The scientific definition of hibernation is “the condition or period of an animal or plant spending the winter in a dormant ...

The Nikiski Senior Center and the Kenai Peninsula Homeless Coalition both recently received grants from the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority. According to a Dec. 10 press release, the trust ...

Jesus said, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). The promise is not that lament will erase our wounds, but that God himself will comfort us in them — and often use ...

When you follow scientists in the Alaska wilderness, you’ll almost certainly get alder-snagged. In November, near Homer, alders grew considerately on Grewingk Glacier till, with space to maneuver ...

I don’t ever throw away leftovers. I figure anything wrapped in petrochemical-based plastic and stored in the refrigerator ...

Presidential Executive Order #148, in January 1899, had set aside 320 acres of land near Russian Orthodox Church property in ...

The Kenai City Council on Wednesday, Dec. 3 adopted a resolution to purchase the property under Wildwood Drive and Cook Inlet Drive rights-of-way to construct and maintain an outfall sewer and access ...

Soldotna artist Lester Nelson-Gacal was recently named one of 50 Alaskan artists to receive a $10,000 grant through the ...

Mayor Peter Micciche said a 34% increase over three years has created “real financial hardships” for many in the borough.