Simon Lopez

A section of the Sterling Highway near Cooper Landing will close again tonight for blasting work; the University of Alaska system holds spring commencement ceremonies across all state campuses in early May 2026; and interest in aquaculture is booming in Alaska, and the federal government is trying to help the industry grow by mapping out “aquaculture opportunity areas” – specific patches of the ocean where kelp and oyster farming are most likely to succeed.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy is pressing lawmakers to act quickly on his proposal to cut taxes for the Alaska LNG project; and dozens of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District employees took to Monday’s school board meeting in Soldotna to show their support for staff amid ongoing contract negotiations.

The Kachemak Bay Family Clinic recently received a national grant to expand cancer prevention and reproductive health care on the Kenai Peninsula; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted to fully meet the school district's request for over 62.3 million dollars in local education funding at its meeting last night, after rejecting a push to raise that figure to the legal maximum.

The Kachemak Bay Family Clinic recently received a national grant to expand cancer prevention and reproductive health care on the Kenai Peninsula; and the Alaska Legislature failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a closely watched election reform bill Monday.

A Homer man died and three people were injured Saturday afternoon when three vehicles collided near the Hope Highway junction; people across the southern Kenai Peninsula are starting to count their steps; last week The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District announced Michael Wojciak, as recipient of The Alan Haskins Principal of the Year Award for 2026; and Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bipartisan election reform bill Thursday, setting up a contentious override vote Monday.

A Homer man died and three people were injured Saturday afternoon when three vehicles collided near the Hope Highway junction; people across the southern Kenai Peninsula are starting to count their steps today; last week The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District announced Michael Wojciak, as recipient of The Alan Haskins Principal of the Year Award for 2026; and Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bipartisan election reform bill Thursday, setting up a contentious override vote Monday.

Homer’s port and harbor has secured more than $11.2 million in federal funds to replace its oldest harbor infrastructure; and Homer’s Semester by the Bay offers a marine mammals concentration in the Fall and an environmental conservation concentration in the spring. The students in the spring program finished their semester with multiple events.

An avalanche warning is in effect for a section of central Alaska and the Kenai Peninsula; Homer’s port and harbor has secured more than $11.2 million in federal funds to replace its oldest harbor infrastructure; and the University of Alaska wraps up the spring semester with commencement on May 3rd.

Community choruses don’t get many opportunities to perform master composers’ work with full orchestras. But this weekend’s an exception on the Kenai Peninsula; and a school funding proposal going before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday could enable local school board members to reverse millions of dollars worth of budget cuts approved last month.

More than 200 musicians from Homer and Kenai will perform Mozart’s Requiem this weekend. The ensemble includes the Homer High School choir, the Kenai Peninsula Community Chorus and a community orchestra. Conductors Kyle Schneider and Mark Robinson say the production allows amateur and student performers to tackle a technical choral masterpiece while offering the community a space to process grief.