An Indigenous-led group in Sitka has received an unexpected contribution – two parcels of land on an island just outside of Sitka, and the bears are back in town, according to Anchorage police – who ask that locals give the animals a wide berth as they awaken from hibernation.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly held its meeting in Seward last night [4/17], where they commemorated the Seward High School Boys Wrestling Team for being state champions. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently awarded a grant to a multi-phase solar investment project in Soldotna.

The State of Alaska is appealing a decision that brought back a personal watercraft ban in Kachemak Bay waters, and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly held its meeting in Seward last night, where they commemorated the Seward High School Boys’ Wrestling Team for being state champions.

The State of Alaska is appealing a decision that brought back a personal watercraft ban in Kachemak Bay waters; and a fish passage restoration project will soon bring improvements to the movement and health of a southern Kenai Peninsula salmon population.

The City of Seldovia's library will display a new collection and reading room next month, and a Homer-based nonprofit is turning to recycled plastic lumber for a project improving trails in the Homer area.

A woman was injured in a suspected hit and run in Happy Valley last Tuesday. The City of Seldovia's library will display a new collection and reading room next month. A Homer-based nonprofit is turning to recycled plastic lumber for a project improving trails in the Homer area.

Persistent outages of weather observation stations across Alaska have caused problems for rural communities, aviators and climatologists for years. Now the Alaska State Legislature is hoping to spur the federal government to do something about it, and a woman was injured in a suspected hit and run in Happy Valley last Tuesday.

The Caring for the Kenai Competition will hear from finalists next week; and during Kachemak Bay’s extreme low tides this week, a group of curious Homer residents had the opportunity to see and hold marine creatures that normally stay beneath the water.

The City of Homer has begun its search for a new city manager, and during Kachemak Bay’s extreme low tides this week, a group of curious Homer residents had the opportunity to see and hold marine creatures that normally stay beneath the water.

Much of the United States experienced a solar eclipse Monday [04/08], an astronomical phenomenon where the moon passes between the earth and the sun and causes temporary darkness. Although the spectacle couldn’t be seen from Alaska, folks in Kenai had the opportunity to experience the eclipse in a different way; and a bill that would allow disabled veterans a free lifetime pass to Alaska state parks and campsites is moving through the legislature.