Simon Lopez

Homer Senior Center residents will soon pay more for food and housing, following a vote by the center's board Tuesday; and the state Senate Finance Committee released its first revision of the state’s operating budget Wednesday, including a $1,000 Permanent Fund dividend and a $150 energy relief check.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted against a resolution Tuesday that would have asked state lawmakers to increase the Base Student Allocation by $630. Assembly members also rejected a proposal to raise the borough's sales tax cap to help fund local schools.

Homer Senior Center residents will soon pay more for food and housing, following a vote by the center's board Tuesday; a key Alaska Senate committee is out with a new take on the governor’s proposal to cut taxes for the Alaska LNG project — with a much, much smaller tax cut; and U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright gave a ringing endorsement for Alaska LNG Tuesday, but he also acknowledged the mega-project has a mega-challenge.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will not ask state lawmakers for more school funding; a key Alaska Senate committee is out with a new take on the governor’s proposal to cut taxes for the Alaska LNG project — with a much, much smaller tax cut; and U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright gave a ringing endorsement for Alaska LNG Tuesday, but he also acknowledged the mega-project has a mega-challenge.

On the Kenai Peninsula, the end of winter comes with the return of the midnight sun and salmon, an influx of tourists and fireweed and a welcome reprieve from the cold and dark. But the change in seasons also means road work, and the traffic jams that come with it. This year will be no different; advocates have been pushing state legislators this session to raise the age of consent from 16 to 18. The House passed a bill that would do that unanimously last year, but the proposal has been stuck in a Senate committee ever since; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will not ask state lawmakers for more school funding.

On the Kenai Peninsula, the end of winter comes with the return of the midnight sun and salmon, an influx of tourists and fireweed and a welcome reprieve from the cold and dark. But the change in seasons also means road work, and the traffic jams that come with it. This year will be no different; and advocates have been pushing state legislators this session to raise the age of consent from 16 to 18. The House passed a bill that would do that unanimously last year, but the proposal has been stuck in a Senate committee ever since.

Crews in Homer started work this week on a nearly $3.7 million pavement preservation project on Kachemak Drive.

The Alaska Afterschool Network honors Homer’s Lucas Thoning with a statewide superhero award with his work with Project GRAD at the Razdolna School on the Kenai Peninsula; and the U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday that the first of its two new medium-weight icebreakers will be homeported in Alaska.

Alaska Department of Transportation crews are clearing floodwater from mile 162 of the Sterling Highway this afternoon; and the Alaska Afterschool Network honors Homer’s Lucas Thoning with a statewide superhero award with his work with Project GRAD at the Razdolna School on the Kenai Peninsula.

Alaska Department of Transportation crews are clearing water from mile 162 of the Sterling Highway after a plugged culvert caused a washout south of Anchor Point today.