Logan Tuttle

What began as a way for his granddaughter Kylee to enjoy bacon has led Fred West and Tustumena Smokehouse to Boston to present Kylee's Alaska Salmon Bacon, among other products, at the International Boston Seafood Show next month.

Six months after one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded rattled Japan in March 2011, two Soldotna men were among the countless volunteers who felt a calling to help rebuild the shattered country.

Climate change is taking place on the Kenai Peninsula, slowly but surely. Over the last 100 years, climate change has been affecting the Peninsula, according to a presentation Thursday night from Dr. John Morton, supervisory biologist at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

It was 2009 and Forrest Vest, then 16 years old, was living out of his car. After he'd run away from home, his only option was to sleep in the car, or on somebody's couch. Just a year later, clean and on the right path, Forrest was awarded the $500 Scholarship of Hope at the 2010 Candlelight Vigil for Homeless Youth in Soldotna.