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Reluctance of health-care providers to join networks hikes state’s costs
State expenditures on employee and retiree health care are bending downward a bit this year due to cost…
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Farmers Market
Marking the last official Market of the season, this weekend is the traditional Harvest Meal down at the…
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Peninsula horseman invites guests to experience peace of backcountry
If horseman Ron Wilhoit has a business plan, it is clearly built around mythologist Joseph Campbell’s advice to…
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The Passing Seasons
The Passing Seasons The thawing earth, the smell of rain, A hint of green, a bird’s refrain Tiny…
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Candidate hits campaign trail
I’m Lindianne Sarno, and I’m bicycling for mayor. In the next few weeks you’ll be able to to…
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Most lawmakers not from Alaska
According to the Begich campaign, among Dan Sullivan’s greatest sins is that he isn’t from Alaska. Since when…
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Begich will best represent teachers
In a recent TV ad, Dan Sullivan shamelessly tries to claim to have helped teachers by saving their…
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Family appreciates kindnesses
On behalf of my mom, Pamela Lott, I would just like to say thank you to all the…
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Where’s debate over right, wrong?
As I follow the media coverage of the proposed U.S. intervention in the Middle East, I can’t help…
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Vote ‘yes’ to legalize marijuana
I haven’t smoked marijuana in a long time. When someone passes me a pipe, I decline and say,…
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Helicopter traffic should be confined
I don’t believe many people realize that the city is proposing to allow helicopter facilities in the commercial…
Crime & Justice
Outrage over assault dismissal
Outrage over assault dismissalBorn and raised in Homer, I found myself fortunate to have grown up in a…
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Candidates for Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor; 3-year term
1.What is the most important duty of the borough mayor? What will be your approach to that job? …