Life
Refuge Notebook: Elusive, inconspicuous brown creepers favor old growth forests
I have seen more brown creepers on the Kenai Peninsula this year than in the past two years…
Life
Cooking salmon
The salmon I cooked for dinner Tuesday night earned a thumbs up and a “Mmm-mmm!” from the in-house…
Life
Breast cancer survivors fly fish as therapy
SISTERS, Ore. — In her first year of recovering from breast cancer, Carol O’Bryant, of Bend, was plagued…
Letters to the Editor
Residents should not hide in fear
Another honest question. It is government’s role to keep us safe from criminals? Why is it, the criminals,…
Opinion
Now is a good time for avalanche education
While we have yet to see heavy snowfall here on the central Kenai Peninsula, there has been some…
Life
Brining change for the better
Change comes with the seasons. The brilliant colors of fall give way to the drab browns of early…
Life
Church news
Soldotna Bible Chapel will be hosting This Hope! Saturday at 7:00 p.m. Come be a part of an…
News
Kenai man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2010 crash
More than four years after a 2010 Memorial Day weekend car crash killed a Washington, D.C., woman, a…
News
Not a treat
Soldotna police are warning parents to pay close attention to their kid’s Halloween candy after a Soldotna teen…
Sports
Willamette’s Ostrander wins cross-country championship
Staff report Former Kenai Central runner Taylor Ostrander claimed her first collegiate championship victory Saturday, Nov. 1, at…
News
Baker Hughes Nikiski spill cleanup nears completion
Between the intermittent noise of an industrial truck-mounted vacuum running for several hours a day, a cleanup crew…
News
Soldotna mulls home rule question as Feb. vote looms
In four months, Soldotna residents will decide how much autonomy they want for their city. A special election…
News
Peninsula voters wary of legal pot
It appears the third time is the charm for Alaskans’ bid to legalize marijuana. After failed voter initiatives…
Opinion
What places that legalized pot need to know
DENVER — Oregon, Alaska and Washington, D.C., voted to legalize recreational marijuana Tuesday. The drug is already legal…
Arts & Entertainment
2 young boys plus 1 young girl equal conflict
“The Book of Life” Twentieth Century Fox 1 hour, 30 minutes Growing up in the southwest, the…
Arts & Entertainment
What’s Happening
■ The Performing Arts Society 2014-2015 Concert Series presents the John Damberg Latin Jazz Sextet in a delightful…
Arts & Entertainment
Unretirement – is it for you
For much of your employed life, you dreamed about not having to work. Retirement would be great. It…
Arts & Entertainment
Poem: Still So Happy
Still So Happy By Brett Van Sickle, Kenai Today I found myself thinking, of the past five years…
Sports
Pigskin Pick’em: The future becomes clearer
November is my favorite time of year because I’ll be able to stuff my stomach with turkey, mashed…
Opinion
Cal Thomas: Read my lips part II
Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL.) is thinking seriously about running for president in 2016, according to his son, George…