United States

Looking back at Bush’s blunders

From the tragic to the comic, here’s a recap of some of the standout foreign policy snafus of the George W. Bush years Newly released state papers reveal that George W. Bush admitted in 1998 he “did not know much about international affairs.” Winnin..

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Alabama

A story of a Christmas present, hope of the New Year

Robert “Buddy” Metcalf grew up in Opp, Alabama in the 1950s. Born in 1954, Buddy saw the textile industry thrive—and then suffocate—in this rural, South Alabama town. He saw much more than that, too… “When I was 15 years old, I saw two men come out o..

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United States

Woman quarantines in plane toilet over positive Covid test

The US woman asked a flight attendant to lock her in the bathroom for 4 hours after taking the test during a trans-Atlantic journey A teacher from Chicago had to self-isolate in an airplane’s lavatory for four hours over concerns for the health of f..

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Sports

Homer girls take 3rd at Ketchikan tourney

The Homer girls basketball team finished third Thursday at the Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic in Ketchikan by edging Valdez 34-33. The Mariners led 6-4 after the first quarter, 13-12 at halftime and 31-24 after the third quarter. Sydney Shelby l..

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Sports

80 years of conservation and counting

Whenever traveling in the Lower 48, I often find myself thinking about what the area I’m visiting was like even as recently as 100 years ago, prior to the remarkable changes most places have undergone in that timeframe. One of the truly wonderful thi..

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Sports

Out of the Office: Skiing doesn’t have to be perfect to be good

‘One thing I definitely miss about Anchorage are the groomed cross country ski trails,” read the text. It was sent by an acquaintance who was down from the big city skiing Tsalteshi Trails. I call this person an acquaintance because you don’t lob an..

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Alaska

7-day COVID rates creeping up

The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s seven-day COVID-19 case rate per 100,000 people is going up. That’s according to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services’ weekly case update, which shows trends in state COVID data from Dec. 19 to Dec. 25. T..

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Alaska

School district soliciting feedback on new website

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is overhauling its website and wants your feedback. The redesign is years in the making and is meant to make the site — set to launch in early January — more accessible and responsive. Those interested in ..

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Alaska

State to test AMBER Alert System next week

A statewide test of the Alaska AMBER Alert System will occur on Jan. 5 at 10:20 a.m. The Alaska State Troopers will carry out the test in coordination with the Alaska Broadcasters Association. The Alaska AMBER Alert System is used to help rescue ab..

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Basketball

Alec Burks, bench save Knicks from ugly loss to depleted Pistons

DETROIT — Take a bow, Alec Burks for saving the Knicks from a colossal embarrassment in Motown. Burks and the second unit rallied the Knicks to a 94-85 victory over the NBA’s worst team, the Pistons, who also happened to be decimated by COVID-19. W..

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Football

Jason Pinnock playing vs. Tom Brady dream come true — for his dad

He will be sitting in Section 117, Row 26 watching and waiting and even hoping for his son to match wits Sunday with Tom Brady. “I was a big Patriots fan, and a big Tom Brady fan, which I still am,” Louis Pinnock told the Post. “I can’t wait to…

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Basketball

Knicks’ Immanuel Quickley plays with typo on jersey

Typos happen in news stories, and apparently, they can happen on jerseys, too. Knicks guard Immanuel Quickley played with a misspelled game jersey Wednesday night against the Pistons in Detroit. MSG Networks’ cameras spied the misspelling of “Qucike..

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