News
Nearing the end of the school year
So here we are, one single month left of school. And some of us are thinking “Im ready…
Life
School Briefs
School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in…
News
Reading scores soar at Aurora Borealis
Nearly all the Aurora Borealis Charter School second graders shot up their hands when asked to volunteer to…
Opinion
Rich Lowry: Sonia Sotomayor through the looking glass
All you really need to know about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent in this week’s affirmative-action case…
Opinion
What others say: Obama must stress durability of U.S. Pacific role
When President Barack Obama scrubbed an October trip to Asia to attend to the government shutdown in Washington,…
Sports
Weekend prep baseball roundup
The Homer baseball team opened up the season with a 17-0 loss in Kodiak on Friday and a…
Sports
Saturday soccer roundup
PALMER — About 20 minutes into play Saturday, with the score still tied, Colony’s Kyle Bolam stepped up…
Sports
Friday soccer roundup
The visiting Soldotna girls soccer team opened its season with a 5-1 victory Friday over defending Northern Lights…
News
Bee season off and running for local enthusiasts
Al Chong twisted off the white lid and waited until one of a dozen humming honeybees made a…
News
Fairbanks group sues EPA over pollution plan
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A coalition of Fairbanks residents and community groups in Alaska’s two biggest cities have…
News
GOP candidates spar at forum
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The three main Republican candidates for U.S. Senate all are anti-abortion, believe government surveillance goes…
Opinion
Cal Thomas: John Paul Stevens proposes new constitutional amendments
Honestly, unless you are a big government liberal, how many people think the federal government should have more…
Opinion
Bob Franken: Vote – what other choice is there?
It’s a platitude we hear about politics all the time: Negative campaigns should be avoided. I don’t know…
Opinion
Some good news, some bad news for Kenai Peninsula industry
We’ve had some good news and some disappointing news involving the industrial facilities in Nikisi over the past…
News
Foreign aid to North Korea drops, food security drops
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — A funding crunch for aid to North Korea has become so severe 500,000…
Sports
Friday soccer roundup: SoHi girls top Colony in opener
The visiting Soldotna girls soccer team opened its season with a 5-1 victory Friday over defending Northern Lights…
News
Video surveillance may be on the way for Kenai dipnetters
A camera installed to watch winter ice build-up in Cook Inlet could also be used to monitor the…
News
IHS to pay Alaska Tribal health providers $193 million
Tribal healthcare providers in Alaska are set to receive $193 million in payments for past work, with more…
Life
I’ll take the Lycra
While web-surfing recently, I came across an acronym I hadn’t seen before: MAMIL, which stands for Middle Aged…
Life
Community News and Notes
Rodney A . and Mishell L. French of Soldotna announce the birth of their son, Elijah Deion French,…