At sundown today Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins. 

For many it is a time of reflection, family gatherings, sweet food and for one Nikiski woman, a foray into sharing her celebration with curious Christian friends.

Kristine Dohse’s journey into discovering the “Hebraic Roots” of her faith, her religion and her family roots began nearly a decade ago with a bible-study exercise and an experimental Passover celebration and has led to a fundamental change in the nature of her beliefs. 

When Norm Blakeley, of Sterling, bought property at 44676 and 44686 on the Sterling Highway in Soldotna earlier this year, he said he had no idea it would end up being such a headache. 

The property, which has both The Pour House and Pizza Boys on it, also has a third residential structure — and all three are out of compliance with the city’s water and sewer code. 

Help may be on the way for local fishermen, however aid could take months to materialize. 

Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank determined that three regions of the Alaska chinook salmon fishery qualified as disaster regions after reviewing information submitted by Gov. Sean Parnell. 

Parnell asked for disaster declarations on the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers in July and for the Cook Inlet in early August. 

Two men were indicted Friday on charges that they intentionally set a fire at the Wildwood Pretrial Correctional Facility and endangered the lives of 28 other inmates in the area. 

Travis Lee Mchone, of Sterling, and Richard Baker were charged with first degree arson, a Class A felony, after a fire was found in their shared cell Aug. 31 at about 9 p.m. The two also face 28 counts of reckless endangerment, and criminally negligent burning, both are class A misdemeanors.