Alaska lawmakers are searching for solutions to a looming shortage of natural gas that threatens power and heating for much of the state’s population. A Kenai Peninsula man who was immunocompromised died late last month from the Alaskapox virus.

The Homer City Council introduced an ordinance changing fees and rules for the city’s harbor facilities, and A moose trampled a Palmer teen this week as biologists warn that deep snow is leading to more reports of aggressive moose in Southcentral Alaska.

The Homer City Council introduced an ordinance changing fees and rules for the city’s harbor facilities; and this week, elementary and middle schoolers across the peninsula had the opportunity to try their hand at ice fishing.

A Washington state-based conservation organization is asking the federal government to list king salmon in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska under the protection of the Endangered Species Act.

Alaska State Troopers charged Michael Chance Miller with 16 fishing-related offenses in January; and The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education ratified a contract with the unions that represent teachers and school support staff.

Ketchikan had its 38th Annual Wearable Arts Show this weekend. The small Alaskan town claims to have the first wearable arts show in the world. The theme this year was “The Art of Artifice.”

Alaska State Troopers arrested a man in Ninilchik and charged him for fourth degree theft last Friday. Gov. Mike Dunleavy introduced a pair of bills last month that would allow electronic monitoring aboard commercial fishing vessels in state fisheries. A former firefighter who sued the Kenai Peninsula Borough last year for employment discrimination settled out of court with the borough in January, and says she hopes the case sends a message about women working in the emergency response field.

Students from the Kenai Peninsula College Semester by the Bay program have been working to put together a beluga skeleton for the Kenaitze Indian Tribe Kahtnuht’ana Duhdeldiht Campus, and a former firefighter sued the Kenai Peninsula Borough last year for employment discrimination after she says she spoke out about sexual harassment in the workplace. In January, she settled out of court with the borough, and says she hopes the case sends a message about women working in the emergency response field.

Students from the Kenai Peninsula College Semester by the Bay program have been working to put together a beluga skeleton for the Kenaitze Indian Tribe Kahtnuht’ana Duhdeldiht Campus. The donation-funded and volunteer-staffed Cooper Landing Emergency Services department is raising funds to outfit a new group of volunteers with up-to-date fire-resistant equipment. Alaska school districts are facing unprecedented challenges in hiring and turnover, school administrators told lawmakers on Monday.

A condominium developer in Juneau announced this week that it would sell units at market prices. That’s not unusual, but it surprised many Juneau residents because the developer borrowed money from the city’s affordable housing fund.