News
Sterling resident charged with wire fraud involving COVID-19 relief funds
Sterling resident Kent Tompkins, 55, was arrested last week, on April 16, on two charges of wire fraud for alleged… Continue reading
Trout Unlimted gear swap to return, expands to include outdoor gear
The Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Trout Unlimited will host its second annual Fishing & Outdoor Gear Swap on Saturday, May… Continue reading
Sports
Wednesday: Homer softball blows past Redington
The visiting Homer softball team defeated Redington 24-2 in two innings Wednesday in Northern Lights Conference action. The Mariners improved… Continue reading
Wednesday: Homer baseball edges Kenai
The Homer baseball team defeated Kenai Central 4-3 on Wednesday at the Soldotna Little League fields in Northern Lights Conference… Continue reading
Refuge Notebook: Collaboration on the high seas and other lessons learned on marine debris cleanup
Tuesday soccer: SoHi sweeps Kenai; Homer sweeps Nikiski
Field conditions cause shuffling of softball, baseball schedule
Soldotna track and field sweeps Soldotna Invitational
Saturday: Kenai soccer sweeps Homer
Opinion
Sen. Jesse Bjorkman: Protecting workers, honoring the fallen
Capitol Corner: Legislators report back from Juneau
Rep. Justin Ruffridge: Supporting correspondence programs
Capitol Corner: Legislators report back from Juneau
Opinion: We support all students
Rep. Ben Carpenter: Securing Alaska’s economic future through tax reform
Opinion: Alaska House makes the right decision on constitutionally guaranteed PFD
Rep. Justin Ruffridge: Creating a road map to our shared future
Rep. Ben Carpenter: A missed opportunity to secure then future of the permanent fund
Outdoors and Recreation
Out of the Office: ‘Let’s mosey’
Sunday, I photographed some caribou close to my home. As I photographed them, a couple looked curiously at me, but… Continue reading
Refuge Notebook: Has spring sprung?
I have always found the arrival of spring to be championed by the first sightings of geese at the Kenai and Kasilof Flats
Life
Powerful truth of resurrection reverberates even today
Don’t let the resurrection of Jesus become old news
A Kind and Sensitive Man: The Rex Hanks Story — Part 1
The main action of this story takes place in Happy Valley, located between Anchor Point and Ninilchik on the southern Kenai Peninsula
Arts and Entertainment
Whodunit? ‘Clue’ to keep audiences guessing
Soldotna High School drama department puts on show with multiple endings and divergent casts
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SoHi students walk out for school funding
Kenai, Homer girls tie; Mariners boys topple Kards
District unions call for ‘walk-in’ school funding protest
Whodunit? ‘Clue’ to keep audiences guessing
Rep. Justin Ruffridge: Supporting correspondence programs
Out of the Office: ‘Let’s mosey’
Opinion: We support all students