Simon Lopez

Homer’s Center for Alaskan Coastal studies held a community appreciation celebration at the Wynn Nature Center Sunday to share the end of the 2025 summer season and upcoming closure of the East Hill facility; and salmon are returning in droves to Resurrection Creek near Hope because of a decades-long project to restore the creek’s natural habitat.

Homer’s Center for Alaskan Coastal studies is offering a community appreciation celebration at the Wynn Nature Center this Sunday to share the end of the 2025 summer season and upcoming closure of the East Hill facility; and salmon are returning in droves to Resurrection Creek near Hope because of a decades-long project to restore the creek’s natural habitat.

As the 2025 school year begins, Homer High School athletics offer two home games for interested viewers in the first week of the season; and the Alaska Department of Law has a new online portal for residents wanting to submit concerns over public welfare and institutions to an investigative grand jury.

As the 2025 school year begins, Homer High School athletics offer two home games for interested viewers in the first week of the season; and the Alaska Department of Law has a new online portal for residents wanting to submit concerns over public welfare and institutions to an investigative grand jury.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will take public comment Tuesday on a plan to buy four properties in Homer for South Peninsula Hospital; last Wednesday, the Homer United Methodist Church Civic Engagement Group hosted a community educational meeting to define Christian Nationalism, how it damages the Christian Faith and imposes on American democracy; and on Friday, the Halibut Cove and China Poot subdistricts closed to purse seine fishing.

The borough assembly will take public comment Tuesday on an ordinance to buy four properties in Homer for South Peninsula Hospital, including a new home for behavioral health services.

Anglers from all over the world descend on the Kenai River each summer for sockeye salmon. And this year, they’ve been catching them with ease — thanks to a record-breaking salmon run; The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is putting a ballot initiative before voters that could lead to people paying more in sales tax for large purchases in the borough; and regional air carrier Ravn Alaska announced on its website Thursday that it was closing – effective immediately.

Anglers from all over the world descend on the Kenai River each summer for sockeye salmon. And this year, they’ve been catching them with ease — thanks to a record-breaking salmon run; The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is putting a ballot initiative before voters that could lead to people paying more in sales tax for large purchases in the borough; and regional air carrier Ravn Alaska announced on its website Thursday that it was closing – effective immediately.

Ninilchik voters will decide this fall whether to tax themselves more to pay for recreation servicesVasily Yakunin, representing Homer’s Church of the Holy Transfiguration of our Lord, announced that two invited speakers will who provide a community conversation at the Kachemak Bay Campus on the history of the Russian Orthodox religion on Friday August 15th.

Ninilchik voters will decide this fall whether to tax themselves more to pay for recreation servicesVasily Yakunin, representing Homer’s Church of the Holy Transfiguration of our Lord, announced that two invited speakers will who provide a community conversation at the Kachemak Bay Campus on the history of the Russian Orthodox religion on Friday August 15th.