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Minister’s Message: Providing your grandchild with Christ’s spiritual legacy

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Minister’s Message: Providing your grandchild with Christ’s spiritual legacy

So many grandparents think their role is to spoil them, fill them up with sugar and send them…

Shelley Gill

Opinion

Point of View: Alaskans should recall Dunleavy for ‘destroying the life’s work of a generation’

What kind of leader will not even consider cutting oil subsidies at a time of fiscal hardship?

Sports

Pigskin Pick ‘Em: Finally! A winning week!

Week eight of the NFL season is proof that miracles can and do happen. The author of this…

Freezer Food Series makes return this weekend

Sports

Freezer Food Series makes return this weekend

The Freezer Food Series makes its return for a third year this Sunday at the Tsalteshi Trails in…

(Courtesy photo | Jeff Lund)

Opinion

Opinion: Roadless Rule needed to protect salmon, trout

The rule was set up in a sensible way for Southeast.

Pioneer Potluck: Trip to Colorado, Part II: What memories are made of

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Pioneer Potluck: Trip to Colorado, Part II: What memories are made of

This week’s recipes: Susan’s Insta-pot beef teriyaki and Mexican chocolate-cherry cake

Alaska Voices: With DACA at risk, Congress must take action

Opinion

Alaska Voices: With DACA at risk, Congress must take action

It’s now up to Sen. Lisa Murkowski to continue to support Dreamers.

Peninsula volleyball teams roll at Dimond-Service tourney

Sports

Peninsula volleyball teams roll at Dimond-Service tourney

The Soldotna volleyball team emerged the biggest winners Saturday at the Dimond-Service tournament at Service High School with…

Nordiques sweep Brown Bears

Sports

Nordiques sweep Brown Bears

The Kenai River Brown Bears were swept on the road by the Maine Nordiques on Friday and Saturday…

Opinion

Alaska Voices: Domestic Violence Awareness Month: A Call to Action

As a law enforcement officer, it is easy to focus on solutions within the criminal justice system.

Nikiski netters sweep Seward

Sports

Nikiski netters sweep Seward

Nikiski volleyball rolled to a 3-0 Southcentral Conference win Thursday night in Seward before heading up to Anchorage…

Refuge notebook: Winter moth time

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Refuge notebook: Winter moth time

On the windows of my home in Kasilof, under lights at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s headquarters in…

Pigskin Pick ‘Em: So close, yet so far

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Pigskin Pick ‘Em: So close, yet so far

Week seven in the NFL felt a whole lot like the first six weeks of the season, and…

School briefs for 10/20 to 10/26

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School briefs for 10/20 to 10/26

Soldotna High School

Drew at King Country Creek cabin remains are pictured in 1999. All that remains of the last King County Creek cabin, just inland from Skilak Lake, are these well-weathered logs, which are difficult to find in the tall grass at that location. (Photo by Clark Fair)

Life

An unusual and difficult journey to the Kenai (part 2)

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second part of a two-part story about the Kings County Mining Company’s expedition…

Refuge notebook: New fall colors include hummingbirds

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Refuge notebook: New fall colors include hummingbirds

In a day and age where social media seems to dominate and not always for the best reasons,…

Pigskin Pick ‘Em: Sinking ship is taking on water

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Pigskin Pick ‘Em: Sinking ship is taking on water

The life raft keeping us afloat at Pigskin Pick’em Headquarters is taking on water! We’re officially in the…

Iditarod head, PETA leader to meet

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Iditarod head, PETA leader to meet

‘I’m coming in with open ears and eyes, to have an objective conversation about animal welfare.’

The Tongass National Forest sign seen en route to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Alaska Voices: Respect Alaska Tribes’ rights on the Tongass question

‘We have lived, depended on, and stewarded these lands and waters since time immemorial.’

An aerial shows the footprint of the test well drilled in the mid-1980s on land owned by the Kaktovik Native village corporation within the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.(Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: This land is your land

The Department of Natural Resources shares Guthrie’s belief that “this land was made for you and me.”