Learning for Life: Soils workshops for garden and agriculture

Soils are the building blocks for our gardens and are essential for healthy plant growth. This series of workshops will cover the basics of what… Continue reading

New Year fades to old

The old man in the beard, 2015, has hobbled out of the picture and Baby 2016 has crawled in. Years ago, sometime after I had… Continue reading

Church news

Barton to bring message at Kenai United Methodist Retired United Methodist minister, Lucy Barton, will be bringing the message at the Kenai United Methodist Church… Continue reading

Voices of Faith: New Year’s resolution for Christ

We’ve probably by now heard others or thought yourself a few thoughts on making a good New Year’s resolution for 2016. My mom was great… Continue reading

It is what it is: Fear of ‘The Walking Dead’

OK, I have a fear of commitment.Or maybe I just have a fear of zombies — but a fear of commitment is less embarrassing to… Continue reading

Riley Grace Breakfield

Community News and Notes

Benjamin Alan Breakfield and Kamrie Le’Ann Riley announce the birth of their daughter, Riley Grace Breakfield, at 4:29 a.m. on Dec. 2, 2015. She weighed… Continue reading

Riley Grace Breakfield

Learning for Life: Houseplant renewal

It’s a New Year and your houseplants are hoping for some help surviving the long dark winter.In addition to providing water and light Cooperative Extension… Continue reading

Christmas 2015 was great in our family

The great thing about the holidays, as you know, is when the family, or families, get together to cook and eat and open presents and… Continue reading

Voices of Faith: An angel’s favorite greeting

“What is your greatest or most distressing problem?” If your answer to this question is the same as the majority of those responding to it… Continue reading

Business briefs

■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce will not meet this week. For more information, call 907-262-9814. ■ The Kenai Chamber of Commerce will not meet… Continue reading

Jayden Andrew and Kobu Carl Rodgers Whipple of Kenai shared this photo of their new kitten, Lucy. They say their parents, Andy and Kimberly, adopted Lucy because they wanted a kitten for Christmas. They write, "We really like Lucy and she is a real good kitten."
Jayden Andrew and Kobu Carl Rodgers Whipple of Kenai shared this photo of their new kitten, Lucy. They say their parents, Andy and Kimberly, adopted Lucy because they wanted a kitten for Christmas. They write, "We really like Lucy and she is a real good kitten."

Parson Brown

We were relaxing on a decidedly un-Decemberly day, the kind we have most of each December, when there was a knock at the door.I opened… Continue reading

Learning for Life: Portion distortion

In the last 20 years, portion sizes of food have substantially increased. An average serving of french fries today contains 400 more calories than it… Continue reading

Community News and Notes

Community News and Notes

Adam and Kerry Kunkel of Nikiski announce the birth of their daughter, Fallon Shea Kunkel, at 5:26 p.m. on Oct. 7, 2015. She weighed 8… Continue reading

Community News and Notes

Here’s the thing: A new appreciation for the season

Imagine you’re part of Team Christmas, but while everyone is busy being merry, you’re stuck on the bench. Welcome to my Christmas experience. Early December… Continue reading

Voices of Faith: ‘The light has come’

Throughout the ages and the world’s vast geography the presence of light has regulated how people live and is even used to describe how one… Continue reading

Church news

— North Star United Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 of the Kenai Spur Highway in Nikiski, has Christmas Eve services with a children’s service at 6… Continue reading

What 2016 will do to your checkbook: food, rent, gas, raises

Wondering how you will fare financially in 2016? Below are what experts think next year will hold for financial matters close to home: Raises, rent,… Continue reading

Jim and Betty Harris

Jim and Betty Harris celebrate 60 years of marriage

On Dec. 29, Jim and Betty Harris will celebrate 60 years of marriage.Jim and Betty met in Valdez in 1954. Jim arrived from Utah in… Continue reading

Jim and Betty Harris

Unhinged Alaska: A political-free zone for the holidays

The holidays at our cabin by the sea is usually a primo time to kick it back, reinforce family bonds and strengthen ties with friends… Continue reading