Business Briefs

■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce meets today at noon at Froso’s Restaurant in Soldotna. A presentation by Alaska’s Future, a statewide coalition of Alaskans… Continue reading

It is what it is: Pick up the phone!

My wife and I almost never had a second date.Actually, our first date might not have been an actual date, but it did end with… Continue reading

Carolyn Knackstedt

Community News and Notes

Tiffiny Decker and Gregory Gordon announce the birth of their son, Andrew Michael-Everett Gordon, at 10:16 p.m. right on his Thanksgiving due date, Nov. 26,… Continue reading

Carolyn Knackstedt

Learning for Life: Beat the sugar bug

When my kids heard on the news that the new USDA dietary guidelines include a recommendation that Americans reduce sugar consumption to less than 10… Continue reading

Voices of Faith: Seek first the Kingdom of Heaven

When I was a senior in high school, our Sunday school teacher told our class a very profound statement that scared me nearly to death.… Continue reading

Clara Cozzini sews a quilt for a doll with help from librarian Ryanna Thurman at a meeting of the "All Dolled Up" club on Saturday Feb. 20 at the Kenai Public Library. The free group meets monthly at the Kenai Community Library to craft doll accessories and play. On Saturday they sowed quilts and made lunchboxes from Altoid tins; in March they will sow scarves.

All dolled up

Clara Cozzini sews a quilt for a doll with help from librarian Ryanna Thurman at a meeting of the “All Dolled Up” club on Saturday… Continue reading

Clara Cozzini sews a quilt for a doll with help from librarian Ryanna Thurman at a meeting of the "All Dolled Up" club on Saturday Feb. 20 at the Kenai Public Library. The free group meets monthly at the Kenai Community Library to craft doll accessories and play. On Saturday they sowed quilts and made lunchboxes from Altoid tins; in March they will sow scarves.
Mason Jack Brewer

Community News and Notes

Births - Brewers welcome son Jim and Traci Brewer of Nikiski announce the birth of their son, Mason Jack Brewer, at 10:32 a.m. on May… Continue reading

Mason Jack Brewer

Sometimes you need a timeout

I’ve had better weeks. After letting stress take it’s course, what should I expect? Stress doesn’t own me. But every now and then when I’m… Continue reading

Members of the Key Coalition, an advocacy group for state healthcare waiver applicants, hold their annual rally beside the Sterling Highway on Friday, Feb. 19 near Soldotna Creek Park. The group has rallied yearly since 1988 to draw attention to those waiting for state waivers that would give them Medicaid-funded care outside of an institution, allowing the severely disabled to remain in their homes and communities.
Members of the Key Coalition, an advocacy group for state healthcare waiver applicants, hold their annual rally beside the Sterling Highway on Friday, Feb. 19 near Soldotna Creek Park. The group has rallied yearly since 1988 to draw attention to those waiting for state waivers that would give them Medicaid-funded care outside of an institution, allowing the severely disabled to remain in their homes and communities.

Kenai Peninsula College posts academic honors

Kenai Peninsula College recently released the names of students who earned Chancellor’s List and Dean’s List honors for the Fall 2015 semester. To be eligible… Continue reading

Church news

Our Lady of Perpetual Help sets A Place at the Table A Place at the Table, a new outreach ministry at Our Lady of Perpetual… Continue reading

Voices of Faith: How to be ‘strange’ and live like a ‘stranger’

According to an American survey in The Washington Post “the fear of strangers” made it into the top five fears people face. While there are… Continue reading

Kenai Fire Marshal Tommy Carver takes a turn using a fire engine to put out a simulated aircraft fire during an Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting drill on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 at the Beacon Occupational Health and Safety Services Training Center in Kenai, Alaska.

Beating the heat

After getting the signal to start over the radio, Kenai Fire Marshal Tommy Carver swung a 3,000 gallon fire engine around to face a mass… Continue reading

Kenai Fire Marshal Tommy Carver takes a turn using a fire engine to put out a simulated aircraft fire during an Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting drill on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 at the Beacon Occupational Health and Safety Services Training Center in Kenai, Alaska.

Business News

■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce will hold a mixer today at 5:30 p.m. at St. Elias Brewery in Soldotna. Talk to local brewers and… Continue reading

Activists push for more detox beds in Anchorage

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Community activists are pushing for more detox beds in Anchorage, where only 14 are available in a city of 300,000.The Alaska Dispatch… Continue reading

Community News and Notes

Lincoln Johnson of Kenai, junior, has been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2015 semester at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois. To qualify… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: Better to be on the Love Boat than under it

My, my, here we are, once again, in the cuddle clime of Valentine’s Day.This “special” period should have rolled in as no surprise to any… Continue reading

Church Briefs

Our Lady of Perpetual Help sets A Place at the Table A Place at the Table, a new outreach ministry at Our Lady of Perpetual… Continue reading

Are you and your spouse still Valentines?

“Doesn’t anybody stay together anymore?” asked a once popular song. Sadly, it’s a question that’s still in tune with today’s marriage miseries. Home breakups are… Continue reading

Photo by Lee Kuepper/courtesy of City of Soldotna In this photo taken Feb. 7, 2015, crowds draw closer to the bonfires as the Frozen River Festival winds down at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, Alaska.

Frozen Riverfest returns to Soldotna

Soldotna will take a second swing at the winter version of one of its most popular summer celebrations when the Frozen River Fest returns this… Continue reading

Photo by Lee Kuepper/courtesy of City of Soldotna In this photo taken Feb. 7, 2015, crowds draw closer to the bonfires as the Frozen River Festival winds down at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, Alaska.