Kaylin Holmes

A dead gray whale washed up on Kodiak Island late last month, and officials with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and Alaska Aerospace Corporation announced a wide-ranging agreement Tuesday to tap into the growing market for rocket launches from the state’s two launch facilities.

The Homer City Council approved the city’s operating budget and discussed projects related to trails, utilities and employee pay at its meeting Monday night, Homer’s first-ever Harbor Fest brought more than 1,500 people to the Spit on Saturday for an event that included food vendors, live music and a boat show, and Nikiski Republican Sen. Jesse Bjorkman spoke about his legislative efforts this recent session at a joint Kenai and Soldotna Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting.

UAF scientists discuss significance of the finding of three newly identified fish species from 73 million years ago in the Arctic.

The United States Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries held an oversight hearing on “Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness” on June 4th in Washington DC.

The Homer City Council held a special meeting Monday night to discuss plans for expanding Homer’s Harbor, and the Trump administration in March signed an executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which funds public library programs around the country.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved next year’s property tax rates and passed a resolution honoring a Homer resident who died earlier this year at its meeting Tuesday night, and outdoor murals are few and far between on the Kenai Peninsula, especially in the borough’s most populated city of Kenai.

Qualifying members of the Homer High School track and field teams attended the Division 2 state championship at Diamond High School in Anchorage last weekend.

UAF scientists discuss significance of the finding of three newly identified fish species from 73 million years ago in the Arctic.

A prematurely born harbor seal pup was rescued earlier this month from a beach near Kenai, and in the Anchorage School District, a recently-introduced curriculum for young students learning to read is making a major impact.

A driver died after their vehicle went off the road and rolled into the Anchor River early Tuesday morning, and a hiker from Seward was struck by a massive boulder on Saturday and spent almost two hours pinned face-down in a glacial creek.