Life
An Outdoor View: On risks, disasters and deprivation
With so many people having to leave their homes due to natural disasters in recent weeks, I got…
Arts & Entertainment
Poet’s Corner: America’s Last Altar Call
America’s Last Altar Call By Norm Olson, Nikiski Conceived in strife and born in war Twas this nation’s…
Arts & Entertainment
Homer Doc Fest returns with films both that seek to enlighten
This week, film buffs will escape reality for an hour or two during the weeklong 14th annual Homer…
Arts & Entertainment
The Bookworm Sez: ‘Last Chicago Boss’ rides through whirlwind of crime
If you could open the throttle some… Just a little more juice, more pedal, kick things up a…
Arts & Entertainment
Reeling it in: Characters drive ‘The Big Sick’
“The Big Sick” Lionsgate 2 hours I’d like to say right up front that I don’t like the…
Life
Pioneer Potluck: About being adopted
A farm in Northern Colorado 1937-1955 Dad always had an explanation for everything, whether it was long or…
Life
Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Gooseberries, pro and con
Three or four years ago, we bought a goose berry bush. We went to one of the spring…
Life
Notes from the Recycling Bin
Did you know … More than 300 million tons (yes, tons) of plastic is produced every year and…
Arts & Entertainment
Reeling it in: ‘It’ brings legitimate scares
“It” Warner Bros. 2 hours, 15 minutes I wonder if, when Francis Ford Coppola was casting his classic…
Arts & Entertainment
What’s Happening
Events and Exhibitions • An exhibition of James Evenson’s works from Kenai Peninsula College’s permanent collection will be…
Arts & Entertainment
The Bookworm Sez: Remember how to space out?
Pay attention! Bet you heard that plenty when you were younger. Look up here, listen to me, watch…
Government
Wheel of Silvers
Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to show the magic weight on Wednesday was determined to be…
Life
Refuge Notebook: One thing leads to another: Big-ear radix snails on the Kenai Peninsula
“Sometimes one thing leads to another.” This is a quote from a Refuge Notebook article I had written…
Life
Rain putting a damper on summer, fall activities
If it seems like the fall season in Alaska is upon us, you’d be wrong. Technically. Technically, autumn…
Life
Pioneer Potluck: Fall chores, floods and fires
Author’s note: Suggestions by Susan Jordan Fall chores on the farm, where my two brothers, two sisters and…
Life
Sterling Judo Club resumes training
Mark your calendars for September 12, the startup date for Sterling Judo Club’s resumption of instruction and practice…
Life
Notes from the Recycling Bin
Did you know … Beer is over 90 percent water. Great beer begins with clean water. Two-thirds of…
Life
It is what it is: From the press box to the cheap seats
For the first time since I was in high school, I’ve been attending high school sporting events as…
Life
Voices of Faith: The Sine Wave of Life
A sine wave is a mathematical curve that, when graphed, has a smooth repetitive oscillation. Basically it is…
Life
Weekend 9-11 rodeo to pay tribute to veterans, police, servicemen
With the 16th anniversary of the tragic events of Sept. 11 approaching, the men and women who commit…