Simon Lopez

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly swore in Theo Noomah to Homer’s seat Tuesday as Kelly Cooper wrapped up her final meeting. Members also passed five spending ordinances on the consent agenda, including another $500,000 for a mobile garbage shredder, and introduced a grant for a Bear Creek Fire cardiac monitor.

Shelly Erickson took office as Homer’s mayor Monday as the city council certified voters’ renewal of the HART sales tax and asked Aleutian Airways to rethink its Homer schedule.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for parts of Southcentral Alaska, including the Kenai Peninsula; Seldovia will settle a tied city council seat Monday, and it could come down to a coin flip; and Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, the leading candidate for governor, just barely crested the important 50% mark in the latest election results the Alaska Division of Elections released Thursday.

Alaska has a long and storied history with animals: from the iconic Iditarod sled dog race to a cat named Stubbs serving as the mayor of Talkeetna. But the veterinarians that look after those animals are in short supply.

Alaska has a long and storied history with animals: from the iconic Iditarod sled dog race to a cat named Stubbs serving as the mayor of Talkeetna. But the veterinarians that look after those animals are in short supply.

Almost 20,000 people have visited the Soldotna Field House since the facility opened last summer; and Democrat Mary Peltola increased her lead over Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan again Tuesday, as election officials counted more than 24,000 additional votes.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly said goodbye to Homer’s Kelly Cooper, swore in her replacement and put another 500 thousand dollars toward a garbage shredder at its meeting last night; and almost 20,000 people have visited the Soldotna Field House since the facility opened last summer.

Pratt Museum Executive Director Whitney Harness and Education and Public Programs Manager Hannah Wolfe-MacPike provide an update on new and upcoming programs at the museum.

Pratt Museum Executive Director Whitney Harness and Education and Public Programs Manager Hannah Wolfe-MacPike provide an update on new and upcoming programs at the museum.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly said goodbye to Homer’s Kelly Cooper, swore in her replacement and put another 500 thousand dollars toward a garbage shredder at its meeting last night; and on Friday November 6, the Kachemak Bay Campus held Semester by the Bay’s Marine Mammal Biology Student Symposium.