Parts of Tutka Bay opened to commercial salmon fishing Friday morning, and Pier One Theatre presents a three week production of the Seagull by Anton Checkhov.

Parts of Tutka Bay opened to commercial salmon fishing this morning; Pier One Theatre presents a three week production of the Seagull by Anton Checkhov.

A jet boat carrying seven people sank just minutes after leaving Homer Harbor on Tuesday evening. Homer’s Lisa Talbott, former pastor of the United Methodist Church where she has served since 2013, has recently started her new role as Assistant to the Bishop for Equity and Intercultural Competency for the greater northwest area which covers Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

A jet boat carrying seven people sank just minutes after leaving Homer Harbor on Tuesday evening; and Homer’s Lisa Talbott, former pastor of the United Methodist Church where she has served since 2013, has recently started her new role as Assistant to the Bishop for Equity and Intercultural Competency for the greater northwest area which covers Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

Fishing on the Kenai Peninsula is in full swing, and Alaska Sea Grant based out of the University of Alaska Anchorage campus has a cohort of six undergraduate students working across the state of Alaska, particularly in rural communities on projects related to marine coastal sciences.

Alaska Sea Grant based out of the University of Alaska Anchorage campus has a cohort of six undergraduate students working across the state of Alaska, particularly in rural communities on projects related to marine coastal sciences; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly adjusted its agenda Tuesday night before voting on community grants, service area proposals and a series of code changes.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly adjusted its agenda Tuesday night before voting on community grants, service area proposals and a series of code changes, and the Ninilchik Rodeo and beach horse races took place at the Ninilchik Fairgrounds on July 5 and 6 last weekend.

Crews battled a roughly 10-acre fire north of Kasilof over the weekend. The Alaska Division of Forestry first reported the so-called Bruces Fire on the Fourth of July around 4 p.m.; and the Dena’ina people have lived on the Kenai Peninsula for thousands of years. But today, the group’s Indigenous language isn’t spoken as widely as it once was.

Crews battled a roughly 10-acre fire north of Kasilof over the weekend. Another young gray whale washed up dead near Kodiak late last month. The Dena’ina people have lived on the Kenai Peninsula for thousands of years. But today, the group’s Indigenous language isn’t spoken as widely as it once was.

Kenai Peninsula State House members say Gov. Mike Dunleavy asked them not to attend the first five days of a special legislative session he scheduled for next month to avoid potential veto overrides; and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game will open commercial salmon fishing in Aialik Bay on Wednesday and Friday.