News
Gunman kills 3, wounds 16 at Fort Hood
FORT HOOD, Texas — A soldier opened fire Wednesday on fellow service members at the Fort Hood military…
Opinion
Voices of Alaska: Measure would preserve spill response, prevention efforts
25 years has passed since the Exxon Valdez oil spill and this recent anniversary reminds Alaskans, and the…
Opinion
Rich Lowry: Jeremiah Denton for the ages
Jeremiah Denton, the Vietnam War POW who has died at age 89, uttered one of the great statements…
Opinion
What others say: No Roadless Rule in the Tongass
Alaska will take the win. A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed this week that the Tongass…
Life
Business news
■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce meets at noon on Tuesday at Frosos Restaurant. A presentation from Susan…
News
Official: 1 dead, 14 injured in Fort Hood shooting
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A senior U.S. defense official says one person is dead and 14 wounded…
Arts & Entertainment
Bonsai: the haiku of the tree world
NEW YORK — Many people have a bonsai story: a first bonsai, a struggling bonsai. And many of…
Arts & Entertainment
What’s Happening
First Thursday ■ At the age of 3, her mother put her down for a nap. Not tired,…
Arts & Entertainment
Poem: For Salvador
For Salvador By Byron Nalos, Nikiski pulling anchors from the sea and squinting in Susitna’s breeze, anchorlines ten…
Arts & Entertainment
Movie review: ‘Noah’ delves into human nature
“Noah” Paramount Pictures 2 hour, 18 minutes It’s common for a certain percentage of a theater-going audience…
Letters to the Editor
Push for smoke-free workplaces appreciated
Thank you to Mayor Pat Porter for her support of Alaska Smoke-free Workplaces in your paper and on…
Letters to the Editor
City’s support helps middle school children
Kenai Middle School and their Shinny Hockey Club would like to thank Rick Koch, Bob Frates, Dave Essert…
News
Happy trails
A group of parents, teachers, administrators and representatives from local organizations are working to enhance the trail system…
News
Peninsula Center Mall burglarized
Three businesses inside the Peninsula Center Mall were burglarized overnight in Soldotna. Soldotna police received a call from…
News
Kitchen fire in Soldotna apartment extinguished
Central Emergency Services extinguished a kitchen fire minutes after the call came from a Soldotna apartment complex Monday…
News
Panel proposes more school money, pension option
JUNEAU — A House committee’s rewrite of Gov. Sean Parnell’s education bill includes additional money for schools but…
News
Fish board to take up setnet petition
The Alaska Board of Fisheries will consider one of three recently submitted emergency petitions regarding Upper Cook Inlet…
News
Peninsula Center Mall burglarized
Three businesses inside the Peninsula Center Mall were burglarized overnight in Soldotna. Soldotna police received a call from…
News
Soldotna apartment fire extinguished
Central Emergency Services extinguished a kitchen fire within minutes after the call came from a Soldotna apartment complex…
News
Overnight break in at Peninsula Center Mall
Three businesses inside the Peninsula Center Mall were burglarized overnight in Soldotna. Soldotna police received a call from…