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Op-ed: Starving the beast

One way to kill a predatory animal is to deny it sustenance. The tax-cut bill passed by the Senate, if it clears a conference with… Continue reading

  • Dec 5, 2017
  • By Cal Thomas

What others say: Silicon Valley bears responsibility when it comes to fake news

It has been a week since Las Vegas police stormed Stephen Paddock’s hotel room at Mandalay Bay, finding him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound… Continue reading

  • Oct 17, 2017
  • By The Sacramento Bee editorial

Why criticize Harvey Weinstein?

“Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.” (Proverbs 29:18) Ancient wisdom from a Higher… Continue reading

Flowered spikes that look like erect pine cones are why this parasitic plant that grows in northern latitudes is called the Northern Groundcone. (Photo by Leslie Morton)

Refuge Notebook: Northern Groundcones – the cure for cancer?

In the 1992 movie “Medicine Man,” Sean Connery plays a scientist who discovers the cure for cancer in a rare ant species in the Amazon… Continue reading

Flowered spikes that look like erect pine cones are why this parasitic plant that grows in northern latitudes is called the Northern Groundcone. (Photo by Leslie Morton)

Here’s the Thing: Keeping it real

Life looks different for me depending on the area we’re talking about. Do you ever feel like a juggler? I often talk about having good… Continue reading

This 2017 photo provided by The Culinary Institute of America shows a “Cortland Jab” cider cocktail in Hyde Park, N.Y. This drink is from a recipe by the CIA. (Phil Mansfield/The Culinary Institute of America via AP)

Apple brandy and cider mix with vinegar for a fall cocktail

Most seasons have a signature cocktail. We drink fresh and fruity in the summer, brown and brooding in the winter. But what do we drink… Continue reading

  • Sep 6, 2017
  • By The Culinary Institute of America
  • Food
This 2017 photo provided by The Culinary Institute of America shows a “Cortland Jab” cider cocktail in Hyde Park, N.Y. This drink is from a recipe by the CIA. (Phil Mansfield/The Culinary Institute of America via AP)
A blueberry bush on the Lost Lake Trail near Seward, Alaska is adorned with berries on Thursday, August 17, 2017. The Winterberry project is looking for volunteers to monitor the berries they see with a focus on lowbush cranberry, crowberry, prickly rose and highbush cranberry, although all berries, even blueberries, may be monitored. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Wanted: Berry pickers for new Winterberry project from UAF

Berry season is here, and so is an opportunity for local berry pickers to contribute information from their picking trips to the National Science Foundation’s… Continue reading

A blueberry bush on the Lost Lake Trail near Seward, Alaska is adorned with berries on Thursday, August 17, 2017. The Winterberry project is looking for volunteers to monitor the berries they see with a focus on lowbush cranberry, crowberry, prickly rose and highbush cranberry, although all berries, even blueberries, may be monitored. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Op-ed: The ‘anti-diversity screed’ that wasn’t

The first thing to know about the instantly infamous “anti-diversity screed” written by an anonymous Google software engineer is that it isn’t anti-diversity or a… Continue reading

  • Aug 9, 2017
  • By Rich Lowry

Marijuana activists prepare for KPB vote

Three months ahead of a vote on whether cannabis businesses can continue operating in the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s outside incorporated cities, the nascent industry and… Continue reading

Op-ed: No, China isn’t going to lead

The world has had its delusions about China over the years, but none quite as fantastical as the notion of Beijing assuming the mantle of… Continue reading

  • Jul 14, 2017
  • By Rich Lowry

Borough finalizing plans for North Road extension

About two decades after the Kenai Peninsula Borough first got federal funding to extend the Kenai Spur Highway northward, the borough is working on finalizing… Continue reading

Life in the Pedestrian Lane: No news

I just spent a week in Idaho with family. As always, they introduced me to a couple of habits I don’t indulge in when I… Continue reading

Kenai dipnet app now available

While this summer’s dipnetters fish in the mouth of the Kenai River, the city of Kenai will be fishing for them with a new smartphone… Continue reading

Here’s The Thing: Decisions, decisions

I’ve thought about this article for years. I want to write about my personal favorite little food spots in the twins cities area, solely for… Continue reading

District hires 12 teachers

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is moving forward with hiring 12 of 30 open positions for the 2017-2018 school year after the Kenai Borough… Continue reading

A false morel grows on the forest floor on Friday, May 26 near Sterling. Toxic false morels are redder, lumpier, and have fatter ridges and shallower pits than edible true morels. Unlike true morels, their stems are solid rather than hollow inside.

Hunting the elusive morel mushroom

“Once you find one, you’ll know what you’re looking for,” Rodney Pierce said with his eyes glued to the charred ground of the Funny River… Continue reading

A false morel grows on the forest floor on Friday, May 26 near Sterling. Toxic false morels are redder, lumpier, and have fatter ridges and shallower pits than edible true morels. Unlike true morels, their stems are solid rather than hollow inside.
Moose cows are notorious for being great mothers to their young. (Photo by John Morton)

Refuge Notebook: Celebrating wildlife mothers

This Sunday is Mother’s Day, a national holiday that President Woodrow Wilson designated in 1914 as World War I was unfolding. But, like most things… Continue reading

Moose cows are notorious for being great mothers to their young. (Photo by John Morton)
Possible Lawton Acres sale brings up old arguments

Possible Lawton Acres sale brings up old arguments

Editor's note: This story has been corrected to remove a potentially misleading reference to the clearcutting of the Spur-fronting lot bought by dentist Todd Wortham.… Continue reading

Possible Lawton Acres sale brings up old arguments

Op-ed: Will we ever learn?

President Trump is about to score a religious trifecta, visiting Saudi Arabia, Israel and Rome, the “home” of three monotheistic religions. The president has said… Continue reading

  • May 9, 2017
  • By Cal Thomas

Utility regulators to investigate HEA subsidiary’s deregulation election

In an order issued Wednesday, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska opened an investigation into whether the Homer Electric Association Board of Directors or HEA members… Continue reading

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