Alaska State Troopers arrested Keshawn Williams in Seward last Thursday and charged him with 20 offenses, all except three of which were related to domestic violence; and The South Peninsula Athletic and Recreation Center – or SPARC, overcame several challenges and reopened its doors after months of renovations.

On Tuesday, (January 16, 2024), the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly heard a report from the School District Superintendent and put multiple ordinances up for public comment, including one aimed at updating the KPB logo, and the South Peninsula Athletic and Recreation Center – or SPARC (spark), opened its doors again after months of renovations.

Protesters gathered on Pioneer Avenue in Homer yesterday to raise awareness on alleged mistreatment of residents staying with Homer Senior Citizens. Kodiak’s Tanner crab season started earlier yesterday at noon. Brent Sass claimed a second win in the Copper Basin 300 Sled Dog Race in Glennallen yesterday. The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear an Alaska case in which Gov. Mike Dunleavy sought to uphold a policy that would make it harder for public employee unions to collect dues from their members.

Grassroots organization Homer Drawdown is meeting this evening to choose a project reducing community carbon emission for the year, and a storm from the Bering Sea, which slapped the Seward Peninsula the past week, has canceled school and flights in some western Alaskan communities, including Nome.

Grassroots organization Homer Drawdown is meeting tomorrow evening to choose a project reducing community carbon emission for the year. After leading the Kenai Central High School volleyball team to a state championship, senior Emma Beck was recently awarded the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Alaska.

A bill before the Alaska legislature aims to help working families move off of food stamps by allowing their incomes to rise while benefiting from the program, and Alaska State Troopers arrested a Soldotna man the night of January 2nd on charges of terroristic threatening, harassment and stalking after he threatened to kill his wife and their dog.

Residents and business owners filled council chambers last week [1/3] as the Homer Planning Commission moved forward with several big decisions on a proposed hotel complex.

Residents and business owners filled council chambers last week [1/3] as the Homer Planning Commission moved forward with several big decisions on a proposed hotel complex, and honeybees are not native to Alaska. And many beekeepers in the state *don’t* try to keep bees alive through the long winter. They kill their bees when winter starts and order new bees when the weather warms. But one Anchorage beekeeper has learned how to help his colonies survive to see spring.

A new committee created to explore a possible four-day school week in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District had its first meeting yesterday; Alaska State Troopers responded to a disturbance at a residence on Island Lake Road in Nikiski last Tuesday; and first-term Republican Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, who represents most of the central Kenai Peninsula, has already prefiled four bills for the upcoming session.

Continuing a nearly 40-year tradition, residents and visitors of Seward are preparing for the annual plunge into the icy waters of Resurrection Bay, and a new committee created to explore a possible four-day school week in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District had its first meeting yesterday.