Simon Lopez

Tomorrow is the last day Homer residents can drive on studded tires; Homer OPUS is a nonprofit organization that delivers string-based music programs to youth ages kindergarten through 12th grade and adults in Homer, Alaska. The organization has several end of the school year performances coming up; and Alaska’s Board of Fisheries is considering a major change to the type of gear Cook Inlet’s east-side setnet fishermen can use when king salmon runs are poor.

Construction crews will close a section of the Sterling Highway between mileposts 45 and 47 for overnight work starting this Thursday.

State fishery managers are closing king salmon sport fishing in much of Cook Inlet on Friday; a section of the Sterling Highway near Cooper Landing will close for several hours later this week; and last year’s federal budget reconciliation bill included billions of dollars for aviation improvements around the country – including many new weather stations in Alaska.

State fishery managers are closing king salmon sport fishing in much of Cook Inlet on Friday; a section of the Sterling Highway near Cooper Landing will close for several hours later this week; and the Homer City Council advanced several items at its meeting last night and honored a police Lieutenant who is retiring.

The Homer City Council kicked off its meeting Monday night by honoring Homer Police Lieutenant Ryan Browning, who is retiring. They also introduced incoming Lieutenant Taylor Crowder and Sergeant Tyler Jeffres.

The Homer City Council advanced several items at its meeting last night and honored a police Lieutenant who is retiring; and Cycle Logical, founded by Derek Reynolds in 2006, is celebrating its 20th anniversary as Homer's destination for human-powered adventure.

Cycle Logical, founded by Derek Reynolds in 2006, is celebrating its 20th anniversary as Homer's destination for human-powered adventure; Homer voters may soon decide whether to continue a sales tax that funds the city's roads and trails program commonly known as the HART program; and Alaska-based telecommunications company GCI announced plans to acquire Quintillion in a $310 million deal.

Seward’s historic Mount Marathon race is hosting an online auction for 6 race slots so that runners who didn’t make it into the original lottery can start to make plans a little sooner in advance than at the traditional auction that takes place the evening before the race; the Small Town and Rural Student College Network is a consortium of thirty-two universities and colleges dedicated to helping students from small-town and rural America enroll in an undergraduate program of their choice; and school funding again took center stage at last week’s Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting in Seward.

Seward’s historic Mount Marathon race is hosting an online auction for 6 race slots so that runners who didn’t make it into the original lottery can start to make plans a little sooner in advance than at the traditional auction that takes place the evening before the race; the Small Town and Rural Student College Network is a consortium of thirty-two universities and colleges dedicated to helping students from small-town and rural America enroll in an undergraduate program of their choice; and school funding again took center stage at this week’s Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting in Seward.

The state Senate Finance Committee released its first revision of the state’s operating budget Wednesday, including a $1,000 Permanent Fund dividend and a $150 energy relief check; and Petersburg’s first cruise ship of the season comes to town this Sunday, with regular cruise visits picking up near the end of May.