The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is on track to keep its pools and Sterling Elementary School open for another year; the U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for the source of a mayday call reported near Anchor Point Monday afternoon; and the waters where the Russian and Kenai rivers meet, known as the Russian River Confluence, opened Tuesday to sockeye and coho salmon sport fishing.

Alaska residents can now harvest Dungeness crab for subsistence in parts of Cook Inlet, and red flag fire warnings are in effect for interior Alaska after a week of high burn rates at the end of June.

Alaska residents can now harvest Dungeness crab for subsistence in parts of Cook Inlet. It’s the first time it’s been open in decades; and red flag fire warnings are in effect for interior Alaska after a week of high burn rates at the end of June.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced new fishing openings around Homer this week for both commercial and sport users, and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is on track to keep its pools and Sterling Elementary School open for another year.

Muskrats are furry, nocturnal, and, now, the stars of a new children’s book. “Melba Muskrat’s Big Heart” was written and illustrated by two Kenai Peninsula residents, including a recent high school graduate; Nikiski Republican Rep. Bill Elam reflected on his freshman legislative session last week at a joint meeting of the Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce; and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced new fishing openings around Homer this week for both commercial and sport users.

Homer’s Ted Carter, a retired eighth grade science teacher, originally from Cleveland, Ohio, provided a guest presentation at the Homer Public Library on June 19th to introduce listeners to the history of the federally acknowledged holiday and what it celebrates.

Dipnetting opened Wednesday on the Kasilof River. The fishery is open 24 hours a day through the first week of August, unless closed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Homer’s Ted Carter, a retired eighth grade science teacher, originally from Cleveland, Ohio, provided a guest presentation at the Homer Public Library on June 19th to introduce listeners to the history of the federally acknowledged holiday, Juneteenth, and what it celebrates.

A young moose calf was rescued from underneath the Beluga Slough Trail boardwalk in Homer earlier this month, and a mandate to sell millions of acres of public land was struck from the Republican budget reconciliation bill that’s moving through the U.S. Senate this week.

A young moose calf was rescued from underneath the Beluga Slough Trail boardwalk in Homer earlier this month; summer and baseball go hand-in-glove, and Kenai’s own Peninsula Oilers baseball team has been a summertime grand slam for more than 50 years; and dipnetting opened Wednesday on the Kasilof River.

The commercial lingcod season opens in Cook Inlet at midnight on July 1, the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward has admitted five harbor seal pups from across the state in the last two weeks, and a federal bill that would likely include cuts to Medicaid passed the United States House and is being considered by the Senate.