For the second time in three years, the jumbo jet-sized 747 has been crowned champion of Fat Bear Week; and dozens of properties in the community of Bear Creek, near Seward, were impacted by flooding last weekend.

Officials have tallied the remaining votes from the Oct. 4 Kenai Peninsula Borough elections, and with the newly counted absentee and by-mail ballots, incumbents have cemented their leads in their respective races; for the second time in three years, the jumbo jet-sized 747 has been crowned champion of Fat Bear Week; and Fat Bear Week isn’t only about the bears that best exemplify the essence of fatness. It’s also about the salmon that make the bears so fat.

The Homer City Council certified the results of the October municipal election Monday; and this month, the Kenaitze Indian Tribe, on the Kenai Peninsula, is holding two days of virtual workshops for early Dena’ina language learners over Zoom.

The Homer City Council certified the results of the October municipal election Monday; this month, the Kenaitze Indian Tribe, on the Kenai Peninsula, is holding two days of virtual workshops for early Dena’ina language learners over Zoom; and on Thursday, Alaska House District 6 candidates, Rep. Sarah Vance, a Republican, and non-partisan candidates Louie Flora and Ginger Bryant will share their views on issues affecting Peninsula voters.

Juneau-based Tlingit artist Arias Hoyle — known as Air Jazz — released a music video Friday featuring students from Nanwalek – a predominantly Alutiiq village on the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula that is only accessible by air and water.

Juneau-based Tlingit artist Arias Hoyle — known as Air Jazz — released a music video Friday featuring students from Nanwalek – a predominantly Alutiiq village on the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula that is only accessible by air and water; and winter trapping season is starting up again next month, and a group of Cooper Landing residents that have long wanted to make trails safer for their dogs are still working to create regulations on trapping in recreational areas.

Federal fisheries managers say they’ve started work on a new management plan for the Cook Inlet salmon fishery, months after a court said their plan to completely close the fishery was unjust; tribes in Alaska are getting more federal funding to fight opioid misuse in their communities — including on the Kenai Peninsula; and Monday is Indigenous People’s Day, and journalists around the state are highlighting language revitalization and other decolonization efforts throughout Alaska.

In the community of Nikolaevsk, mounting concerns and fluctuating enrollment have pushed a group of parents and community members to request that the town’s public school be dissolved and replaced by a charter school by the start of the next academic year; and the reopening of the fishery this summer was just a temporary fix, and once again, UCIDA and the feds are at odds over what comes next.

In the community of Nikolaevsk, mounting concerns and fluctuating enrollment have pushed a group of parents and community members to request that the town’s public school be dissolved and replaced by a charter school by the start of the next academic year; candidates for the Alaska governor’s race will meet for a debate at Lands End Resort in Homer tonight; and KBBI’s annual membership drive kicks off Friday.

Hundreds on the southern Kenai Peninsula showed up to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes for new city council and borough representatives, on top of a slate of ballot propositions; and candidates for the Alaska governor’s race will meet for a debate at Lands End Resort in Homer today.