Nikiski Republican Jesse Bjorkman has joined a bipartisan coalition of senators in the Alaska State Senate; Terry Eubank is on his way to becoming Kenai’s next city manager; how to identify online scammers.

Recently elected Nikiski Republican Jesse Bjorkman is joining the Alaska State Senate Bipartisan Majority; Terry Eubank is on track to become Kenai's next city manager; and a fifth Aleutian volcano is now on elevated alert.

A fifth Aleutian volcano is now on elevated alert; three elementary students in Dillingham pushed to change a creek’s name that bore a racial slur.

The board that oversees the Alaska Marine Highway System is moving from biweekly to once-a-month meetings as it continues working on short and long-range plans; it took just minutes for a Kasilof home to burn to the ground earlier this month; and construction wrapped up this month on two long-awaited public use cabins in Kodiak.

The board that oversees the Alaska Marine Highway System is moving from biweekly to once-a-month meetings as it continues working on short and long-range plans; it took just minutes for a Kasilof home to burn to the ground earlier this month; and construction wrapped up this month on two long-awaited public use cabins in Kodiak.

The State of Alaska has designated king salmon as a stock of concern in one of Bristol Bay’s commercial fishing districts; residents of Cooper Landing are brainstorming new development for the community and the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is now open to those hoping to chop down their own Christmas tree.

On Thursday, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge will open to those hoping to chop down their own Christmas Tree; the tiny Pribilof Island community of St. George is especially grateful this Thanksgiving after the community went almost a month without running water; and the state has designated king salmon as a stock of concern in one of Bristol Bay’s commercial fishing districts.

In order for emergency responders to arrive quickly to the scene of an accident, they need to live nearby. But in Cooper Landing, a lack of affordable housing is driving volunteers out of town, and leaving the community with a drought of responders.

Thanksgiving food baskets were distributed over the weekend through the Homer Community Food Pantry at the Homer United Methodist Church. One hundred and ninety-three families signed up to receive baskets this Thanksgiving to make their own meals; and in order for emergency responders to arrive quickly to the scene of an accident, they need to live nearby. But in Cooper Landing, a lack of affordable housing is driving volunteers out of town, and leaving the community with a drought of responders.

A contentious battle over books is playing out in Homer. Homer’s Library Advisory Board is deciding what to do with more than 50 children’s books with LGBTQ themes; and a young moose fell through a basement in Soldotna on Sunday, requiring local responders to guide it out of the home.