Simon Lopez

Homer Airport will be closed to all air traffic overnight through the end of the month for runway light maintenance; Brent Hibbert is returning to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly; and Sterling voters are unlikely to consider increasing property taxes to support community recreation when they head to the voting booth later this year.

The planet’s glaciers are quickly disappearing. Scientists agree that the best way to preserve them is to rapidly decrease planet-warming emissions. But a niche subsect has started exploring a new and controversial question: whether it’s possible to save glaciers, by engineering them; and thousands of voters took to the polls Tuesday around the Kenai Peninsula to pick representatives for multiple state and federal offices.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly filled a vacant seat and passed a slate of ordinances at its meeting last night; and thousands of voters took to the polls Tuesday around the Kenai Peninsula to pick representatives for multiple state and federal offices.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly filled a vacant seat and passed a slate of ordinances at its meeting last night; and Anchor Point’s Al Poindexter and his family own and operate the Anchor Point Greenhouse and received the recently announced Alaska Farm Family of the Year award.

Anchor Point’s Al Poindexter and his family own and operate the Anchor Point Greenhouse and received the recently announced Alaska Farm Family of the Year award.

The South Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area Board will formally discuss a citizen-submitted resolution seeking an elected hospital operating board at its September 10 meeting.

The South Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area Board met last week and voted to take up a publicly submitted resolution at its September meeting; three people are vying to fill the vacant Kalifornsky seat on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly; and the Aleutians are already known for stormy weather. This year's El Niño could increase the odds for a stormier winter in the region, and elsewhere in Alaska.

The South Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area Board met last week and voted to take up a publicly submitted resolution at its September meeting; three people are vying to fill the vacant Kalifornsky seat on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly; and the Aleutians are already known for stormy weather. This year's El Niño could increase the odds for a stormier winter in the region, and elsewhere in Alaska.

Homer Council on the Arts recently presented their 2026 community art awards to local individuals in several categories. Artist of the Year was awarded to Carla Klinker; and crab populations in the Bering Sea are struggling, researchers say climate change is a big cause. A new tool described in a study published this month will help researchers predict one of climate change’s biggest threats to crabs: ocean acidity.

Homer Council on the Arts recently presented their 2026 community art awards to local individuals in several categories. Artist of the Year was awarded to Carla Klinker; and crab populations in the Bering Sea are struggling, researchers say climate change is a big cause. A new tool described in a study published this month will help researchers predict one of climate change’s biggest threats to crabs: ocean acidity.