After the sale of its utility to Homer Electric Association failed, again, by just a handful of votes, the city of Seward is now trying to figure out what to do next. The highly endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale is a coveted sighting in the Kenai River, for both locals and visitors. But boaters who aren’t looking out for the whales can pose danger to the pods when they're out on the water. An exploratory vessel that’s mapping the seafloor along Alaska’s coast docked in Kodiak last month.