A fish processor in Whittier filed for bankruptcy last month, and community members gathered at WKFL Park in Homer last Saturday for a candlelight vigil to honor those who died from opioid overdose.

Community members gathered at WKFL Park in Homer last Saturday for a candlelight vigil to honor those who died from opioid overdose; and a fish processor in Whittier filed for bankruptcy last month.

The Alaska SeaLife Center released four rehabilitated harbor seals into Cook Inlet near Kenai on Thursday, and Alaska librarians are cautiously optimistic that a state agency will restore a big cut in funding for an annual grant that smaller rural libraries depend on.

The Alaska SeaLife Center released four rehabilitated harbor seals into Cook Inlet near Kenai on Thursday; and Alaska State Troopers arrested a former Soldotna middle school custodian Thursday.

Alaska Health Fair, Inc., a nonprofit that organizes community health fairs around the state, will host events in Nikiski and Soldotna this month, a woman who traveled to all 50 states collecting stories of kindness returned to Homer over the summer to compile them into a book, and Homer’s Burning Basket is a long-standing tradition of art and remembrance that culminates in the burning of a large sculpture, made up of natural woven materials.

Homer’s Burning Basket is a long-standing tradition of art and remembrance that culminates in the burning of a large sculpture, made up of natural woven materials; and schools can look remarkably different in rural areas, but especially so for villages.

Libraries around the state are scrambling after learning a key state grant was being slashed six weeks into the fiscal year.

Libraries around the state are scrambling after learning a key state grant was being slashed six weeks into the fiscal year.

A Homer man was arrested and charged with first degree attempted murder last week, and the Kenai Peninsula Borough estimates it’s between $10 and $12 million short of what it needs to complete the list of school maintenance projects borough voters approved in 2022.

A bill adding more Indigenous languages to Alaska’s official list became law on Friday without the governor’s signature. A Homer man was arrested and charged with first degree attempted murder last week. A woman who traveled to all 50 states collecting stories of kindness returned to Homer over the summer to compile them into a book. Three candidates running to unseat Alaska Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola this November have advanced to the general election ballot.