A highly contagious form of avian influenza was found in a Kodiak brown bear cub; and seventeen miles of roadway out of Soldotna will be resurfaced this coming summer.

A Soldotna resident died Tuesday after his car collided with a moose on the Sterling Highway — the second collision-related fatality in the area reported by Alaska State Troopers this week; seventeen miles of roadway out of Soldotna will be resurfaced this coming summer; a highly contagious form of avian influenza was found in a Kodiak brown bear cub; and a geothermal energy project in Unalaska is taking another step forward in development.

The State of Alaska is auctioning off oil and gas leases for nearly 3 million acres in the Cook Inlet area this month; and Homer's Sally Oberstein directed the 34th annual Nutcracker production.

A recognizable figure directed Homer’s beloved Nutcracker production this year; for the first time, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is holding an Indigenous language film fest in February — part of a greater push to highlight Indigenous languages in the district; and the State of Alaska is auctioning off oil and gas leases for 2.8 million acres in the Cook Inlet area this month — just ahead of another lease sale from the federal government.

Homer News editor and reporter Michael Armstrong is retiring this week after more than 23 years with the paper. KBBI’s Hope McKenney sat down with Armstrong last week to discuss why he came to Alaska and what’s next.

Homer News editor and reporter Michael Armstrong is retiring Friday after more than 23 years with the paper.

For the third year in a row, a group of Alaska producers with peninsula roots have put together a compilation of original holiday music to benefit women’s shelters across the state; and the Kenai Peninsula got nearly two feet of snow in some places this weekend, but experts say it’s hard to tell just exactly how the storm stacks up.

The statewide advisory board to the Alaska Marine Highway System voted December 2 to spend more in 2024, but labor shortages could hamstring the effort to improve service after years of cost-cutting; and for the third year in a row, a group of Alaska producers with peninsula roots have put together a compilation of original holiday music to benefit women’s shelters across the state.

Seldovia’s city manager is leaving the city after two years on the job; the election of two local politicians to state office is leaving vacancies on both the Soldotna City Council and Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly; and the majority of schools in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District closed Monday due to winter weather conditions.

Seldovia’s city manager is leaving the city after two years on the job; the election of two local politicians to state office is leaving vacancies on both the Soldotna City Council and Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly; and there’s new proof of the success of a pioneering ascent of Denali.