The League of Women Voters on the Kenai Peninsula, Kenai Peninsula Votes, and the City of Homer will host an event focused on running for elected office, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and Defenders of Wildlife, a national conservation organization, will host several bear awareness and electric fencing workshops this week across the Kenai Peninsula, and another skirmish over government transparency and dueling authorities is heating up between the Anchorage Assembly and Mayor Dave Bronson.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly narrowly passed a resolution that supports a potential future project looking into the feasibility of installing heat pumps in schools on the southern part of Kachemak Bay, and an otter pup that was rescued in Seldovia last October now has a new name.

A small-budget movie that’s being filmed on the Kenai Peninsula is holding auditions for numerous open roles this week. An otter pup that was rescued in Seldovia last October now has a new name. As charter schools remain the buzziest topic in Alaska education, the Kenaitze Indian Tribe is considering founding one of its own.

This month, a local nonprofit organization made a short documentary highlighting George Faust’s experience with Parkinson's disease, and Kodiak Public Library hosted the island’s second-ever popular culture convention, Fan Con, on March 22 and 23.

A local nonprofit organization made a short documentary highlighting George Faust’s experience with Parkinson's disease. An otter pup that was rescued in Seldovia last October now has a new name. Behind a weatherproof sliding-glass door, customers of a Kenai Peninsula meat shop may be surprised by the store's latest addition.

Community members in the Homer area gathered at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor’s Center Thursday night for an open house as the city continues the process of rewriting its comprehensive plan, and as charter schools remain the buzziest topic in Alaska education, the Kenaitze Indian Tribe is considering founding one of its own.

Community members in the Homer area gathered at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor’s Center last night [3/28] for an open house as the city continues the process of rewriting its comprehensive plan; and a new letter from the federal government says Alaska’s education department owes almost $30 million to four school districts.

As part of its Alaska Native studies program, Kenai Peninsula College is currently offering a Native beadwork traditions course, and the parent company behind three Alaska newspapers has officially been sold to a group of investors, after filing for creditor protection to avoid bankruptcy in January.

The parent company behind three Alaska newspapers has officially been sold to a group of investors, after filing for creditor protection to avoid bankruptcy in January; and an Alaska Native corporation filed an appeal for a rejected conditional use permit application for a hotel development at the base of the Homer Spit.

An Alaska Native corporation filed an appeal for a rejected conditional use permit application for a hotel development at the base of the Homer Spit, and over the weekend, over one thousand anglers across the state descended upon Homer for the 30th Annual Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament.