The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved next year’s property tax rates and passed a resolution honoring a Homer resident who died earlier this year at its meeting Tuesday night, and outdoor murals are few and far between on the Kenai Peninsula, especially in the borough’s most populated city of Kenai.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved next year’s property tax rates and passed a resolution honoring a Homer resident who died earlier this year at its meeting last night. Outdoor murals are few and far between on the Kenai Peninsula, especially in the borough’s most populated city of Kenai.

Qualifying members of the Homer High School track and field teams attended the Division 2 state championship at Diamond High School in Anchorage last weekend.

Qualifying members of the Homer High School track and field teams attended the Division 2 state championship at Diamond High School in Anchorage last weekend.

The driver in a fatal Seward Highway crash over the weekend now faces charges of manslaughter and driving under the influence. The Trump administration in March signed an executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which funds public library programs around the country. A Kodiak fisherman was sentenced last month to a year in jail for illegally shipping diseased Tanner crab from Alaska to Washington.

The City of Soldotna will spend more than $150,000 upgrading their police force’s network of body-worn, vehicle and department cameras. Most Alaskans travel around the state by automobile or small plane. A few might travel by bicycle. But one Anchorage man prefers getting around another way – by lacing up his roller skates.

UAF scientists discuss significance of the finding of three newly identified fish species from 73 million years ago in the Arctic.

Volunteers this week recovered the remains of three people missing since their boat capsized in Kachemak Bay last summer. A hiker from Seward was struck by a massive boulder on Saturday and spent almost two hours pinned face-down in a glacial creek. A prematurely born harbor seal pup was rescued earlier this month from a beach near Kenai.

A prematurely born harbor seal pup was rescued earlier this month from a beach near Kenai, and in the Anchorage School District, a recently-introduced curriculum for young students learning to read is making a major impact.

Kenai Peninsula Borough code now mirrors state law regarding the use of public resources to promote ballot initiatives. Motivity Dance Collective presents Thumbelina, a dance performance choreographed and directed by Alison Arima and Breezy Berryman.