salmon fishing
You can spend a lot of time, effort and cash in pursuit of the wily salmon, and you…
Life
Refuge Notebook: Killing Elodea under the ice
Elodea, the first nonnative submersed freshwater plant to invade Alaska, was discovered on the Kenai Peninsula in late…
Life
Extreme sport of slackling gains a foothold in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Kiavash Sharifi can hardly describe the feeling of tip-toeing across an abyss on a…
Sports
Bird Homestead golf column
The weather has been beautiful lately. There is no better way to spend your free time enjoying the…
News
Assembly supports schools, dings marketing and K-Beach flooded area
After months of planning and nearly two hours of last-minute wrangling, the Kenai Peninsula borough has a budget…
News
‘On-behalf’ payments swell school district budget numbers
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s budget for the 2015 fiscal year has nearly doubled, but residents aren’t…
Opinion
Op-ed: President Obama declares war on climate change
President Barack Obama is less than stalwart in the fight against ISIS and doesn’t seem overly concerned about…
Opinion
What others say: Society has right to safeguard itself
The vaccination debate has reached fever pitch. Legislation has passed in the state Senate that would do away…
Life
King salmon fishing continues to pleasantly surprise
Anglers on the central Kenai Peninsula have been pleasantly surprised with opportunities to catch a king salmon. “We’re…
Life
Tight Lines: Fish on! on the Kasilof
Just before 11 p.m. Tuesday as the last of the suns rays bounced off of the Kasilof River,…
Arts & Entertainment
What’s Happening
First Thursday ■ Two new exhibits will be on display for the whole month of June at the…
Arts & Entertainment
Ex Machina a philosophical look at artifical intelligence
“Ex Machina” DNA Films 1 hours, 50 min As computers get faster and the internet connects more and…
Arts & Entertainment
Summertime
Summertime By DVicki Fruichantie Summertime – and the joy it brings We love to hear the robin sing!…
News
Troy Quinn is ready to wow the Juneau audiences
Following an extensive nationwide search, the Juneau Symphony has selected a new music director and conductor to lead…
News
Police believe remains of four found in Kenai field to be a murder-suicide
Police believe a mother and her two children found dead in a field in Kenai were killed by…