The Pratt Museum in Homer is expanding access to its collections with the help of a state grant; and lawmakers heard this week that they’re facing even larger deficits than they previously thought.

At least eight U.S. Forest Service employees in Sitka were fired over the weekend, amid a national wave of terminations for federal employees, and Heather Renner, supervisory biologist with the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge presented “It was Worse Than We Thought: Half of Alaska’s Murres Killed in Heat Wave”.

More than a million salmon are expected to be harvested this year. That’s according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s 2025 Lower Cook Inlet commercial salmon fishery outlook. Heather Renner, supervisory biologist with the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge presented “It was Worse Than We Thought: Half of Alaska’s Murres Killed in Heat Wave”.

Next week, the Homer community will get a chance to weigh in on vessel insurance requirements at Homer Harbor, and the dust is still settling after the federal government abruptly fired thousands of probationary employees last week in the name of efficiency.

Next week the Homer community will get a chance to weigh in on vessel insurance requirements at Homer Harbor. The dust is still settling after the federal government abruptly fired thousands of probationary employees last week in the name of efficiency. And Alaska, which was home to more than 11,000 federal workers last year, wasn’t spared.

A mythical, blood-hungry plant is alive in the Kenai Performers’ rehearsal space, and Soldotna’s annual winter craft beer festival celebrated its 10th anniversary Saturday.

Adverse economic conditions are muddying the future of a plan to put Alaska’s largest solar farm in Nikiski; and nearly 250 people gathered outside Petersburg’s courthouse on Main Street yesterday to show support for federal employees who had recently been fired.

Community members gathered at WKFL Park in Homer yesterday to rally against early actions by President Trump’s administration, and adverse economic conditions are muddying the future of a plan to put Alaska’s largest solar farm in Nikiski.

Community members gathered at WKFL Park in Homer today to rally against early actions by President Trump’s administration; and a company eyeing Cook Inlet for a tidal energy project expects to hear in the next five months whether it’s getting roughly $30 million for its efforts.

A company eyeing Cook Inlet for a tidal energy project expects to hear in the next five months whether it’s getting roughly $30 million for its efforts, and visitors of the Soldotna City Council chambers won’t have to look at old council member photographs on the walls any more.