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What others say: The price of Alaska

It’s a refrain echoed by nearly all recent arrivals to Alaska: “Why is everything so expensive here?”

This photo released by Sony Entertainment shows Denzel Washington in “The Equalizer 2.” (Photo courtesy Sony Entertainment)

Arts & Entertainment

For sequels, ‘Equalizer’ serves its predecessor, ‘Transylvania’ not so much

Equalizer 2/Hotel Transylvania 3

Opinion

What others say: DEA to finally tighten oversight of opioid manufacturing

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency announced that it will more closely monitor the number of opioid pills manufactured…

Opinion

Letters to the editor: Human error leads to bears’ deaths

Referencing the article in the Anchorage Daily News, “Three bears killed in area of mauling.”

Life

About Ben’s boat wreck at Big Lake

Year: 1972 — Big Lake, Alaska

Opinion

What others say: Trump’s talk on lower drug prices fails to materialize

It has been two months since the president released his road map for lowering drug costs that seems…

Life

Then and now on the Fourth

How long since we’ve experienced a Fourth of July like this past one. Can you believe the weather!…

Motorcyclist dead after collision with car in Sterling

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Motorcyclist dead after collision with car in Sterling

A Sterling man has died after colliding with a truck on his motorcycle on Thursday.

Opinion

What others say: New investigation into Emmett Till’s murder looks to provide closure

The brutal murder of Emmett Till, a black Chicago youth, in Mississippi nearly 63 years ago went unpunished,…

Life

Why is hard work a good thing?

Here’s a question. Do you value hard work? Many of us would say yes, though of course a…

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge interns Angel Smith and Laura Bashor help Hilcorp Alaska restore a retired gas pad east of the Swanson River Oil Field. (Photo by Lorene Lynn)

Life

Restoring nature 1 gravel pad at a time

By AMBER ROBBINS

Tasi Fosi of Anchorage, who has been dipnetting in Chitina since 1991, holds up two king salmon on July 9, 2018 as seagulls hover overhead. (Photo courtesy Mary Catharine Martin)

Life

Low Copper River sockeye return effects ripple outward

It’s a summer tradition for many in Alaska: pack up the car, drive to Chitina and dipnet for…

Opinion

Hunting rules should be adopted

The Humane Society of the United States recently commissioned a five-question survey concerning a proposed change to hunting…

This photo released by Legendary Entertianment, Flynn Picture Company and Seven Bucks Productions shows Dwayne Johnson (right) and Neve Campbell in “Skyscraper.” (Courtesy Legendary Entertianment, Flynn Picture Company and Seven Bucks Productions)

Arts & Entertainment

‘Skyscraper’ can’t be ‘Die Hard,’ but at least it’s not boring

Skyscraper

News

Fish board denies emergency petition on hatchery permit

The Board of Fisheries declined to take up an emergency petition related to hatchery pink salmon production in…

Letters to the Editor

Madden would defend PFD in House

Madden would defend PFD in House

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the editor: Thanks to Soldotna Seniors’ luau supports

Thanks to Soldotna Seniors’ luau supports

Opinion

What others say: Senators must take care when confirming Kavanaugh

Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to replace retiring Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on the Supreme Court comes at a…

Opinion

What others say: Being here

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue visited Prince of Wales Island this past week, spending part of Thursday looking…

Opinion

Op-ed: The law’s country club

Is it possible that only Ivy League law schools produce attorneys who have what it takes to climb…