More than a year after Cook Inlet’s largest oil and gas producer warned of a looming natural gas shortfall, consultants released a report this week detailing possible ways to fill in the gap, by importing gas overseas in the short term and from the North Slope in the longer term. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released an updated population estimate for Cook Inlet beluga whales, which offers hope for a recovery. A more comprehensive public transit system than the central Kenai Peninsula has ever seen is almost ready to roll out.

More than a year after Cook Inlet’s largest oil and gas producer warned of a looming natural gas shortfall, consultants released a report this week detailing possible ways to fill in the gap, by importing gas overseas in the short term and from the North Slope in the longer term. The Seward City Council voted to offer its open city manager position to chamber of commerce director Kat Sorenson. A phone sat at the bottom of the Kenai River for four days last week, until it was reeled in by an unsuspecting angler.

The Seward City Council voted to offer its open city manager position to chamber of commerce director Kat Sorenson; a collapsing former gas station and contamination site in Sterling has been demolished by the Kenai Peninsula Borough; and Kodiak's school district approved their new budget earlier this week.

The Kodiak Island Borough School District made some hard budget decisions this week, after Gov. Mike Dunleavy slashed the one-time funding approved by the state legislature in half. The City of Valdez went before the Alaska Supreme Court on Tuesday to argue for more transparency from Hilcorp, a privately owned Texas oil and gas company. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is conducting bottom trawl surveys to compile fisheries and environmental data in the Gulf of Alaska.

A major study of one of the state’s largest marine environments is underway; and after a year of planning and weeks of work sessions, the Homer City Council approved a 6 million dollar capital budget Monday – funding projects and improvements throughout the city for the next two fiscal years.

After a year of planning and weeks of work sessions, the Homer City Council approved a $6,187,758 capital budget Monday, funding projects and improvements throughout the city for the next two fiscal years. Dipnetting on the Kasilof River opened to Alaska anglers Sunday. And this season, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is expanding the boundaries of the dip net site to give anglers more room during the fishery’s six-week opening.

Dipnetting on the Kasilof River opened to Alaska anglers Sunday, and this season, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is expanding the boundaries of the dip net site to give anglers more room during the fishery’s six-week opening; and on the Central Kenai Peninsula, plastic is getting a second life as lumber, thanks to a local collections program and innovative recycling project.

The group responsible for providing planning advice and making land plot decisions in the Kenai Peninsula Borough is losing five members. On the Central Kenai Peninsula, plastic is getting a second life as lumber, thanks to a local collections program and innovative recycling project.

Anchorage officials and business leaders announced Monday that they had closed the biggest deal to date in a green financing program’s short history; on Saturday, Homer Police executed a search warrant on two separate residences in the area and arrested four individuals on several counts of Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance 2 and 3; and the group responsible for providing planning advice and making land plot decisions in the Kenai Peninsula Borough is losing five members.

A former Homer judge charged with perjury made her first court appearance Friday morning, to a packed courtroom of advocates who believe there is widespread corruption in the Alaska Court System. On Saturday, Homer Police executed a search warrant on two separate residences in the area and arrested four individuals on several counts of Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance 2 and 3. The Kodiak Island Borough School District is figuring out how to cut about $2 million from its budget.