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This Nov. 1, 2018, file photo shows the Hope Center women’s shelter in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. A federal judge in Alaska will hear arguments Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, in a lawsuit filed by the faith-based shelter against the city over a requirement that it accept transgender women. Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian law firm, is seeking a preliminary injunction to stop the city from applying its gender identity law to the Hope Center shelter. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen,File)

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Faith-based shelter fights to keep out transgender women

ANCHORAGE — A conservative Christian law firm that has pushed religious issues in multiple states urged a U.S.…

Control of Alaska House unsettled ahead of session start

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Control of Alaska House unsettled ahead of session start

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The big question heading into the new legislative session Tuesday is: Who will control…

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Alaska Voices: State and DNR committed to safely developing Donlin Gold project

As Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR), I take very seriously my department’s responsibility to…

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Central peninsula community: generous and always there to help

On behalf of the board of directors and staff of The LeeShore Center, I would like to extend…

Opinion

Bob Franken: Blunderbuss pulpit

OK, America, here is the word of the month: “blunderbuss.”

Learning for Life: Pieces of a Puzzle

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Learning for Life: Pieces of a Puzzle

Pieces of a Puzzle

Pre-filed bills tackle Alaska’s sexual assault problem

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Pre-filed bills tackle Alaska’s sexual assault problem

More than a third of Alaska women have experienced sexual assault.

Gavel and scales

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Kenai man convicted of threatening Superior Court Judge: ‘I’m going to kill her family’

A Kenai man has been convicted of threatening to kill an Alaska Superior Court Judge, according a release…

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Anchorage couple indicted on charges of robbing, assaulting cab drivers

Two people were indicted last week for allegedly assaulting and robbing two Anchorage-area cab drivers last year.

Aleea Faulkner, 12, shares socks with mom Wausaumoutouikwe Sandman-Shelifoe on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018, during Project Homeless Connect at the Soldotna Sports Complex. Faulkner spearheaded a sock drive to support the annual community service event. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Health care, hair cuts and more

Project Homeless Connect will offer services at eighth annual event

Students compete in VFW’s Voice of Democracy

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Students compete in VFW’s Voice of Democracy

VFW Post Commander John Walker, Rory Gilmartin, Carlee Rizzo, Jackson Klein, Coy Babcock and VFW Auxiliary President Dave…

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Recycling Bin: Sustainability begins at home

Sustainability begins at home

Tangled up in blue: Squeaky boards

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Tangled up in blue: Squeaky boards

By KAT SORENSEN

Soldotna postpones vote on school zone cellphone ban

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Soldotna postpones vote on school zone cellphone ban

Soldotna City Council has postponed voting on an ordinance that would to prohibit the use of hand-held electronic…

Brantley III scores in OT to lead SoHi hockey past Palmer

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Brantley III scores in OT to lead SoHi hockey past Palmer

By JEREMIAH BARTZ

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PORTLAND, Ore. — A commercial crabbing boat capsized in rough waters off the Oregon coast, killing the three…

Opinion

Cal Thomas: The Trump speech and the response

Despite advance billing that President Trump’s border wall speech would break news and contain new information, it was…

Chelsea Hart, who was born and raised in Kenai and has been performing comedy and opera across Europe for the past four years, is pictured in this undated photo. (Photo by Zowwi Ranford/Courtesy of Chelsea Hart)

Arts & Entertainment

Kenai local Chelsea Hart returns home to teach comedy writing workshop for Kenai Performers

Globetrotting comedienne and entertainer Chelsea Hart has returned to her hometown of Kenai to offer a comedy writing…

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to members of the media before welcoming Juneau residents to the Governor’s Open House on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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ACLU prepares lawsuits against Dunleavy administration

More details will come Thursday.

Now Playing: Solid writing and offscreen terror bring depth to ‘Bird Box’

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Now Playing: Solid writing and offscreen terror bring depth to ‘Bird Box’

Does anyone remember “The Happening” from way back in 2008?