On Wednesday, student representatives from five high schools on the Kenai Peninsula gathered in Homer for a district wide student council meeting; local growers will dig into everything from compost piles to climate-resilient farming this weekend at the first Southcentral Growers Conference in Homer; and the state board that regulates big game guides and outfitters is one step closer to having a permanent administrator.

For the second year in a row, state lawmakers failed to override the governor’s veto of a bill that would have increased funding for K-12 schools by $1,000 per student. Last week the lower Kenai Peninsula chapter of Future Farmers of America joined the 49th Alaska 2025 state convention in the Hoskins Building at the Palmer fairgrounds.

Wednesday Morning 04/23/2025

Lawmakers are taking public testimony this week on a bill that would raise Alaska’s age of sexual consent from 16 to 18; Alaska’s freshman Congressman, Nick Begich III, hasn’t done much related to fisheries in his first 100 days in office. But during a commercial fisheries trade show in Kodiak last week, the Republican highlighted some seafood-related measures in the works and heard from local fishermen; and some federal workers in Juneau were fired again this month after the Supreme Court declined to reverse the Trump administration's efforts to shrink the federal workforce.

Homer’s main senior living facility plans to file for bankruptcy in an effort to reorganize more than $800,000 in debt and continue operating, and Homer High School will begin the 2025 school year with a new principal.

Homer’s main senior living facility plans to file for bankruptcy in an effort to reorganize more than $800,000 in debt and continue operating. Homer High School will begin the 2025 school year with a new principal.

Almost two years after central peninsula voters backed the construction of a new fire station for Soldotna, the building is starting to take shape.

Snowmelt and sunshine typically herald the arrival of spring – but for the Kenai Peninsula’s public employees, it’s also budget season; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough won’t ask state lawmakers to expand its taxing powers – for now.

Last week, the state transportation department issued an open call for contractors to provide “Eminent Domain Appraisal Review Services” for an 11-mile section of the Seward Highway, and a Kenai Peninsula environmental nonprofit has been hosting “Shark Tank”-style events to solicit and help the community pick small-scale projects to back.

The Coast Guard decommissioned the cutter Mustang in Seward on Tuesday after nearly 40 years of service. Last week, the state transportation department issued an open call for contractors to provide “Eminent Domain Appraisal Review Services” for an 11-mile section of the Seward Highway. History and education go hand in hand. That’s why the Kenai cultural center is highlighting the history of education on the Kenai Peninsula in a new exhibit.