Simon Lopez

Homer's Pier One Theatre opens its summer season this week with "The Little Prince," adapted from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novella; Seldovia’s annual non-motorized fishing derby begins Friday and runs through the weekend; and three cruise ships that were set to visit Seward in the last week were rerouted nearly 90 land miles north to Whittier because of ongoing construction at the Seward dock.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly commended over 20 local athletes and advanced several items at its meeting last night; Homer's Pier One Theatre opens its summer season this week with "The Little Prince," adapted from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novella; and Seldovia’s annual non-motorized fishing derby begins Friday and runs through the weekend.

Homer Police responded to a call shortly before 9pm last night for a single vehicle collision into a business on Pioneer Avenue, North Wind Home Collection; a nearly thousand-passenger cruise ship spend yesterday in Homer; this week schools across the Kenai Peninsula complete the 2026 school year with senior graduations; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly commended over 20 local athletes and advanced several items at its meeting last night.

Homer Police responded to a call shortly before 9pm last night for a single vehicle collision into a business on Pioneer Avenue, North Wind Home Collection; a nearly thousand-passenger cruise ship is spending the day in Homer; and this week schools across the Kenai Peninsula complete the 2026 school year with senior graduations.

Increases to activity participation and admission fees, plus new training for coaches and directors are among the changes being proposed to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s activity handbook; and the Alaska Legislature, in a historic vote, rejected Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s pick for attorney general, Stephen Cox, on Thursday.

Increases to activity participation and admission fees, plus new training for coaches and directors are among the changes being proposed to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s activity handbook; and the Alaska Legislature, in a historic vote, rejected Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s pick for attorney general, Stephen Cox, on Thursday.

A dead whale that washed ashore near Seldovia earlier this month prompted a specialized pathology team to examine the carcass for clues about how the animal lived and died; the state House of Representatives voted unanimously Wednesday to make the giant green cabbage Alaska’s official state vegetable.

A dead whale that washed ashore near Seldovia earlier this month prompted a specialized pathology team to examine the carcass for clues about how the animal lived and died; the state House of Representatives voted unanimously Wednesday to make the giant green cabbage Alaska’s official state vegetable.

Last weekend the Alaska School Activities Association held the annual Solo and Ensemble Music Festival on the UAA campus in Anchorage; and Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game will not permit experimental beach seining on Cook Inlet’s east side this summer.

Last weekend the Alaska School Activities Association held the annual Solo and Ensemble Music Festival on the UAA campus in Anchorage; and Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game will not permit experimental beach seining on Cook Inlet’s east side this summer.