Simon Lopez

A Homer-based nonprofit chose recycled plastic lumber for local trail revitalization.

The Caring for the Kenai Competition will hear from finalists next week; and during Kachemak Bay’s extreme low tides this week, a group of curious Homer residents had the opportunity to see and hold marine creatures that normally stay beneath the water.

Much of the United States experienced a solar eclipse Monday [04/08], an astronomical phenomenon where the moon passes between the earth and the sun and causes temporary darkness. Although the spectacle couldn’t be seen from Alaska, folks in Kenai had the opportunity to experience the eclipse in a different way; and a bill that would allow disabled veterans a free lifetime pass to Alaska state parks and campsites is moving through the legislature.

The Homer City Council passed multiple items and heard a legislative update from Rep. Sarah Vance during its April 8 meeting.

Aleutian Airways will suspend its service to Homer beginning April 15; A Homer-based nonprofit that works with landowners and state agencies to protect land on the Kenai Peninsula recently completed mitigation efforts on the Cooper Landing Bypass project; and over 100 Kodiak High School students walked out of classes yesterday as part of a statewide protest over Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoing a bill [SB 140] that would have permanently increased education funding.

More than 100 Cooper Landing residents called on the borough mayor to veto an ordinance, passed by the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly at its last meeting, that would allow a concrete company to lease a one-acre parcel in the community; and more than 30 Homer High School students stood outside the school’s entrance in a walkout this morning.

Tonight The League of Women Voters on the Kenai Peninsula, Kenai Peninsula Votes, and the City of Homer will host an event focused on running for elected office.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly narrowly passed a resolution that supports a potential future project looking into the feasibility of installing heat pumps in schools on the southern part of Kachemak Bay; and The League of Women Voters on the Kenai Peninsula, Kenai Peninsula Votes, and the City of Homer will host an event focused on running for elected office.

This month, a local nonprofit organization made a short documentary highlighting George Faust’s experience with Parkinson's disease.

Community members in the Homer area gathered at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor’s Center last night [3/28] for an open house as the city continues the process of rewriting its comprehensive plan; and a new letter from the federal government says Alaska’s education department owes almost $30 million to four school districts.