Homer’s 48 Hour Film Slam challenges filmmakers, writers, actors, and directors to create short films from concept to completion within 48 hours. The films created from this year's contestants were shown at the Porcupine Theater on Wednesday evening and Emilie Springer spoke with host Katia Holmes about what the challenge entails.
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Riley Board/KDLLThe Alaska Department of Fish and Game doubled sockeye salmon bag limits from three to six in response to strong salmon runs. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLTustumena is one of four schools closed by the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education earlier this year to save money. -
Jessie Hale / Division of Forestry and Fire ProtectionThe Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection reported Tuesday “intensive mop-up operations” on the so-called Grandview Fire have concluded and there’s no further threat of spread. -
Jessie Hale/Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire ProtectionThe so-called Grandview Fire broke out last week and grew from eight to almost 90 acres in one night. The state later determined the blaze was caused by an escaped campfire.
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy trimmed nearly $90 million from the state budget with line-item vetoes before signing a series of appropriations bills Wednesday afternoon; and an attorney representing the Alaska Division of Elections acknowledged to a judge Thursday that the agency could craft a solution so that voters can differentiate between U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and a would-be challenger of the same name.
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