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.

The Homer Port and Harbor Advisory Commission opened its yearly review of city harbor rates at its meeting last night; Homer City Council members vote Monday on an ordinance that would put Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms in charge of collecting the city’s sales tax, instead of leaving it to individual hosts; and the Gulf of Alaska is particularly vulnerable to the effects of events like marine heatwaves and El Niños, which can devastate its lucrative fisheries. But a new study has found El Niños can offer some benefits to the Gulf.