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Facing major state budget reductions, Nine Star will shut down its Homer location, redirecting youth employment support to local entities like the Homer Job Center and Kenai Peninsula College.

There won’t be an oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet this year, or the year after that. An Obama-era proposal to hold a sale in the inlet was canceled this May due to a cited lack of industry interest. But the Biden Administration may offer another sale down the line.

The constant barrage of rain has come at the chagrin of a lot of Alaskans in Southcentral this summer. But Jenni Trissel, of Kachemak Naturals in Homer, said it’s been awesome for Alaskans harvesting berries and mushrooms.

It’s time to count cranes again in Homer. Homer’s Crane Count starts back up on Saturday, and the event — put on by Kachemak Crane Watch — needs residents to help spot the large, long-legged birds.

Lance Petersen, founding member and artistic director of Pier One Theatre, career educator at Homer High School and Kenai Peninsula College and founding member of the KBBI Board of Directors died on Thursday, leaving scores of Alaskans who already carry on his work.

“Dusty Funk" or "the Funkiverse” is a world of comic arts storytelling, surrealism and metaphorical space created by the artist known as the Amazing David Brame. He’s an Afro-futurist, educator and mixed media comic artist based on the Kenai Peninsula, and his exhibit is up now at the Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer for the month of March.

Alaskans marched in four cities across the state Saturday to advocate for reproductive rights.The rallies came after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in late June overturning the landmark case Roe v. Wade and ending the constitutional right to an abortion.In Homer, the afternoon march drew about 400 people and many had the same message: Abortion is health care.

The 31st Annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival kicked off Wednesday and welcomes back migratory birds, visitors and locals for four days of guided bird walks, boat tours, presentations and activities around the bay.

Bears are starting to wake up from their winter dens around the Kenai Peninsula, with spring around the corner. That also means it's time to secure bear attractants and prevent hungry bear visitors.

Millions of tons of plastic end up in the ocean each year. On the Kenai Peninsula, one man is trying to change that by giving plastic waste a useful second life.