Life
COOKING ON DEADLINE: Flaky Fish Tacos with Vegetable Slaw
A good fish taco is in a class by itself. My kids tried their first in a beachside…
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Serve Warm Steak and Potato Chip Salad on Father’s Day
In honor of Father’s Day, I’ve conjured up a recipe featuring an arsenal of steakhouse delights, starting with…
Life
Salmon on the grill gets tasty with miso and lime juice
Salmon season has arrived, and the markets are brimming with gorgeous wild varieties like King Salmon and Coho,…
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Pioneer Potluck: About memories and smells
Memorial Day 2017 Last week I wrote about Grandpa and Grandma Cogswell, my Mom’s parents who lived in…
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An Outdoor View: Consequences
“You’re OK,” I told myself over and over again, a mantra more wish than fact. I was not…
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Refuge Notebook: Butterworts: carnivorous and easily overlooked beauties
At first glance the insect-eating hairy butterwort, one of the smallest flowering plants on the Refuge at about…
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Clearing the way across the bay
The quiet forests of Kachemak Bay State Park carry magic for Kathy Sarns. After moving to Homer in…
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Advice to growers: Match the cure to the pest problem
The caller on the other end of the phone was worried: Her apple trees had suffered severely last…
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Summer prep with fly fishing clinic
There’s no time for training once the summer fishing season is in full swing, so Lee Kuepper of…
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Notes from the Recycling Bin
Did you know … The next Hazardous Waste Disposal Day at the Soldotna Landfill is June 10, three…
Life
Community News and Notes
News and Notes Davis named to
Dean’s List at UAA Marilynn Davis of Nikiski has been named to…
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It is what it is: Live and learn
I graduated from high school in 1991. Our graduation speaker, a news anchor from one of the big…
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Learning for Life: Morel mushrooms
Morel mushrooms on the peninsula It may be close to the morel mushroom season, if you are looking…
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Hiking in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
What type of trail am I hiking today? Do I need my hiking poles? Skilak Lookout Trail has…
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An Outdoor View: Bear time
If you haven’t done so already this spring, now would be a good time to think about bears.…
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Church News
Soldotna Aglow plans events Soldotna Aglow is having a big event in the Soldotna Creek Park on June…
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Voices of Faith: With coming of spring, let your spirit soar
Oh, the wonderful signs of spring! Are you enjoying the warmer temperatures, the longer days, green leaves shooting…
Arts & Entertainment
Triumvirate brings ‘Steel Magnolias’ to peninsula stage
Humor and heart collide in this weekend’s Triumvirate Theatre production of “Steel Magnolias,” brought to life by a…
Arts & Entertainment
Reeling it in: Guy Ritchie brings his style to King Arthur’s tale
“King Arthur – Legend of the Sword” Warner Bros. 2 hours, 6 minutes Sometimes it feels like there’s…