In-person absentee voting for the upcoming municipal election started Monday for voters in the Kenai Peninsula Borough; the Homer Theatre kicks off its 18th Annual Documentary Film Festival Thursday night; and law enforcement in Kodiak seized more than $650,000 worth of fentanyl, meth and heroin over the weekend.

Organizers hope visitors can take a breath and find peace at a new Japanese community garden and network of trails in Soldotna; and law enforcement in Kodiak seized more than $650,000 worth of fentanyl, meth and heroin this weekend.

Researchers monitoring the landslide at Barry Arm in Prince William Sound say movement there is significant in its speed and scope, but they’re no closer to knowing when a catastrophic slide and subsequent tsunami might occur; and organizers hope visitors can take a breath and find peace at a new Japanese community garden and network of trails in Soldotna.

High winds related to the storms in Western Alaska caused a power outage in the Soldotna and Sterling areas this weekend, affecting more than 6,000 Homer Electric Association members; and leadership within Alaska’s Republican party will decide whether to oust Kodiak’s sitting district chairman at a hearing today over his public support of Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

NOAA fisheries developed a five-year plan to work with stakeholders; Kenai Superior Court judge hands up her robes after three decades.

Earlier this month, community members joined together at Homer’s Mariner Park. Then, at sundown, a torch made contact with a 15-foot tall woven basket, setting it ablaze; and Homer police are asking for help finding a man accused of murder and DUI in a crash last winter, who is believed to have left the state and moved to Nevada.

On Sunday, community members joined together at Homer’s Mariner Park. Then, at sundown, a torch made contact with a 15-foot tall woven basket, setting it ablaze; Homer police are asking for help finding a man accused of murder and DUI in a crash last winter, who is believed to have left the state and moved to Nevada; and federal scientists are asking Southcentral Alaskans for help tomorrow, counting beluga whales in Cook Inlet.

The Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward has admitted two new patients to its wildlife rehabilitation program; and Kenai Peninsula College is dedicating its anthropology lab to Dr. Alan Boraas. The beloved, long-time professor died in 2019 at the age of 72.

The Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward has admitted two new patients to its wildlife rehabilitation program; and Kenai Peninsula College is dedicating its anthropology lab to Dr. Alan Boraas. The beloved, long-time professor died in 2019 at the age of 72.

August saw record rainfall in Southcentral Alaska and on the Kenai Peninsula. Before that, the area experienced an abnormally dry summer.