Hundreds of people gathered on Wednesday evening on the Homer Spit to remember Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA who was assassinated last week in Utah; and commercial fishing reopened near the Kodiak Archipelago’s largest salmon hatchery after a fishing boat spilled over 3,000 gallons of diesel in the area.

Hundreds of people gathered on Wednesday evening on the Homer Spit to remember Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA who was assassinated last week in Utah; and commercial fishing reopened near the Kodiak Archipelago’s largest salmon hatchery after a fishing boat spilled over 3,000 gallons of diesel in the area.

Kenai Peninsula students overall made gains in reading and math according to newly published standardized testing data; the brown bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve have been packing on the pounds this summer – and starting Tuesday, you can vote online for the chunkiest bear in the annual Fat Bear Week competition; and former Alaska attorney general Treg Taylor filed to join the 2026 race for governor this week.

Kenai Peninsula students overall made gains in reading and math according to newly published standardized testing data; the brown bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve have been packing on the pounds this summer – and starting Tuesday, you can vote online for the chunkiest bear in the annual Fat Bear Week competition; and former Alaska attorney general Treg Taylor filed to join the 2026 race for governor this week.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passed measures on emergency response upgrades and more at its meeting last night; and the Bunnell Street Arts Center brings thespians and puppeteers from Sandglass Theater, a performance venue in Putney, Vermont to Homer as artists in residence for September and October with a performance of their work “Feral” at Pier One Theatre from September 19th-21st.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passed measures on emergency response upgrades and more at its meeting last night; and the Bunnell Street Arts Center brings thespians and puppeteers from Sandglass Theater, a performance venue in Putney, Vermont to Homer as artists in residence for September and October with a performance of their work “Feral” at Pier One Theatre from September 19th-21st.

Homer High School held their annual homecoming football game last Saturday with a week of events leading up to the game; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passed measures on emergency response upgrades and more at its meeting last night.

With enrollment surging above pre-pandemic levels, Kenai Peninsula College is reopening its dorm next semester. The Kachemak Bay Campus begins their 14th year as host of the Semester by the Bay program.

With enrollment surging above pre-pandemic levels, Kenai Peninsula College is reopening its dorm next semester. The Kachemak Bay Campus begins their 14th year as host of the Semester by the Bay program.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will assemble a 12-person team to study and make recommendations about school consolidation; and on Thursday, September 4th, High School social studies teacher Lucas Parsley coordinated a visit to the museum with freshman students for their first event with the semester’s history class collection research and micro-exhibit project.