Homer Council on the Arts offers a new version of a collaborative community arts performance: Homer Rising. Emilie Springer spoke with director Scott Bartlett and a few of the performers in the event coming up this weekend at the Mariner Theater.
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Sabine Poux/KDLLA Kenai grand jury indicted 35-year-old Joseph Mesa last week in the death of 39-year-old Derek Berry. In addition to murder charges, Mesa was indicted on charges of evidence tampering, burglary and misconduct involving controlled substances in an investigation state prosecutors say is ongoing. -
Hunter Morrison/KDLLDonation bins are out near the entrances of grocery stores in Kenai, Soldotna and Nikiski, including Walmart, Fred Meyer, Save-U-More, Three Bears, Safeway, IGA and M&M Market. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLAcross all grade levels, about 38% of Kenai Peninsula students are proficient or advanced in English Language Arts. The same proportion are proficient or advanced in math. That’s about five percentage points higher than statewide proficiency levels. -
Courtesy photo/Rainmaker Technology CorporationThe company says it received necessary permission to make rain with drones, but local officials are pushing for more transparency.
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