Around 50 people marched to South Peninsula Hospital in Homer this week to protest proposed federal cuts to Medicaid, and the Sitka School District is going to ride out an unprecedented fourth veto of education funding by drawing down its reserves.

Around 50 people marched to South Peninsula Hospital in Homer this week to protest proposed federal cuts to Medicaid; and Homer’s third Summer Solstice Fair, coordinated by Sage Anderson, is underway today in the Kachemak Bay Campus parking lot on Heath street until 10 p.m.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough has its spending plan for the fiscal year that starts next month. That’s after borough assembly members passed a budget Tuesday night that lowers property tax rates and fully funds education. Homer’s third Summer Solstice Fair, coordinated by Sage Anderson, will take place in the Kachemak Bay Campus parking lot on Heath street from noon until 10 p.m. Friday June 20th.

Homer’s Pier One Theatre has been providing youth theatre camps and productions for several decades with many youth attendees as second or third generation participants. Summer 2025 offers several opportunities for youth of all ages and the most recent session about to finish up is “Production and Theatre Skills” with the students performing “Treasure Island” on the Homer Spit stage this weekend; and the federal government this week dropped charges against a Soldotna restaurant owner currently detained by immigration officials in Washington.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passed its budget for the next fiscal year at its meeting last night. The federal government this week dropped charges against a Soldotna restaurant owner currently detained by immigration officials in Washington.

A group of Kenai Peninsula residents wants to recall the peninsula’s nine school board members; seismic activity has increased at Iliamna Volcano, with frequent small earthquakes recorded early Saturday morning; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will hold a final public hearing tonight on the borough’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

Across the United States, a grassroots movement known as the 'No Kings Day of Defiance' emerged, protesting against President Trump's perceived authoritarian style; seismic activity has increased at Iliamna Volcano, with frequent small earthquakes recorded early Saturday morning; the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will hold a final public hearing Tuesday on the borough’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year; and commercial salmon fishing continues this week across parts of Lower Cook Inlet.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District laid off dozens of pool, theater and library employees last week. Wildfire smoke from Canada drifted into the southern Kenai Peninsula last week, creating hazy skies across the region.

Wildfire smoke from Canada drifted into the southern Kenai Peninsula this week, creating hazy skies across the region; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District laid off dozens of pool, theater and library employees last week.

Alaska State Troopers say a fourth set of human remains were recovered this week from the site of a boat that sank near Homer last summer. The Homer Chamber of Commerce has announced the theme for this year’s Fourth of July Parade: Bloom Homer Bloom. In September of 2025, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game will begin the transplant of deer from the Kodiak Archipelago to coastal land south of Kachemak Bay based on habitat considerations and weather patterns, according to a June press release from the Soldotna Fish and Game office.