When southern Kenai Peninsula residents heard BlueCrest’s plans for the Cosmopolitan project just north of Anchor Point, it brought two new words into our vocabulary:… Continue reading
So, a Republican majority Congress has “reformed” the tax code for the first time in 31 years, allowing us to keep a little more of… Continue reading
Abortion, and guns: the two most divisive topics in politics. Our current political climate is, to say the least, divided. But I’d like to propose… Continue reading
Here we are in 2017, Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, a place still somewhat wild, still living with the populations of advancing time, a place that prior… Continue reading
Many Christians know that Christmas is the season for commemorating Jesus’ birthday. But how many Christians give a gift to him at Christmas? Few forget… Continue reading
It is disturbing to see the recent
sexual assault-related cases in the Ketchikan court system. In one case, a minor reports she woke up to… Continue reading
Alaskans are on the verge of seeing the oil-rich coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) opened to leasing for the first time… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker released his administration’s budget proposal for the state’s fiscal year starting July 1, 2018, and there is certainly a lot for the… Continue reading
Side issues — some of them created by the president himself — have obscured the accomplishments of the Donald Trump administration during his first year… Continue reading
House and Senate Republican leaders are hoping Congress will vote on and approve a reconciled Senate tax bill before Dec. 22. In the meantime, the… Continue reading
The past two months of electoral losses for the Trump GOP feel very familiar. Newly elected President Barack Obama’s party lost off-year gubernatorial elections in… Continue reading
The issue of “Dreamers” — children who were brought to the United States as children by undocumented parents, and many of whom are now young… Continue reading
Multnomah County wasn’t even ready to start recruiting homeowners for a pilot project seeking hosts for homeless families to live in county-built tiny homes on… Continue reading
It’s a wonder that President Donald Trump devotes so much time to discrediting the press, when the press does so much to discredit itself. The… Continue reading
“Sweetheart.” “Honey.” “Baby.” How are we supposed to get any work done when you’re “dressed like that?” We’re disgusted by the actions of state Rep.… Continue reading
LONDON — “Come in. We love Americans.” It was a restauranteur hustling customers outside his establishment here in London. My wife and I are here… Continue reading
On behalf of all of us at the Kenai Watershed Forum I wanted to say thanks to everyone who came to our holiday open house… Continue reading
It’s December 8, 2017, 10:15 a.m … It’s frosty and clear here in Nikiski, AK… The roads are slick with black ice… Robert S., age… Continue reading
In September 1862, a group of Chicago ministers sent a “memorial” (or long letter) to President Abraham Lincoln in which they made a theological argument… Continue reading
Rep. John Conyers, D-Michigan,
resigned from office Tuesday in light of sexual misconduct allegations against him. Rep. Conyers said his legacy would not be tarnished… Continue reading
