Historic buildings in Old Town Kenai are getting a refresh, but completion of the project will take time; and a bill to be heard in the upcoming legislative session aims to protect people who adopt dogs and cats from animal shelters across the state from being threatened by the pets’ previous owners.

A bill to be heard in the upcoming legislative session aims to protect people who adoptdogs and cats from the animal shelters across the state from being threatened by the pets’ previous owners, and the National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report two days ago on a plane crash near Anchor Point that led to two deaths.

An Alaska Native corporation is trying to develop a new hotel in Homer, but their proposal sparked public concern at the city’s planning commission meeting earlier this month. Sealaska Heritage Institute released new language learning apps in X̱aad Kíl and Shm’algyack this month.

The Seward City Council approved a hefty electric utility rate increase on Monday night [12/18] after postponing the decision in November. Trident Seafoods, one of the largest seafood processors in the country, announced last week it’s selling off about a third of its Alaska processing plants.

The Seward City Council approved a hefty electric utility rate increase on Monday night after postponing the decision in November; and Homer Electric Association’s board of directors replaced their renewable energy portfolio goal with an energy diversification and security policy at last week’s meeting.

Homer Electric Association’s board of directors replaced their renewable energy portfolio goal with an energy diversification and security policy at their December 12th meeting. The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge has opened areas of its land normally permitted for snowmachine use.

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge has opened areas of its land normally permitted for snowmachine use.

The director of the Kenai Peninsula’s economic development organization is retiring at the end of the year. Former Alaska Senate President Lyda Green died Tuesday in Soldotna. She was 85.

Homer Chamber of Commerce president Michael Daniel is running for the state legislature’s House District 6 seat in the upcoming election; the REC Room – a free after school program for teens ages 12 to 18 in the southern Kenai Peninsula – closed last June after flooding issues in the building that housed it; and the director of the Kenai Peninsula’s economic development organization is retiring at the end of the year.