A group of mountaineers rescued a stranded dog near Seldovia last Thursday [July 18]; Aleutian Airways is returning to Homer this fall; and a new food truck is serving up the flavors of Puerto Rico from Kenai.

A missing hiker sparked a two day search effort in Kachemak Bay State Park earlier this week, and a new guardian is watching over the treacherous waters of Lynn Canal, where several historic shipwrecks happened.

A missing hiker sparked a two day search effort in Kachemak Bay State Park earlier this week; an Anchorage man is dead after he was found floating in the Kenai River near Bing’s Landing just north of Sterling; and a fire has caused “irrecoverable damage” to a rocket that was initially expected to launch this summer from Kodiak’s Pacific Spaceport Complex.

An Anchor Point woman died from an all-terrain vehicle crash last week, and every year the Arctic gets millions of feathery visitors, who come to the region specifically to raise their young. The visitors - a small shorebird called the long-billed dowitcher travel thousands of miles to the vast, open tundra.

An Anchor Point woman died from an all-terrain vehicle crash last week. Officers with the Kodiak Police Department practiced entering stressful, and potentially dangerous situations like responding to armed suspects last week. Last week was the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s annual Fish Week celebration, held each July to commemorate the region’s salmon population through educational activities.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game opened parts of the Chenik Subdistrict to commercial fishing last Sunday, and the City of Homer approved a contract for a new city manager at Monday night's meeting, and last week was the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s annual Fish Week celebration, held each July to commemorate the region’s salmon population through educational activities. With the help of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe, the refuge hosted a salmon leather-making workshop as part of the week’s festivities.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game opened parts of the Chenik Subdistrict to commercial fishing last Sunday. The City of Homer approved a contract for a new city manager at last night’s meeting. This fishing season, first responders have rescued multiple people who have fallen into the Kenai River.

Art galleries across Homer feature artists as part of its First Friday offerings, and Homer residents banded together on a nearly weeklong search for Moonie — a missing mini husky.

Art galleries across Homer feature artists as part of its First Friday offerings. This month, Homer Council on the Arts is hosting a show from Leo Vait. A new study on hatchery pink salmon shows that some “stray” fish mingle with wild stocks and could alter the timing of wild runs.

911 services on the Kenai Peninsula have been restored after a faulty software update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike disrupted Microsoft computer systems around the globe Thursday night, and the Fairbanks North Star Borough Animal Shelter is at capacity for dogs, with limited options for those that can’t be adopted out quickly, and the Seldovia Bay Ferry is temporarily suspending its sailings until further notice.