The City of Seldovia's library will display a new collection and reading room next month, and a Homer-based nonprofit is turning to recycled plastic lumber for a project improving trails in the Homer area.

A woman was injured in a suspected hit and run in Happy Valley last Tuesday. The City of Seldovia's library will display a new collection and reading room next month. A Homer-based nonprofit is turning to recycled plastic lumber for a project improving trails in the Homer area.

Persistent outages of weather observation stations across Alaska have caused problems for rural communities, aviators and climatologists for years. Now the Alaska State Legislature is hoping to spur the federal government to do something about it, and a woman was injured in a suspected hit and run in Happy Valley last Tuesday.

The Caring for the Kenai Competition will hear from finalists next week; and during Kachemak Bay’s extreme low tides this week, a group of curious Homer residents had the opportunity to see and hold marine creatures that normally stay beneath the water.

The City of Homer has begun its search for a new city manager, and during Kachemak Bay’s extreme low tides this week, a group of curious Homer residents had the opportunity to see and hold marine creatures that normally stay beneath the water.

Much of the United States experienced a solar eclipse Monday [04/08], an astronomical phenomenon where the moon passes between the earth and the sun and causes temporary darkness. Although the spectacle couldn’t be seen from Alaska, folks in Kenai had the opportunity to experience the eclipse in a different way; and a bill that would allow disabled veterans a free lifetime pass to Alaska state parks and campsites is moving through the legislature.

A third candidate is running for the Alaska State House district that includes the southern Kenai Peninsula and Kasilof, and much of the United States experienced a solar eclipse Monday, an astronomical phenomenon where the moon passes between the earth and the sun and causes temporary darkness. Although the spectacle couldn’t be seen from Alaska, folks in Kenai had the opportunity to experience the eclipse in a different way.

A third candidate is running for the Alaska State House district that includes the southern Kenai Peninsula and Kasilof. The Kenai Peninsula Borough is continuing to seek solutions for a school in the South Peninsula village of Kachemak Selo, Borough Mayor Peter Micciche said in a report to the Borough Assembly last week.

The Homer City Council heard a legislative update from Rep. Sarah Vance and passed multiple items during its meeting Monday night, and audience members can take a trip down the rabbit hole as the Seward High School Theatre Collective puts on performances of “Alice in Wonderland.”

The Homer City Council heard a legislative update from Rep. Sarah Vance and passed multiple items during its meeting last night. Audience members can take a trip down the rabbit hole as the Seward High School Theatre Collective puts on performances of “Alice in Wonderland.” For the first time, money from ticket sales and revenue coming in from passengers using the Alaska Marine Highway System will be used to fund ferry and marine highway projects across the state.