Opinion
Courtesy, patience go a long way on Peninsula roads
Winter’s grip is receding around the central Kenai Peninsula, which means it’s time for that other season we…
News
Jeffrey, Jensen, Morisky Board of Fisheries appointments confirmed
Three incumbent members of Alaska’s Board of Fisheries were unanimously confirmed, after a Chugiak representative withdraw his objection…
Life
Refuge Notebook: Kenai Refuge celebrates Wilderness on Earth Day
The first Earth Day began on April 22, 1970 and was the product of local grassroots action to…
Life
Les Palmer: In praise of drift boats
If you’ve never fished from a drift boat, you might want to add it to your bucket list.…
Life
Stretching winter: Recreationists take to mountains to get winter fix
MOUNT ADAMS, N.H. — Joe Murdzek was leading a group of friends when he encountered a short, steep…
Life
What’s so good about Good Friday?
For some of us, we don’t fully understand what is so good about Good Friday. The fact that…
Life
Church news
Soldotna Catholic church plans Faith Walk Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church is sponsoring a Faith Walk…
Letters to the Editor
Gather the facts, get the full story
For some time now the nature of public education and it’s future has been the subject of much…
News
Alaska pot supporters make deal with opponents
ANCHORAGE — The group behind a ballot measure to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Alaska said…
News
Senate fisheries act draft begins circulating
The newest version of the Magnuson-Stevens Act out for discussion adds subsistence users and Tribal governments to the…
News
Assembly compensation talks continue
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly continued to debate assembly member compensation at its meeting in Seward. An ordinance…
News
Vermillion murder trial pushed back
The trial for the Cooper Landing man charged with murder has been pushed back at least two months…
News
Gov handles range of questions in online town hall
JUNEAU — Gov. Sean Parnell said repealing the state’s oil tax system would “kill” oil production. During an…
News
Kenai council approves no wake zone in harbor
The Kenai City Council passed an ordinance that would establish no wake zones in the Kenai Harbor at…
News
Suspect’s interview played in Kodiak murder trial
ANCHORAGE — The Coast Guard civilian charged with killing two co-workers at a Kodiak communications station told an…
News
Legislative Information Office hearing schedule for April 17
Thursday 8:00 a.m. The House Special Committee on Fisheries will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 386…
Opinion
What others say: Too many laws
This is an example of government overreach. Sitka’s government has outlawed children in businesses that allow smoking, whether…
Opinion
Rich Lowry: Rand Paul, situation room or dorm room?
The oil-services company Halliburton is an old obsession of the anti-Bush left, and evidently of Kentucky Sen. Rand…
Letters to the Editor
Time to reject notion that schools are failing
When the elected haters of public education talk about our failed education system here in Alaska, they are…