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Homer, SoHi to meet for End of Road Shootout title

The Soldotna and Homer hockey teams set up a title match in the End of the Road Shootout…

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DOE authorizes LNG exports to FTA countries

ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Department of Energy will allow the proposed Alaska LNG Project to export liquefied natural…

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Hilcorp buys Point Mac LNG Plant

ANCHORAGE — Hilcorp Energy has agreed to purchase the Southcentral liquefied natural gas plant that supplies Fairbanks Natural…

Letters to the Editor

Control through distrust still working

In 1712 a purported letter was written from one slave owner, to others, to help control slaves on…

Letters to the Editor

Concerns with Alaska’s Father-Daughter Purity Ball

First, I truly believe that having a dad-daughter dance is lovely. Taking time to connect and tell your…

Sports

Soldotna, Homer start Shootout with wins

The Soldotna and Homer hockey teams started the End of the Road Shootout with Thursday victories in Homer.…

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Tribes work to create sex-offender registries

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — More than three-quarters of American Indian tribes that have the authority to develop sex-offender…

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Tsalteshi association hopes for trail renovations, outhouse

The Tsalteshi Trails Association has identified its next set of priorities to include purchasing a snow grooming snowmobile…

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Kenai to review purchasing policy

Two members of the Kenai business community are hoping to see the city choose to use local professionals…

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Emotions rise as Obama talks immigration

Thousands of immigrant-rights activists, families and elected officials cheered across the country as President Barack Obama announced on…

Luke DeCicco photographed the first Kenai Peninsula record of this Cape May Warbler in Seward on November 2, 2014. (Photo by Luke DeCicco)

Life

Refuge Notebook: Birders flock after ‘fowl’ weather events

It was like a scene out of the movie “The Big Year” starring Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, and…

Opinion

An Outdoor View: Where humpies are kings

Author’s note: This column previously appeared in the Clarion on Dec. 3, 2004. In the intervening 10 years,…

This undated image provided by Beaver Creek Resort shows Trappers Cabin at Beaver Creek near Avon, Colo. Five nights at the cabin, with a concierge and chef, is part of a $50,000 white-glove package for four offered by the resort that includes season passes to 22 mountains owned by or partnered with Vail Resorts, first-class airfare from within the U.S., a private helicopter from the airport to the resort, and ski equipment and lessons. (AP Photo/Beaver Creek)

Life

Ski packages for the 1 percent – and for the rest

NEW YORK — Private ski lessons are so passe. The latest on-mountain perk for those with seemingly unlimited…

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, NOV. 17 - This photo taken on Oct. 29, 2014, shows a selection of Smith helmets and earphones  in Bend Ore. They come in nearly every color scheme imaginable, from camouflage to bright pink. Most skiers and snowboarders on the slopes are wearing them, and if you're not, well, you are not just reckless, you are … GASP! … unfashionable. (AP Photo/The Bulletin, Andy Tullis)

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Helmets have become commonplace on the slopes

BEND, Ore. — They come in nearly every color scheme imaginable, from camouflage to bright pink. Most skiers…

Life

Enjoy water fixtures all year by winterizing

For many people with backyard ponds, fountains and other water-garden fixtures, the arrival of cold weather means draining…

Letters to the Editor

Presidential authority needs checks and balances

People who are happy with this country’s status quo could probably care less whether Congress ever agrees on…

Opinion

Buy locally, support yourself

As Alaskans prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday and the inevitable onslaught of a post-holiday shopping frenzy, it’s time…

Life

Are you ‘THANK FULL’?

I volunteer on a regular basis at an elementary and high school serving breakfast to students. It is…

Life

Church news

Kenai Methodists host guest speaker The congregation of the Kenai United Methodist Church will have a guest speaker…