Simon Lopez

Fishermen who participate in dive fisheries in Southeast have been heavily impacted by the otter boom; and Alaska’s chief investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board retired this week

A massive chunk of a Himalayan glacier and underlying rock broke off and led to catastrophic flooding in parts of Nepal and Tibet last Wednesday, leaving hundreds dead and thousands missing. Scientists who study glacier hazards in Alaska say that glacier collapses have happened here, but they haven’t looked the same.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly appointed Nathan Berga to the District 7 seat at its meeting last night; and Alaska Public Media's Rachel Cassandra talked with patients and providers in Alaska to understand how to access good perimenopause care.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will interview a candidate tonight for the group's central seat; and Alaska Public Media's Rachel Cassandra talked with patients and providers in Alaska to understand how to access good perimenopause care.

Seward’s shuttered middle school will reopen as a community center; and “Another Dimension,” Homer’s 3rd annual ten-minute play festival opened last weekend at Pier One Theater.

Seward’s shuttered middle school will reopen as a community center; and “Another Dimension,” Homer’s 3rd annual ten-minute play festival opened last weekend at Pier One Theater.

A Homer High School class that graduated about 30 years ago held another reunion in August.

A Homer High School class that graduated about 30 years ago held another reunion earlier this month; agencies responding to an oily sheen reported in Cook Inlet last week are switching from response to monitoring mode; and Sen. Dan Sullivan and former Congresswoman Mary Peltola, the two leading candidates for U.S. Senate, vied for support from the petroleum industry Thursday at the Alaska Oil and Gas Association’s annual conference in Anchorage.

A Homer High School class that graduated about 30 years ago held another reunion last weekend; agencies responding to an oily sheen reported in Cook Inlet earlier this week are switching from response to monitoring mode; and Sen. Dan Sullivan and former Congresswoman Mary Peltola, the two leading candidates for U.S. Senate, vied for support from the petroleum industry Thursday at the Alaska Oil and Gas Association’s annual conference in Anchorage.

Four people died in a plane crash in the Kenai Peninsula community of Seldovia Wednesday, state troopers say; the Homer Port and Harbor Advisory Commission wants the city council to leave two parts of the port tariff alone; and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced earlier this month that it would end its support for the Arctic Report Card.