Simon Lopez

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche wants to overhaul the group that advises the borough assembly on environmental issues like recycling; The Seward City Council approved several items at its meeting Tuesday.

Area biologists recommend securing attractants to minimize human-animal encounters.

The Homer City Council heard from residents on multiple issues and took action on several items at its meeting last night; and a newly-opened mercantile in Soldotna specializes in selling products manufactured by family-owned businesses.

The ordinance would have allowed businesses and other mixed uses in an area currently used mainly for homes.

Twelve high school students from across the Kenai Peninsula have been selected as finalists in this year’s Caring for the Kenai competition; time is running out for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District to greenlight a balanced spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year; and marine biologist and author David Scheel will discuss Kachemak Bay’s giant Pacific octopuses next Tuesday.

A federal funding freeze has forced the shutdown of programs in Homer that support local farmers, habitat restoration, and invasive species removal; The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection has declared an early start to the wildfire season in parts of South Central, Southwest, and Southeast Alaska due to warm temperatures and low snowpack; Gov. Mike Dunleavy has signed House Bill 65 today, authorizing the Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) to issue up to $135 million in revenue bonds for a new passenger dock and terminal in Seward; and The City of Homer and the U.S. Army Corps (core) of Engineers will host a public meeting on the Homer Harbor Expansion Study.

The news comes after the airline’s decision last year to pull its service to the Aleutian Islands. It also comes just ahead of this year’s busy summer season.

Ravn Alaska will end flights to Homer after Monday; the 2025 Anchor Point Snow Rondi began Tuesday and runs through the weekend; and the Kenai Peninsula Lost Lake on-line run registration opens tomorrow.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members on Tuesday formally asked the State of Alaska to increase and inflation-proof the base amount of money school districts get per student; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has swapped contract proposals with its two biggest employee unions.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passed several items and heard public testimony on school funding at its meeting last night.