WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney's plan to help people with pre-existing medical conditions: Hang on to your health insurance if you want to be protected.

I think right now if you stood in Fred Meyers and said, "We need more rain!" you could cause a riot. It is now August and summer has been less than what we hoped for, especially after last year.

While it is encouraging that Senate and House committees are beginning to seriously consider health-care reform legislation, it is critical that the U.S. Congress takes action and passes real health-care reform in the next few months.

WASHINGTON -- With research showing a slightly higher risk that people's hearts may give out during exercise, doctors are calling on health clubs to buy portable defibrillators.

Soldotna Mayor Dave Carey needed few words Monday to express to a meeting of the Alaska Natural Gas Development Author-ity board of directors in Kenai why bringing North Slope natural gas to Southcentral Alaska is so important to the economy. The online edition of Peninsula Clarion newspaper in