Maya Kay Marie Sanchez

Community News and Notes

Jason Moore and Autumn Beatty of Kenai announce the birth of their daughter, Willow Raine Moore at 3:25 p.m. on August 22, 2014. She weighed… Continue reading

Maya Kay Marie Sanchez

Learning for Life: Ouch! What was that?

Summertime means lots of outdoor time and on occasion we get stung by one of our resident wasps. Never a fun time it is best… Continue reading

What’s happening at the Kenai Senior Center

What’s happening at the Kenai Senior Center for the month of September 2014 (all activities are held at the Kenai Senior Center unless otherwise stated):■… Continue reading

Church news

Mass schedule to change at Our Lady of Perpetual Help As of September 1, the weekend Mass Schedule will change for Our Lady of Perpetual… Continue reading

Restoring snowmobile history

CASPER, Wyo. — One of the snowmobiles looks a little like a 1970s space-pod with tracks.A rider sits inside, like a car, and the roof… Continue reading

Scottish kids and their chaperones pose in front of a historical 4-ton steam boiler (once used in a lumber mill) that they moved from the shores of Tustumena Lake to higher ground with levers, pulleys and sweat this past summer.  (Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

Refuge Notebook: Scottish kids help restore cabins on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

In the summer of 2006 I was fortunate enough to meet Gary Titus and so began the story of this trans-Atlantic partnership between the Kenai… Continue reading

Scottish kids and their chaperones pose in front of a historical 4-ton steam boiler (once used in a lumber mill) that they moved from the shores of Tustumena Lake to higher ground with levers, pulleys and sweat this past summer.  (Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

An Outdoor View: Fast fishing

Author’s note: This week’s column first appeared Nov. 13, 1987, in “The Tides,” a Clarion supplement.By looking back, we can see how different people helped… Continue reading

Going through the motions won’t do the job

One day in July became increasingly challenging. First, the water pump in the well was producing only a trickle. Then the fuse on the nearby… Continue reading

Poet’s Corner: Soft Grows the Rose

Woman won’t live by bread alone; but a little flower helps. Happy the home where this is known and rewards rise from tender lips.  … Continue reading

Seeking out some new films on video

Late August is a rough time at the movie theater. It’s not really summer, and it’s not really fall. The blockbuster season is over but… Continue reading

Bookworm Sez: You're stuck in an elevator

Bookworm Sez: You’re stuck in an elevator

You’re stuck. Trapped in an elevator, office, front seat of a car, wishing you were someplace, anyplace, else. The people with you are getting on… Continue reading

Bookworm Sez: You're stuck in an elevator

Business News

■ The Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce will host a joint luncheon at noon on Sept. 3 at the Kenai Visitors Center. A forum… Continue reading

What’s Happening

■ On Sept. 12 from 5-7 p.m. the Ninilchik Community Library is hosting a book signing with Michelle Kennedy Hogan, author of 15 books including,… Continue reading

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, AUG. 25 - In this Aug. 13, 2014 photo, Ed Littlefield, left, plays a deerskin drum with teachers as part of a Basic Arts Institute class at Ketchikan High School in Ketchikan, Alaska. The arts institute was brought to Ketchikan for the first time by a collaboration between the arts council, Ketchikan School District and the Alaska Arts Education Consortium. (AP Photo/Ketchikan Daily News, Taylor Balkom)

Arts institute aims to activate brains

KETCHIKAN — About a dozen teachers sat in a circle in a Ketchikan High School music room one recent morning, their brows furrowed as they… Continue reading

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, AUG. 25 - In this Aug. 13, 2014 photo, Ed Littlefield, left, plays a deerskin drum with teachers as part of a Basic Arts Institute class at Ketchikan High School in Ketchikan, Alaska. The arts institute was brought to Ketchikan for the first time by a collaboration between the arts council, Ketchikan School District and the Alaska Arts Education Consortium. (AP Photo/Ketchikan Daily News, Taylor Balkom)

Pioneer Potluck: About more bears in the neighborhood

North Nikiski, Turnbull Residence   AUGUST 2014 John and Nikki live on the top of a hill that over looks a beautiful lake. They live… Continue reading

  • Aug 26, 2014
  • By Grannie Annie
  • Food
Aspen Rose Aponi of Sterling shared this photo of Sweetheart Rose (Rosie for short), posing in her winter duds last December. Rosie is a 3-year-old Teddy Roosevelt terrier.
Aspen Rose Aponi of Sterling shared this photo of Sweetheart Rose (Rosie for short), posing in her winter duds last December. Rosie is a 3-year-old Teddy Roosevelt terrier.
Community news and notes

Community news and notes

Sam Tilly and Tessa Rhyner of Kenai announce the birth of their daughter, Atlas Indira at 3:32 a.m. June 21, 2014. She weighed 7 pounds,… Continue reading

Community news and notes

Learning for Life: Flavored vinegars from wild berries and garden herbs

Flavored vinegars add variety to your meals and they are simple to make. The only ingredients you need are vinegars, herbs or berries, spices, and… Continue reading

Church news

Mass schedule to change at Our Lady of Perpetual Help As of September 1, the weekend Mass Schedule will change for Our Lady of Perpetual… Continue reading

Aerial view of the Bluff Point Landslide taken at a recent minus-5.3-foot low tide. The slide originally extended to the edge of the boulder field, but has eroded back 400-600 yards to the present beach bluff.  (Photo by Ian Reid of Eagle Eye Gallery)

Refuge Notebook: Geologists determine age of Bluff Point Landslide

Many Homerites remember when they first came down the Sterling Highway and stopped at the Baycrest Overlook. The view of Kachemak Bay, the mountains and… Continue reading

Aerial view of the Bluff Point Landslide taken at a recent minus-5.3-foot low tide. The slide originally extended to the edge of the boulder field, but has eroded back 400-600 yards to the present beach bluff.  (Photo by Ian Reid of Eagle Eye Gallery)