The Alaska Energy Authority got the go-ahead last week to upgrade aging electrical transmission lines from Bradley Lake to Quartz Creek; the Spark Soldotna competition gives local entrepreneurs a chance to pitch their best business ideas to a panel of local judges.

A fleet of Tesla batteries is helping to regulate the Kenai Peninsula's supply of electricity; federal aviation regulators are directing carriers to inspect a popular model of bush plane before their next flight.

Material extraction sites, or gravel pits, have been a hot issue in the Kenai Peninsula Borough for decades, the latest revision of the code was up for public comment last night, where it received spirited pushback from gravel pit owners. But the borough won’t make a decision for months.

A book about the history of Moose Pass is recognized during Alaska Book Week; the legend of Portlock's Nantinaq lives on.

One local legend has lingered so long in regional and national lore that last year, it was documented in a Discovery Channel show; Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Mary Peltola spent Halloween in Dillingham meeting with local leaders in the runup to next week’s midterm elections.

Last month candidates for statewide office visited the KBBI studios to discuss local issues; Unangax̂ dancers give a special performance at Alaska Federation of Natives.

Gubernatorial candidates Bill Walker and Les Gara took the unusual step Friday of releasing a joint online advertisement against their Republican opponent, incumbent governor Mike Dunleavy; and last month, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and gubernatorial candidates Bill Walker and Les Gara visited Homer to discuss local issues.

Seldovia Village Tribe and the Cities of Seldovia and Homer formally established a three-way partnership; experts warn Alaska hay farmers to plan for new normal of climate change.

Seldovia Village Tribe and the Cities of Seldovia and Homer formally established a three-way partnership at last Monday’s Homer City Council meeting.

For the first time, kindergarten and first-grade students in Anchor Point are learning how to play the violin at school, thanks to the nonprofit Homer OPUS; Bethel youth are going to the polls this week, as part of a city-wide effort to raise community-minded citizens; and Saturday is the last day voters can apply for a mail-in ballot for the Nov. 8 election.