An overturned semitruck spilled fish and fuel on a section of the Seward Highway on Friday night; the Kenai Peninsula Borough is expanding its reuse program at the Homer Transfer Facility; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly met for nearly two hours last night to advance several items including school funding and a member's resignation.

An overturned semitruck spilled fish and fuel on a section of the Seward Highway on Friday night; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough is expanding its reuse program at the Homer Transfer Facility.

The Alaska state House’s ethics committee says Homer Republican Representative Sarah Vance likely violated state law by using publicly funded resources to criticize a local newspaper’s coverage of a Charlie Kirk memorial last year; and the Kenai Peninsula Beach Horse Races and the Ninilchik Rodeo took place over the Holiday weekend, July 4th and 5th, at the beach in Ninilchik and the Kenai Peninsula Fair Grounds.

The Alaska state House’s ethics committee says Homer Republican Representative Sarah Vance likely violated state law by using publicly funded resources to criticize a local newspaper’s coverage of a Charlie Kirk memorial last year; and the Kenai Peninsula Beach Horse Races and the Ninilchik Rodeo took place over the Holiday weekend, July 4th and 5th, at the beach in Ninilchik and the Kenai Peninsula Fair Grounds.

Scott Griebel is resigning from the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, effective July 7; the Alaska Supreme Court says Dan J. Sullivan must be included on the ballot for U.S. Senate seat; and Alaska lawmakers failed to meet an informal deadline to vote on a bill reducing taxes for the Alaska LNG project.

Scott Griebel is resigning from the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, effective July 7; he Alaska Supreme Court says Dan J. Sullivan must be included on the ballot for U.S. Senate seat; and Clinton Fearon, Jamaica-born and Seattle-based reggae pioneer, returns to Homer for an acoustic, solo show at the Porcupine Theater on July 5 at 7:00pm as a benefit fundraiser for Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic.

Alaska Department of Fish and Game managers have closed part of Kachemak Bay to commercial salmon fishing; the Alaska Department of Transportation has identified a low bidder for the Tustumena ferry’s replacement; and a man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to murdering a Homer woman who went missing in 2019 was sentenced to 87 years in prison Wednesday.

Alaska Department of Fish and Game managers are closing part of Kachemak Bay to commercial salmon fishing tonight; the Alaska Department of Transportation has identified a low bidder for the Tustumena ferry’s replacement; and a man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to murdering a Homer woman who went missing in 2019 was sentenced to 87 years in prison Wednesday

Seward’s annual Mount Marathon race is scheduled for the Fourth of July and part of the city’s upcoming three day festival; and Kachemak Bay Recovery Connection has been awarded a National Grant to expand opportunities and strengthen community impacts.

Seward’s annual Mount Marathon race is scheduled for the Fourth of July and part of the city’s upcoming three day festival; and Kachemak Bay Recovery Connection has been awarded a National Grant to expand opportunities and strengthen community impacts.