News
Kenai’s personal use dip-net fishery officially open
Since the opening of the Kenai River king salmon fishery eight days ago, fishing has been consistently slow,…
News
Get your dipnet in the water
With the opening of the Kenai River personal-use fishery today, for the next three weeks thousands of Alaskans…
Life
Pye’ Wackets enjoying new location
Walking into the purple and green building, which sits at the end of a short gravel driveway in…
Life
Business news
Chambers set schedules ■ The Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce will host a joint luncheon at noon…
Opinion
Rich Lowry: Chicago’s shooting spree
For most of the country, July Fourth weekend means hot dogs, fireworks and relaxing time with family. In…
Opinion
What others say: A booming economy can solve many problems
Unemployment in the United States fell in June to 6.1 percent from 6.3 percent in May, the lowest…
Arts & Entertainment
What’s Happening
Events and Exhibits ■ For the month of July, the Kenai Fine Art Center will host an exhibit…
Arts & Entertainment
Poem
Untitled By Melinda Anderson, Kasilof He’ll never have the chance to walk her down the aisle She’ll never…
Arts & Entertainment
Reeling it in: ‘Echo’ follows in footsteps of ‘E.T.’
“Earth to Echo” Relativity Media 1 hour, 29 minutes I am currently writing from the mountains…
Arts & Entertainment
Hands-on learing: Carving project highlights modern aspects of apprenticeship tradition
When Haida carvers Joe and TJ Young were teenagers in Hydaburg 20 years ago, apprenticeship opportunities there were…
Letters to the Editor
Current fiscal policies limit choices on oil taxes
As I drive along the spur, north of Kenai, I see more signage going up stating “Vote No…
Letters to the Editor
Maybe this flag idea will stick
Fourth of July was a beautiful day, with largest crowd I can remember for the parade and park…
Sports
Oilers, Panners bat around in divisional play
The Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks pushed themselves to a winning season with a dominant 15-4 win over the…
News
Taking care of the bills: 11 measures signed into law
Alaska Governor Sean Parnell signed 11 bills into law during a Chamber of Commerce luncheon Tuesday at the…
News
Soldotna’s capital budget final draft up for review
The city of Soldotna is proposing a capital budget with significant attention to downtown improvement projects aimed at…
News
Board approves recommended site for new K-Selo school
With the approval of a recommended site, the village of Kachemak Selo is one step closer to seeing…
News
Buccaneer bankruptcy slows gas fight with CIRI
A dispute over natural gas rights and royalties is on hold as the producer works out its finances…
News
Alaska man gets 4 life terms in Coast Guard deaths
ANCHORAGE (AP) — An Alaska man was sentenced Tuesday to four consecutive life terms in the 2012 shooting…
News
Parnell won’t study pot measure ahead of vote
FAIRBANKS (AP) — Gov. Sean Parnell said he will not use state resources to study the implications of…
Opinion
Bob Franken: Washington hot dogs
Forget about the World Cup or World Series or even the Super Bowl. The No. 1 competitive sport…