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What others say: Arctic defense is a must for America

Passage of the fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act earlier this month came with much fanfare by Alaska’s…

News

Telecom companies expand on central Kenai

Three of the Kenai Peninsula’s major telecommunications providers have been busy expanding and improving their networks this summer.

An edible Alaskan scaber-stalk mushroom grows on the Keen Eye Trail on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in September 2014. The scaber-stalks form mycorrhizal relationships with roots of trees and shrubs, but the mycorrhizal partners of the Alaskan scaber-stalk are not yet known. (Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS)

Sports

Mycorrhizae: The fungus among us

By LAURA BASHOR

Life

Church and life as we know it

Looking at the state of world beyond the Kenai Peninsula, I can see why so many have an…

News

Come to Me and I will give you rest

It was during the Jewish harvest festival that Jesus shouted out these words. It isn’t difficult to imagine…

Opinion

Political sign enforcement justified

Understanding the wisdom of a recent Department of Transportation enforcement action removing illegal campaign signs from road rights…

Letters to the Editor

Volunteers make book sale at the Kenai Community Library a success

Volunteers make book sale at the Kenai Community Library a success

This still released by Apelles Entertainment, Di Bonavntura Pictures and Flagship Entertainment Group shows Shuya Sophia Cai in “The Meg.” (Photo courtesy Apelles Entertainment, Di Bonavntura Pictures and Flagship Entertainment Group)

Arts & Entertainment

In the spirit of B-movies, ‘The Meg’ is simple entertainment

“The Meg”

Surgeon general tours Dena’ina Wellness Center as part of statewide tour

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Surgeon general tours Dena’ina Wellness Center as part of statewide tour

The federal official tasked with providing health advice to the nation last week lauded the Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s…

Opinion

What others say: One step forward, two steps back on North Korea denuclearization

The U.S. and North Korea are again publicly disagreeing about progress toward the North’s denuclearization, and that’s no…

Opinion

Voices of Alaska: Judge Brett Kavanaugh deserves better

The United States Senate would serve our country by confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Judge Kavanaugh’s…

Life

About the Swanson River Fire of 1969

About garage sales, wonderful people and glitches:

News

Borough to test emergency alert system beginning Wednesday

The Kenai Peninsula Borough will be testing its new emergency alert system this week, the Office of Emergency…

News

No signs of Palmer man who went missing near Hope

A Palmer man who disappeared near Hope was still missing Monday afternoon.

Opinion

What others say: The Pope says no to death penalty

Pope Francis’s condemnation of capital punishment is simple and unambiguous: It is inadmissible. No exceptions for especially heinous…

Opinion

Voices of Alaska: GCI invests in the peninsula

While Alaska’s economy has shown signs of rebounding, the past few years have been marked by job and…

An adult male Calliope Hummingbird captured and banded near Inkom, Idaho. This is the smallest breeding bird in North America. (Photo provided by Todd Eskelin)

Life

Hummingbirds take migration to a new level

By TODD ESKELIN

Opinion

Support Mead Treadwell in primary

Support Mead Treadwell in primary

Opinion

Voter suppression doesn’t matter if voters don’t care

Have you heard? Turnout for the November general election is expected to be so high that election officials…

Opinion

User groups must band together to help kings

User groups must band together to help kings