Former Arkansas state senator Bob Ballinger will join state representative Sarah Vance in Juneau for the upcoming legislative session. Alaska's fisheries play a crucial role in the national seafood industry, attracting both commercial and sport fishermen. However, the industry faces a high occupational fatality rate, approximately 20 times higher than the national average. Alaskans can now apply for their 2024 Permanent Fund Dividends, after the filing period opened Monday.

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge will begin hosting a wintertime speaker series this Wednesday at the Refuge Visitor Center in Soldotna. The “Ways of Knowing” series will spotlight topics related to the outdoors through the month of March. Attorneys delivered oral arguments yesterday in a perjury case for a retired Homer judge.

The Homer City Council created new departments by passing an ordinance introduced last summer, and attorneys delivered oral arguments yesterday in a perjury case for a retired Homer judge.

Historic buildings in Old Town Kenai are getting a refresh, but completion of the project will take time; and a bill to be heard in the upcoming legislative session aims to protect people who adopt dogs and cats from animal shelters across the state from being threatened by the pets’ previous owners.

A bill to be heard in the upcoming legislative session aims to protect people who adoptdogs and cats from the animal shelters across the state from being threatened by the pets’ previous owners, and the National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report two days ago on a plane crash near Anchor Point that led to two deaths.

An Alaska Native corporation is trying to develop a new hotel in Homer, but their proposal sparked public concern at the city’s planning commission meeting earlier this month. Sealaska Heritage Institute released new language learning apps in X̱aad Kíl and Shm’algyack this month.

The Seward City Council approved a hefty electric utility rate increase on Monday night [12/18] after postponing the decision in November. Trident Seafoods, one of the largest seafood processors in the country, announced last week it’s selling off about a third of its Alaska processing plants.

The Seward City Council approved a hefty electric utility rate increase on Monday night after postponing the decision in November; and Homer Electric Association’s board of directors replaced their renewable energy portfolio goal with an energy diversification and security policy at last week’s meeting.

Homer Electric Association’s board of directors replaced their renewable energy portfolio goal with an energy diversification and security policy at their December 12th meeting. The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge has opened areas of its land normally permitted for snowmachine use.