Frustrated growers tired of seeing wild birds devastate their fruit crops are turning to raptors to patrol their fields, orchards and vineyards.This ancient predator-prey relationship… Continue reading
Events and Exhibitions ■ “Outside the Palace, ” a collection of works by Celia Anderson, is on display until Oct. 28 at Kenai Fine Art… Continue reading
“The Accountant” Warner Bros. 2 hours, 8 minutes The condition of autism has gone through a lot of ups and downs in this country… Continue reading
Cold and Flu SeasonBy Hedy Huss, SoldotnaIt’s the cold and flu season.The calendar says your body goes treason.When you get sick, it can be dicey.A… Continue reading
Everything seems a little eerier lately, doesn’t it?Maybe that’s because the days are shorter and nights throw shadows. The wind blows a little differently. Newly-bare… Continue reading
It had been at least ten years since my last visit to the U.S. Forest Service’s cabin on Upper Russian Lake, so I figured it… Continue reading
■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce meets today at noon at Froso’s Restaurant in Soldotna. A presentation from Tim Dillon of the Kenai Peninsula Economic… Continue reading
Smith, Morris welcome son Sawyer Douglas Morris was born at home in water on Oct. 3, 2016 at 11:46 p.m. to Britni Smith and Erick… Continue reading
OK, people, just three more weeks, give or take a day or two, and this will all be over. We’ve passed the local elections (which… Continue reading
— More than 28 billion glass bottles and jars end up in landfills every year. That is the equivalent of filling up two Empire State… Continue reading
Explore family ties at Family Discovery Day The Soldotna, Alaska Stake Family History Center will host a Family Discovery Day from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday… Continue reading
In this mudslinging, name calling election season, it is not hard to see something is missing from the candidates running for America’s highest public office.… Continue reading
I don’t hunt game birds much anymore, partly because I don’t have a decent bird dog and partly because ptarmigan and spruce grouse just don’t… Continue reading
Tell people you went fishing, and their usual response will be, “How’d ja do?”What they really want to know is how many you caught, how… Continue reading
In one weekend, you could effectively move your garden — or at least part of it — a few hundred miles south. If you’re handy,… Continue reading
Best Bets ■ The Kenai Performers and the Kenai Senior Connection present a murder mystery dinner theater, “The Show Can’t Go On — But it… Continue reading
Hilarity, murder and gentle mocking of the dinner theater genre itself will ensue in the Kenai Performers’ next murder mystery production this weekend.For $40, theater… Continue reading
The Darkness FadesBy Randy Wolfe, KenaiAs I sit here in the dark, awaiting I don’t know who.Someone I have known my whole life but had… Continue reading
“Triple 9”Open Road Films1 hour, 55 minutesYou know what I get tired of hearing? How busy everyone is. “I’m so busy!” “I’ve just got too… Continue reading
You ran into someone from your past the other day.He didn’t recognize you, but you remembered him: same hair, same walk, same irksome laugh and… Continue reading
