The Homer City Council moved forward on a plan to expand the harbor and heard from dozens of residents at its meeting last night; and Homer High School students and two teachers traveled to eastern Europe over spring break to visit three countries.

Four Kenai Peninsula schools will close their doors this summer, while others face cuts to librarians, pool facilities, and various extracurriculars. That’s after school board members approved the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s spending plan Monday night. The board says the budget could still change. But it’s what will be implemented unless the district gets more money.

Four Kenai Peninsula schools will close their doors this summer, while others face cuts to librarians, pool facilities, and various extracurriculars. That’s after school board members approved the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s spending plan Monday night. The board says the budget could still change. But it’s what will be implemented unless the district gets more money.

The stage component feature of Homer’s 2026 spring Jubilee arts festival will take place on Friday; and no injuries were reported after a shed and an electric vehicle charging station caught fire in Cooper Landing on Wednesday.

The stage component feature of Homer’s 2026 spring Jubilee arts festival will take place on Friday; and no injuries were reported after a shed and an electric vehicle charging station caught fire in Cooper Landing on Wednesday.

Leaders of the state Senate are throwing cold water on hopes for a super-sized Permanent Fund dividend; and upper Cook Inlet’s commercial driftnet fishing fleet has a new rulebook for the salmon fishing season that starts in July.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly authorized funding for school repairs and introduced several new ordinances at its meeting last night; and upper Cook Inlet’s commercial driftnet fishing fleet has a new rulebook for the salmon fishing season that starts in July.

South Peninsula Haven House started a girls after school running program, Girls on the Run, 12 years ago and this year was able to add another program, “Let me Run,” for boys; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly authorized funding for school repairs and introduced several new ordinances at its meeting last night.

South Peninsula Haven House started a girls after school running program, Girls on the Run, 12 years ago and this year was able to add another program, “Let me Run,” for boys; and the future of the Kenai Peninsula’s K-12 schools dominated discussion at a Soldotna town hall Friday.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and its two largest unions are at an impasse on salary negotiations; and the Nikolaevsk Charter School for grades K-12 will open in Nikolaevsk on the Kenai Peninsula and recently hired a principal.