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The Nixon resignation at 40

On the occasion of this week’s 40th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s resignation from the presidency, The Washington Post…

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Inversion aversion

Maybe it’s time to get really tough, my fellow Americans. Without a doubt, someone needs to be creative…

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Change Oregon’s rules for smoke

Almost every summer the smoky air from wildfires lingers over Central Oregon. No matter how many fire crews…

The League of Women Voters of the Central Kenai Peninsula lined up for the Soldotna Progress Days parade on July 26. Photo courtesy League of Women Voters.

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League of Women Voters to host forum

The League of Women Voters of the Central Kenai Peninsula’s next endeavor is sponsoring a forum on SB21.…

Letters to the Editor

Summer reading wrapping up

The Soldotna Public Library is wrapping up our 2014 Summer Reading Program. We had an unprecedented number of…

Sports

Bird Homestead Golf Report: Course comes into great shape

The course has been looking amazing. When you tee off, you would think you were at a country…

Sports

Circle track racing set for Saturday

The Kenai Peninsula Racing Lions – Circle Track Division will hold races Saturday at 6 p.m. at Twin…

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[Photo] Off to the races

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State salmon harvest surpasses 104 million as season winds down

The statewide commercial salmon catch has topped 100 million fish. Through Aug. 5, the Alaska Department of Fish…

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Judge orders environmental assessment for observer program

A federal judge ordered the National Marine Fisheries Service to prepare a supplemental environmental assessment for the revised…

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Second Binkley Street roundabout now open

The second in the series of three roundabouts constructed on Binkley Street in Soldotna is now open. The…

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LNG review board holds first meeting

Despite fears that their voices would not be heard, at least one borough mayor returned from the inaugural…

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Micciche, Treider face off for Senate District O

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of stories looking at area candidates for the Alaska…

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Taste and See…

Have you ever read a passage in scripture and wondered what God meant when he wrote it? I…

Letters to the Editor

Fun fishing versus tradition

The Cook Inlet Caucus, Kenai River Fishing Inc., Kenai River Sportfishing Association, Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance, what’s the…

Opinion

Veterans’ cemetery site near Fox gives hope to local service members

The state’s long hunt for a veterans’ cemetery in the Interior appears to be over. Late last week,…

Refuge Notebook: Wind carries insidious exotic plant seeds

Life

Refuge Notebook: Wind carries insidious exotic plant seeds

Roses are red, violets are blue, but what are all the yellow flowers along Kalifornsky Beach Road?! Along…

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The fishing experience

As a writer of outdoor articles for several years, I’ve dabbled at many different kinds of fishing. While…

Life

DNA tests to start on zoo’s bison

HUTCHINSON, — Across developed Kansas, with its roads and communities, homes and farms, it’s hard to imagine that…

In this photo taken on June 29, 2014, South Sister rises high above the Sparks Lake, a popular place for canoeing and kayaking, in the central Cascades in Deschutes County,  about 35 miles west of Bend, Ore. (AP Photo/Statesman-Journal, Zach Urness)

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Wilderness lakes offer escapes from masses

BEND, Ore. — With so many recreation-minded visitors descending on Central Oregon this summer, I’m almost hesitant to…