Art galleries across Homer feature artists as part of its First Friday offerings, and Homer residents banded together on a nearly weeklong search for Moonie — a missing mini husky.

Art galleries across Homer feature artists as part of its First Friday offerings. This month, Homer Council on the Arts is hosting a show from Leo Vait. A new study on hatchery pink salmon shows that some “stray” fish mingle with wild stocks and could alter the timing of wild runs.

911 services on the Kenai Peninsula have been restored after a faulty software update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike disrupted Microsoft computer systems around the globe Thursday night, and the Fairbanks North Star Borough Animal Shelter is at capacity for dogs, with limited options for those that can’t be adopted out quickly, and the Seldovia Bay Ferry is temporarily suspending its sailings until further notice.

The Seldovia Bay Ferry is temporarily suspending its sailings until further notice. Homer residents banded together on a nearly weeklong search for Moonie — a missing mini husky. At this year's World Eskimo-Indian Olympics, Parker Kenick took home four medals. Now, the Nome resident and UAF student is setting his sights on a long-standing world record.

The Sitka Homeless Coalition is starting construction on a project that will provide permanent supportive housing to Sitkans in need, and a college student from Bethel and Emmonak has been crowned Miss World Eskimo Indian Olympics.

As sockeye salmon counts begin to climb, fishing is in full swing on the Kenai Peninsula. A popular access point for anglers is Sportsman’s Landing, where the Kenai and Russian Rivers converge; and dock users at Kodiak’s biggest boat harbor are being urged to keep an eye out for eagles in the area, as several attacks have been reported in the last week.

Waters of the East Nuka Subdistrict in Lower Cook Inlet opened this morning for commercial fishing, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and as sockeye salmon counts begin to climb, fishing is in full swing on the Kenai Peninsula. A popular access point for anglers is Sportsman’s Landing, where the Kenai and Russian Rivers converge.

Waters of the East Nuka Subdistrict in Lower Cook Inlet opened this morning for commercial fishing, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Support is building for the City of Kenai’s pursuit of direct airline service between Kenai Municipal Airport and Seattle. Dock users at Kodiak’s biggest boat harbor are being urged to keep an eye out for eagles in the area, as several attacks have been reported in the last week.

The Homer Planning Commission will once again consider a conditional use permit application for a hotel development at the base of the Homer Spit, and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved last week a resolution allowing South Peninsula Hospital to remodel a building that will become its childcare center, and residents of the Northwest Arctic might have noticed a low-flying, brightly-colored classic airplane buzzing around. The plane belongs to a German research institute that is mapping remote landscapes.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved last week a resolution allowing South Peninsula Hospital to remodel a building that will become its childcare center. The Homer Planning Commission will once again consider a conditional use permit application for a hotel development at the base of the Homer Spit. This month marks ten years since the Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s Dena’ina Wellness Center opened its doors in Kenai.