Simon Lopez

Ye Olde Harvest Festival, also called the Homer Renaissance Fair, returned to Karen Hornaday Park last weekend for its third year; and the head of NASA visited the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska on Kodiak Island for the first time in his career this week.

Council members will decide Monday whether to allow live traps for pest animals like rabbits and mice in Homer; the Seward City Council could get a new member, per unofficial results from Tuesday’s municipal election; and flu numbers are on the rise in Alaska. State health officials say the flu season is off to an early start, and could be moderately severe.

Council members will decide Monday whether to allow live traps for pest animals like rabbits and mice in Homer; the Seward City Council could get a new member, per unofficial results from Tuesday’s municipal election; and flu numbers are on the rise in Alaska. State health officials say the flu season is off to an early start, and could be moderately severe.

The Trump Administration has reinterpreted language in the federal Endangered Species Act that would allow for the incidental killing of endangered species and habitat loss; and Alaska transportation officials want your input on the lineup of projects they hope to fund over the next four years.

The Assembly passed three ordinances Tuesday and set an October 20 hearing on two spending items; and Alaska transportation officials want your input on the lineup of projects they hope to fund over the next four years.

The Assembly passed three ordinances Tuesday and set an October 20 hearing on two spending items; and Homer’s Pratt Museum will hold their annual “Ritz” celebration and fundraiser at Homer’s Porcupine Theater on Saturday October 10th from 6-9 PM.

Homer’s Pratt Museum will hold their annual “Ritz” celebration and fundraiser at Homer’s Porcupine Theater on Saturday October 10th from 6-9 PM; and the Trump Administration has reinterpreted language in the federal Endangered Species Act that would allow for the incidental killing of endangered species and habitat loss.

The public can comment Tuesday on three proposed ordinances before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly; the Kenai River Marathon, pitched as “26.2 miles through Alaska’s Playground” drew nearly 200 participants from around Alaska and beyond last weekend; and Alaska Public Media’s Liz Ruskin visited Kodiak and reports trawlers and industry advocates say they’re facing a movement immune to fact.

The public can comment Tuesday on three proposed ordinances before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly; the Kenai River Marathon, pitched as “26.2 miles through Alaska’s Playground” drew nearly 200 participants from around Alaska and beyond last weekend; and Alaska Public Media’s Liz Ruskin visited Kodiak and reports trawlers and industry advocates say they’re facing a movement immune to fact.

The Homer Transfer Facility won’t open on Sundays this winter; Alaska residents and visitors can now find information about tsunami hazards and evacuation routes in one place, on a new interactive map; and Alaska Public Media’s Liz Ruskin reports from the Kuskokwim River, where subsistence fishermen say their way of life is on the brink.