Sports
Choose Your Weapon race slated for Saturday
The Tsalteshi Trails Association will hold its annual Choose Your Weapon race 11 a.m. Saturday at the Wolverine…
News
Jury to hear jailhouse phone call in Heiman trial
Editor’s note: This story has been changed to show that Heiman’s blood alcohol content on the night he…
News
District graduation rates above national average
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is on track to end another year with a high school graduation…
News
Soldotna publishes annexation info
By examining annexation, the city of Soldotna is hoping to keep its promise of being more inclusive. Earlier…
News
Walker calls joint legislative session for appointments
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker signed an executive proclamation Wednesday calling the Alaska House and Senate into joint…
News
House amends, then re-passes bill to create marijuana board
JUNEAU — The Alaska House reconsidered legislation it passed to create a new marijuana control board, tweaking it…
Opinion
Rich Lowry: Hillary Clinton’s joyless ride
You can never know what that wacky Hillary Clinton will do next. At the outset of her latest…
Letters to the Editor
Ruffner deserves support for fish board
I am writing to strongly urge the legislature to confirm Robert Ruffner for the Board of Fish. As…
Opinion
What others say: HB 115 a political stunt and nothing more
It’s tough to get a straight answer from a lawyer. In February, the Alaska Legislature managed it. “The…
Life
Tight Lines: the beauty of the belly boat
I have to smile to myself as I watch a line of buddies negotiating the trail in front…
Arts & Entertainment
“Body of Truth”
Your summer clothes don’t fit this year. You’ll admit that you weren’t paying attention: too many holiday cookies,…
Arts & Entertainment
Poem: Sadness
Sadness Vicki Fruichantie My heart is heavy Can’t find words to explain the pain I feel. Within me,…
Arts & Entertainment
What’s Happening
Events and Exhibits ■ The Kenai Peninsula College annual Juried Student Exhibition runs through May 8 in the…
Arts & Entertainment
Reeling it in: ‘The Homesman’ paints a bleak portrait
“The Homesman” EuropaCorp 2 hours, 2 minutes Straight-to-video used to be a clear indication to the consumer that…
Sports
Homer soccer teams sweep Nikiski
The Mariners got the brooms out in Tuesday night’s nonconference affair with the Bulldogs in Homer. The Homer…
News
Conservation groups push back on federal lands transfer idea
CHEYENNE, Wyo.— Stung by a recent vote in Congress, national conservation groups are mustering opposition to the increasing…
Opinion
Don Young: Setting the record straight on Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization
The April 12 opinion piece by Stosh Anderson, “Don Young seeks to unwind ‘Alaska Model’ for fisheries in…
Opinion
Bob Franken: The Hillary side line
With all that divides us these days, there are certain things that we all have in common. Think…
Opinion
What others say: Focus on cuts has avoided other half of the equation
Alaska’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit cannot be closed through cuts alone. This is a fundamental truth, and even a…