Life
Notes from the Recycling Bin
Did you know … More than 300 million tons (yes, tons) of plastic is produced every year and…
News
Body found on beach identified as Kurt Keltner
The Alaska State Medical Examiner has confirmed the identity of a body found on the north Kenai beach…
Arts & Entertainment
Reeling it in: ‘It’ brings legitimate scares
“It” Warner Bros. 2 hours, 15 minutes I wonder if, when Francis Ford Coppola was casting his classic…
Arts & Entertainment
What’s Happening
Events and Exhibitions • An exhibition of James Evenson’s works from Kenai Peninsula College’s permanent collection will be…
News
Poet’s Corner: Working Class
Working Class By Bonnie Marie Playle, Soldotna Up every morning at the crack of dawn, darkness fades; the…
Opinion
What others say: Congress needs to move on fire-funding fix
Here’s the good news: The bill that Congress passed last week for billions of dollars in aid for…
Opinion
Op-ed: The option play
What just happened? President Trump cut a deal with Democrats to pay for hurricane damage relief and raise…
Opinion
What others say: Southeast needs a seat on advisory board
Ketchikan and southern Southeast Alaska will want to be represented on the new Highway Advisory Board. Gov. Bill…
Opinion
Op-ed: Hurricane hot dogs
Amid all the hurricane stories about dangers and human suffering, I find it necessary to focus on an…
Opinion
Op-ed: The agony of The Wall
Build that wall! Eventually. Or at least patch up some existing fencing. If Chuck and Nancy will agree.…
News
Dogs make friends at Three Friends Dog Park
For a small dog, Bear seems to be the pack leader of the 3 Friends Dog Park in…
News
Volunteer greeters put Sitka in best light
SITKA — Hand in hand, Fred and Kathleen Everest strolled Sitka’s Seawalk on a recent Tuesday, greeting tourists…
Sports
Hitchcock wins Tustumena Fun Run
Becca Hitchcock led 23 runners, including seven Tustumena Elementary students, to the finish of the 2017 Tustumena 5K…
News
Sterling Elementary receives grant for community project
Sterling Elementary School is now home to an ‘Unsung Hero,’ thanks to a grant given to school principal…
News
Court reverses Ketchikan man’s murder conviction
ANCHORAGE — A former Ketchikan assistant district attorney made so many improper points in his closing arguments that…
Sports
Soldotna boys, Homer girls, Homer’s Davis, Seward’s Lindquist win Homer Spit Time Trial
The Soldotna boys and Homer girls picked up victories Saturday at the Homer Spit 5K Time Trial, with…
Sports
Results posted for 1st Chainwreck Cyclocross race
Despite rainy conditions, the Chainwreck Cyclocross Series had a record turnout for its first race of the season…
Sports
Home sweet homecoming as Mustangs stay undefeated
As Chugiak lined up for its first offensive play in Friday night’s homecoming football game against Kenai Central,…
Sports
Brown Bears, Ice Dogs amp up intensity in scrimmage
Even in a scrimmage, it didn’t take the North American Hockey League’s longest running rivalry much time to…
News
Turning a new leaf: Soldotna ends marijuana moratorium
Soldotna’s moratorium on commercial marijuana will end on January 1, allowing commercial pot growing, testing and selling within…