Simon Lopez

A Homer man died and three people were injured Saturday afternoon when three vehicles collided near the Hope Highway junction; people across the southern Kenai Peninsula are starting to count their steps today; last week The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District announced Michael Wojciak, as recipient of The Alan Haskins Principal of the Year Award for 2026; and Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bipartisan election reform bill Thursday, setting up a contentious override vote Monday.

Homer’s port and harbor has secured more than $11.2 million in federal funds to replace its oldest harbor infrastructure; and Homer’s Semester by the Bay offers a marine mammals concentration in the Fall and an environmental conservation concentration in the spring. The students in the spring program finished their semester with multiple events.

An avalanche warning is in effect for a section of central Alaska and the Kenai Peninsula; Homer’s port and harbor has secured more than $11.2 million in federal funds to replace its oldest harbor infrastructure; and the University of Alaska wraps up the spring semester with commencement on May 3rd.

Community choruses don’t get many opportunities to perform master composers’ work with full orchestras. But this weekend’s an exception on the Kenai Peninsula; and a school funding proposal going before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday could enable local school board members to reverse millions of dollars worth of budget cuts approved last month.

More than 200 musicians from Homer and Kenai will perform Mozart’s Requiem this weekend. The ensemble includes the Homer High School choir, the Kenai Peninsula Community Chorus and a community orchestra. Conductors Kyle Schneider and Mark Robinson say the production allows amateur and student performers to tackle a technical choral masterpiece while offering the community a space to process grief.

Community choruses don’t get many opportunities to perform master composers’ work with full orchestras. But this weekend’s an exception on the Kenai Peninsula; and a school funding proposal going before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday could enable local school board members to reverse millions of dollars worth of budget cuts approved earlier this month.

Today is the last day Homer residents can drive on studded tires; Homer OPUS is a nonprofit organization that delivers string-based music programs to youth ages kindergarten through 12th grade and adults in Homer, Alaska. The organization has several end of the school year performances coming up; and Alaska’s Board of Fisheries is considering a major change to the type of gear Cook Inlet’s east-side setnet fishermen can use when king salmon runs are poor.

Tomorrow is the last day Homer residents can drive on studded tires; Homer OPUS is a nonprofit organization that delivers string-based music programs to youth ages kindergarten through 12th grade and adults in Homer, Alaska. The organization has several end of the school year performances coming up; and Alaska’s Board of Fisheries is considering a major change to the type of gear Cook Inlet’s east-side setnet fishermen can use when king salmon runs are poor.

Construction crews will close a section of the Sterling Highway between mileposts 45 and 47 for overnight work starting this Thursday.

State fishery managers are closing king salmon sport fishing in much of Cook Inlet on Friday; a section of the Sterling Highway near Cooper Landing will close for several hours later this week; and last year’s federal budget reconciliation bill included billions of dollars for aviation improvements around the country – including many new weather stations in Alaska.