School board candidates weigh in on issues

1. If elected, what issues do you feel require the board’s immediate attention?Joe Arness: Clearly, the most immediate issues for the Board of Education are… Continue reading

  • Sep 30, 2014

Holt: School board members need an open mind

I have enjoyed being a member of the KPBSD Board of Education for the past six years. The experience has been productive and very rewarding.… Continue reading

  • Sep 30, 2014
  • By Bill Holt

Yerly: Tweaks can make a good system better

Many people have asked me why I am running for the school board. Simply because I see a system that needs some minor tweaks to… Continue reading

  • Sep 30, 2014
  • By Damon Yerly

What others say: Price of higher education is rising

The reasons were varied, but the outcome was clear: no tuition increase in the 2015-16 academic year for University of Alaska students.Perhaps the majority of… Continue reading

  • Sep 30, 2014

Kenai City Council candidates share views

1. What is the biggest issue facing the city and how can the council address it?Mike Boyle: Providing and maintaining quality services to residents while… Continue reading

  • Sep 29, 2014

What others say: Opponent needed in Ketchikan

No, no, no; it can’t be.The Ketchikan High School football team’s final home game — the one during which seniors were scheduled to be honored… Continue reading

  • Sep 29, 2014

Borough mayoral candidates speak to issues

1. What is the most important duty of the borough mayor? What will be your approach to that job?   Tom Bearup: It is very… Continue reading

  • Sep 28, 2014

Mike Navarre: Responsible management remains the goal

I have been honored to serve as Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor for the last three years. I have received a great deal of support and… Continue reading

  • Sep 28, 2014
  • By Mike Navarre

Tom Bearup: Administration should be accountable to borough residents

I have had experiences throughout my life, in business, government and as former Mayor of the City of Soldotna that put me in the unique… Continue reading

  • Sep 28, 2014
  • By Tom Bearup

What others say: Seeing the NFL’s darker side

If there’s an upside to the Adrian Peterson situation, or, for that matter, to the seemingly endless police blotter of NFL players arrested in connection… Continue reading

  • Sep 28, 2014

Cal Thomas: Use mercenaries to fight ISIS?

On his Fox News show Monday night, Bill O’Reilly suggested using mercenaries to fight the Islamic State (ISIS) instead of U.S. ground forces, which President… Continue reading

  • Sep 27, 2014
  • By Cal Thomas

Bob Franken: Protection against the protectors

How badly did the Secret Service foul things up when intruder Omar Gonzalez managed to get inside the White House through an unlocked front door?… Continue reading

  • Sep 27, 2014
  • By Bob Franken

Nikiski community comes together

Calls for a greater law enforcement presence in an area are not new. In fact, the sentiment has been expressed not just in Nikiski, but… Continue reading

  • Sep 27, 2014

Rich Lowry: The climate march to nowhere

Anti-climate-change marchers took to the streets of Manhattan, N.Y., in the hundreds of thousands over the weekend to demand international action to fight global warming.The… Continue reading

  • Sep 24, 2014
  • By Rich Lowry

Letters to the editor

Steve Strait’s lawsuit against the state of Alaska’s approval of the Walker-Mallott no-party gubernatorial ticket will backfire on the Alaska Republican Party.Strait and Frank McQueary,… Continue reading

  • Sep 24, 2014

What others say: Xerox billing rollout has hurt Alaska patients, doctors

Gov. Sean Parnell announced Monday that the state has filed a claim against Xerox for its mishandling of Medicaid billing in the past year. The… Continue reading

  • Sep 24, 2014

Bob Franken: A bad NFL habit

It’s become quite the thing for celebrities, or even semi-celeb journalists, to let us in on the dark secrets of their lives. Whether it’s coming… Continue reading

  • Sep 23, 2014
  • By Bob Franken

What others say: Road to economic health remains slow

The economy has been on the road to recovery since mid-2009, when the Great Recession officially ended. But, for most Americans, recovery is not there… Continue reading

  • Sep 23, 2014

Cal Thomas: What Jack Ma can re-teach America

In the fairy tale “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” Ali Baba, a poor woodcutter, is in the forest when he hears a group of… Continue reading

  • Sep 22, 2014
  • By Cal Thomas

What others say: A time and place for police to use military equipment

For hundreds of Interior commuters in West Fairbanks on Tuesday morning, the standoff between police officers and an armed man threatening to kill himself and… Continue reading

  • Sep 22, 2014

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