The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly heard public comment on an ordinance to sell borough-owned land and discussed pending legislation on energy and resilience projects at Tuesday night’s [2/27] meeting; and The Homer City Council unanimously rejected an ordinance that would require short-term rental operators to register their property at Monday night’s meeting [2/27].

Short-term rentals play a significant role in Homer and in towns across Alaska, from being a viable small business to shaping the face of residential neighborhoods. The Homer City Council unanimously rejected an ordinance that would require short-term rental operators to register their property at Monday night’s meeting, and Kenai Police have charged a 40-year-old Nikiski man with five counts of sexual abuse of a minor for a 2022 incident.

Projects for the city of Homer moved forward while a contentious short term rental ordinance came to a halt at last night’s city council meeting. The central Kenai Peninsula has a new diabetes center, inspired by community demand.

Projects for the city of Homer moved forward while a contentious short term rental ordinance came to a halt at last night’s city council meeting, and the central Kenai Peninsula has a new diabetes center, inspired by community demand. As KDLL’s Riley Board reports, the clinic is focused on combining prescriber care and education in one place to make diabetes management easier to access.

Alaska State Troopers worked with the Homer Police Department to arrest Gabriella Delligatti and charge her with third degree assault yesterday. At a ribbon cutting ceremony last week, the Kenai Chamber of Commerce recognized the peninsula’s newest small business. Emily Robinson won the Jr. Iditarod yesterday.

Three buildings in Old Town Kenai make up a key piece of the city’s Russian Orthodox history, and are some of the oldest structures of their kind in the state. The site gives a glimpse into what Kenai was like in the years following European colonization, and Way Out Women, a local nonprofit that supports Kenai Peninsula cancer patients, will host a fundraiser this Saturday at the Kasilof Eagles bar in Kasilof. The event is a community outreach event to raise money for the nonprofit's main event on March 9 at the Ninilchik Community Center.

Jr. Iditarod is a 150 mile dogsled race for mushers ages 14 to 17. Addy Pederson, the only competitive youth musher on the southern Kenai Peninsula, is racing this year for the first time; and The State of Alaska owes the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and two other Alaska districts millions, according to a December letter from the U.S. Department of Education.

Jr. Iditarod is a 150 mile dogsled race for mushers ages 14 to 17. Addy Pederson, the only competitive youth musher on the southern Kenai Peninsula, is racing this year for the first time, and Guiding Growth – a group of community members hosting a conversation series in Homer – held a presentation providing a different way of looking at growing cities last Tuesday.

Earlier this month, The Homer Pratt Museum held its annual business meeting to review the past year and elect new board members; and Guiding Growth – a group of community members hosting a conversation series in Homer – held a presentation providing a different way of looking at growing cities last Tuesday.

Earlier this month, The Homer Pratt Museum held its Annual business meeting to review the past year and elect new board members.