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Op-ed: The Brett Kavanaugh nomination

If Alexander Hamilton had been nominated for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court today, Democrats would likely…

Letters to the Editor

Making excuses

I think I’m going to lose my middle-of-the-pack status.

Sockeye salmon smolt being raised by Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association at the Trail Lakes Hatchery, ultimately destined for Shell Lake in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, swim in their tank on Friday, April 20, 2018 near Moose Pass, Alaska. Pacific salmon raised in hatcheries are usually exposed to predetermined sets of hot and cold water cycles before they hatch, leading to dark and light rings on their inner ear bone, called an otolith, that biologists can later read to track where the salmon came from when it returns as an adult. Staff at Trail Lakes Hatchery raise all the association’s sockeye salmon, which are hatched, imprinted and distributed to the organization’s various operations across Cook Inlet, from China Poot Lake in Lower Cook Inlet to Shell Lake. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

News

A look into how salmon hatcheries mark their fish

Editor’s note: This is the first part of a three-story series about the operations of Alaska’s salmon hatcheries…

Bright orange spores are released from rupturing needles of a spruce tip infected with spruce tip rust on the Skyline Trail on July 5, 2018. (Photo provided by Matt Bowser of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Life

A big year for spruce tip rust

By MATT BOWSER

Opinion

What others say: Flawed opinion on lands withdrawn

A recent decision from the solicitor general’s office of the U.S. Department of the Interior to withdraw an…

Opinion

Voices of Alaska: Why I reduced the 2016 PFD amount

Why did I reduce the PFD in 2016?

Opinion

Legislature takes steps to address opioid crisis

Alaska is facing a public health emergency due to opioid-based pain killers. Alaskans are dying and families are…

Opinion

What others say: Supreme Court’s union decision will force innovation

Before announcing his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Anthony Kennedy cast the tie-breaking vote in one…

This filim still released by Marvel Studios shows Evangeline Lilly and Paul Rudd in “Ant-Man and the Wasp.” (Photo courtesy Marvel Studios)

Arts & Entertainment

‘Ant-Man’ installment begins to overstretch Marvel universe

“Ant-Man & The Wasp”

Arts & Entertainment

Poet’s corner: 186,000 miles per second: An ode to light

186,000 miles per second: An ode to light

Opinion

Voices of Alaska: Dunleavy is the best choice for Alaska’s next governor

There are two leading candidates for the Republican nomination: Mead Treadwel and Mike Dunleavy. Between now and August,…

Opinion

On second border visit, first lady shows strengths

The first lady may have found her White House calling.

Life

About Ben’s boat and clam digging

1971, Homer, Alaska

Letters to the Editor

Open letter from Olivia, the Kenai kitty who needs a new home

Opinion

Letter to the editor: Repeal SB 91

News

Monthly musings: July

Enjoy the full blooming of fireweed while basking in the midnight sun.

Sterling judo athletes win US Jr. Olympics medals

Life

Sterling judo athletes win US Jr. Olympics medals

Five Kenai Peninsula athletes representing the Sterling Judo Club load up on the medal at the prestigious U.…

Opinion

Nenana is headed the right direction

Being secretive and avoiding accountability in government can lead to public distrust. It can be problematic, too. Anyone…

Opinion

The word masquerade

It’s a common experience. Our minds get stuck on something or other. But this one is kind of…

Opinion

Op-ed: Trump supporters compared to cultists

Bob Corker, the outgoing Republican senator from Tennessee, recently compared supporters of President Trump to members of a…