Thanksgiving and Christmas. Both celebrations evoke reflection. We think of all of the blessings that have come our way this ...

A friend of mine recently preached a sermon in his church in which he presented the idea that Christians might be looking at the events of the so-called Last Days ...

He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.

— A mind-bogglingly rare sight in the contemporary newspaper world — a comic strip (The Lion King, in this case) sponsored not by a store but by the toy department of a store (Sutfliff’s, in this case ...

Facing yet another challenging budget year, the Kodiak Island Borough School District has started the process of informing ...

In our experience as statewide news watchers, nothing gets parents out in the streets with picket signs more reliably than a proposed school closure.

Norton, a 1991 graduate of Kodiak High School, was recently awarded the prestigious Joe Babbitt Contributor’s Award by the ...

One Sunday more than 20 years ago, Natalia Ruppert held her 1-year-old son a bit tighter in her arms. A friend’s house had ...

The University of Washington is out with a second opinion on the projected 2025 Bristol Bay sockeye run. UW’s Alaska Salmon Program is forecasting a run of 54.1 million fish.

2024 has been one of those years that challenges a person’s ability to be thankful. The global horizon is dark from the ...

I went to the big box store in search of a small cactus to grow on my apartment windowsill. But not just any cactus. One that ...

A random collection of what there is to do in Kodiak this weekend and beyond. Send information about your upcoming event to reporter Derek Clarkston via email at [email protected].