With sleds, shovels and recycled wood chips, kids in a new Homer youth program helped maintain a local trail this week; and Homer’s Marina Co, incoming 2025 senior at Homer High School had the opportunity to attend the Yale Young Global Scholars Program this summer.

With sleds, shovels and recycled wood chips, kids in a new Homer youth program helped maintain a local trail this week; and Homer’s Marina Co, incoming 2025 senior at Homer High School had the opportunity to attend the Yale Young Global Scholars Program this summer.

Alaska Wildlife Troopers on the Kenai Peninsula have issued several citations this season for fishing violations at Kenai’s personal use dipnet fishery, which opened on July 10; and legislators are planning to arrive soon in Juneau for the special session scheduled to kick off Saturday morning.

Alaska Wildlife Troopers on the Kenai Peninsula have issued several citations this season for fishing violations at Kenai’s personal use dipnet fishery, which opened on July 10; and legislators are planning to arrive soon in Juneau for the special session scheduled to kick off Saturday morning.

High school girls from across the country spent a week kayaking Kachemak Bay through a program called Girls on Water, studying local ecology through science and art; a Swiss climber was rescued near the peak of Mount Marathon in Seward early Monday morning, according to Alaska State Troopers; and as subsistence dipnetters continue to harvest salmon on the Kenai Peninsula this July, the Kenai Chamber of Commerce is displaying an exhibit on the region’s subsistence history.

A small plane crash in Soldotna has left one person seriously injured and one with minor injuries, according to the National Transportation Safety Board; Alaska lawmakers on Saturday voted to override Governor Mike Dunleavy’s veto of state funding for public schools; Gov. Mike Dunleavy is ordering “efficiency reviews” of state agencies and asking departments to use artificial intelligence software as part of an effort to identify budget cuts; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly advanced several measures at last night’s meeting, including two tax-related proposals heading to the October ballot.

A small plane crash in Soldotna has left one person seriously injured and one with minor injuries, according to the National Transportation Safety Board; Alaska lawmakers on Saturday voted to override Governor Mike Dunleavy’s veto of state funding for public schools; and Gov. Mike Dunleavy is ordering “efficiency reviews” of state agencies and asking departments to use artificial intelligence software as part of an effort to identify budget cuts.

The Homer City Council met last night to introduce several budget ordinances, approve a list of appointments and move forward on loans and agreements tied to local infrastructure projects. A climber stranded on a steep cliff near Mt. Marathon was rescued Saturday by the Alaska Air National Guard. Ninilchik voters may get the chance to create their own tax base to support community recreation.

A climber stranded on a steep cliff near Mt. Marathon was rescued Saturday by the Alaska Air National Guard; and Ninilchik voters may get the chance to create their own tax base to support community recreation.

Scientists did not find harmful toxins in mussels collected from Kachemak Bay, and the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development is appealing a federal decision that could cost the state $80 million – and potentially undermine equitable funding among Alaska schools.