Simon Lopez

The state says this year's commercial salmon season in Lower Cook Inlet is done; the U.S. Coast Guard ended its search Monday for three missing boaters near St. Lawrence Island, after one person was rescued and two others were found dead; and this weekend Porcupine Theater is offering a film called Cookie Queens that explores features of American Girl Scout Cookie sales.

SingerElla, a musical composed by Sally Oberstein and Michael McKinney opens at Alice’s on September 11th at 8 pm.

SingerElla, a musical composed by Sally Oberstein and Michael McKinney opens at Alice’s on September 11th at 8 pm.

Kenai Peninsula voters will decide whether to limit how long school board members can stay in office; and more than a dozen people have filed to run for local office this year.

Kenai Peninsula voters will decide whether to limit how long school board members can stay in office; and more than a dozen people have filed to run for local office this year.

A North Pole man reported missing in Kachemak Bay State Park was found safe by a hiker near Halibut Cove after losing his satellite communication device.

A North Pole man returned to Homer safely Wednesday after spending more than a day in Kachemak Bay State Park without a way to communicate; and Petersburg’s hospital has received three major grants from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program.

Schools across the Kenai Peninsula will take the day off on Monday for Labor Day; a North Pole man returned to Homer safely Wednesday after spending more than a day in Kachemak Bay State Park without a way to communicate; and Petersburg’s hospital has received three major grants from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program.

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.