Last month saw record rain levels in Southcentral Alaska and on the Kenai Peninsula. Before that, the area experienced an abnormally dry summer; and the Kenaitze Indian Tribe is working with construction crews in Cooper Landing to excavate and curate artifacts there — which they hope will safeguard objects that have been buried for thousands of years.

Newly authorized COVID-19 booster shots are now available at some pharmacies on the Kenai Peninsula; and Kenai Peninsula Borough voters will weigh in on two boroughwide bonds this October, for upgrades to a dozen schools and for a new emergency services building in Soldotna.

South Peninsula Hospital’s COVID-19 Test and Vaccine Clinic is offering free COVID-19 Bivalent booster shots by appointment; and Kenai Peninsula Borough voters will weigh in on two boroughwide bonds this October, for upgrades to a dozen schools and for a new emergency services building in Soldotna.

Increasing short-term housing has been connected to declining options for long-term renters; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough now says mayor and gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce was asked to consider resigning from office after an employee filed workplace harassment claims against him and a law firm found them to be credible.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough now says mayor and gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce was asked to consider resigning from office after an employee filed workplace harassment claims against him and a law firm found them to be credible; the state’s Bycatch Review Task Force is preparing its first recommendations; and a federal appeals court has ruled that Metlakatla tribal members shouldn’t need state permits to fish in waters they’ve traditionally relied on — even outside their reservation’s boundaries.

Volunteers on the Kenai Peninsula are taking stock of the area’s streams in an effort to protect the salmon and other fish that might live there.

Homer is welcoming its first cruise ship in two years this Sunday; the Alaska World Arts Festival – which starts today in Homer – brings together artists and audiences for two weeks of art, culture and ideas; and an Alutiiq artist from the village of Larsen Bay on Kodiak Island is one of this year’s Rasmuson Foundation award winners.

While monkeypox outbreaks in Alaska have held steady at three confirmed cases over the last few weeks, public health experts say the threat of infection isn’t over; this year’s Alaska Permanent Fund dividend payout is $3,284; and funding for Alaska’s schools is always in flux. Questions of budget cuts and school consolidation are never off the table, even for the state’s biggest districts.

Funding for Alaska’s schools is always in flux. Questions of budget cuts and school consolidation are never off the table, even for the state’s biggest districts; and Former Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre will return to his role, temporarily, while the borough readies for a special election to fill the now-vacant seat.

Former Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre will return to his role, temporarily, while the borough readies for a special election to fill the now-vacant seat; and the Kenai Peninsula’s only strip club was demolished last week.