Pet owners in Homer brought their dogs to a free vaccination clinic yesterday, hosted by Homer Animal Friends at the United Methodist Church on East End Road, and dozens of eager dipnetters flocked to the mouth of the Kenai River on Thursday for opening day of Kenai’s personal use fishery.

Pet owners in Homer brought their dogs to a free vaccination clinic today, hosted by Homer Animal Friends at the United Methodist Church on East End Road; and dozens of eager dipnetters flocked to the mouth of the Kenai River on Thursday for opening day of Kenai’s personal use fishery.

Parts of Tutka Bay opened to commercial salmon fishing Friday morning, and Pier One Theatre presents a three week production of the Seagull by Anton Checkhov.

Parts of Tutka Bay opened to commercial salmon fishing this morning; Pier One Theatre presents a three week production of the Seagull by Anton Checkhov.

A jet boat carrying seven people sank just minutes after leaving Homer Harbor on Tuesday evening. Homer’s Lisa Talbott, former pastor of the United Methodist Church where she has served since 2013, has recently started her new role as Assistant to the Bishop for Equity and Intercultural Competency for the greater northwest area which covers Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

A jet boat carrying seven people sank just minutes after leaving Homer Harbor on Tuesday evening; and Homer’s Lisa Talbott, former pastor of the United Methodist Church where she has served since 2013, has recently started her new role as Assistant to the Bishop for Equity and Intercultural Competency for the greater northwest area which covers Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

Fishing on the Kenai Peninsula is in full swing, and Alaska Sea Grant based out of the University of Alaska Anchorage campus has a cohort of six undergraduate students working across the state of Alaska, particularly in rural communities on projects related to marine coastal sciences.

Alaska Sea Grant based out of the University of Alaska Anchorage campus has a cohort of six undergraduate students working across the state of Alaska, particularly in rural communities on projects related to marine coastal sciences; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly adjusted its agenda Tuesday night before voting on community grants, service area proposals and a series of code changes.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly adjusted its agenda Tuesday night before voting on community grants, service area proposals and a series of code changes, and the Ninilchik Rodeo and beach horse races took place at the Ninilchik Fairgrounds on July 5 and 6 last weekend.

Crews battled a roughly 10-acre fire north of Kasilof over the weekend. The Alaska Division of Forestry first reported the so-called Bruces Fire on the Fourth of July around 4 p.m.; and the Dena’ina people have lived on the Kenai Peninsula for thousands of years. But today, the group’s Indigenous language isn’t spoken as widely as it once was.