A group of state lawmakers tasked with studying how Alaska pays for public education convened on the Kenai Peninsula to visit schools and speak with staff. A month after ex-typhoon Halong struck Western Alaska, the flow of relief supplies for the displaced and building materials needed to shore up villages is going strong in Bethel.

The Homer City Council postponed a final vote on the city’s 2045 comprehensive plan. Homer marked Veterans Day with a community parade honoring those who served. The state of Alaska is limiting payments to SNAP recipients this week in response to federal guidance. Kenai’s regional airport just got a lot grizzlier. The city unveiled a sculpture garden Thursday between the terminal’s arrival and departure doors that features three life-sized brown bears cast in bronze.

The Homer City Council postponed a final vote on the city’s 2045 comprehensive plan. Homer marked Veterans Day with a community parade honoring those who served. The state of Alaska is limiting payments to SNAP recipients this week in response to federal guidance. Kenai’s regional airport just got a lot grizzlier. The city unveiled a sculpture garden Thursday between the terminal’s arrival and departure doors that features three life-sized brown bears cast in bronze.

The state of Alaska is limiting payments to SNAP recipients this week in response to federal guidance; and the Homer City Council postponed a final vote on the city’s 2045 comprehensive plan.

The University of Alaska Board of Regents approved increasing tuition across the board by 4% next year on Friday, despite an initial proposal of only 3%; fishing jobs in Alaska are down for the fifth year in a row; and the last time the U.S. Arctic Research Commission met in Kodiak, Bill Clinton was president. This week the independent federal agency held its 121st meeting, on the island, over the course of two days.

The University of Alaska Board of Regents approved increasing tuition across the board by 4% next year on Friday, despite an initial proposal of only 3%; fishing jobs in Alaska are down for the fifth year in a row; and the last time the U.S. Arctic Research Commission met in Kodiak, Bill Clinton was president. This week the independent federal agency held its 121st meeting, on the island, over the course of two days.

The Anchor Point offshore test fishery returned in 2025 after it wasn’t funded in 2024; the National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the Southwest Kenai Peninsula and Southern Kachemak Bay; and the City of Homer is warning residents about an email scam circulating.

The Pratt Museum has a new executive director; a former Jehovah's Witness church leader pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 20 felony criminal counts of sexual abuse and sexual assault of minors; and Alaska might soon regulate its own hazardous waste.

The Pratt Museum has a new executive director; a former Jehovah's Witness church leader pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 20 felony criminal counts of sexual abuse and sexual assault of minors; and Alaska might soon regulate its own hazardous waste.

Seldovia residents may soon have another local option for taking the state's written knowledge test; Kenai Aviation announced Monday that it was ceasing all flight operations; Kenai Peninsula property owners who want to take advantage of the borough’s new, higher residential tax exemption must reapply for that exemption by next Feb. 15; and this Friday is the deadline for firms to submit proposals to design and build the Homer Harbor’s System 4 float replacement.