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For the latest episode of Homer Grown, hosted by Desiree Hagen:We talk to Lori and Wayne Jenkins of Synergy Gardens and Brad Casar of Homer Soil and Water…

Today is Election Day! Kenai Peninsula Borough voters will choose new city council, borough and school board representatives, on top of a slate of borough and city-wide propositions.Alex Koplin, a member of Kenai Peninsula Votes — a non-partisan organization that aims to increase local voter turnout — gives an overview of what to expect.

If you’re noticing unusual weather patterns lately you're not alone. August saw record rainfall in Southcentral Alaska and on the Kenai Peninsula. Before that, the area experienced an abnormally dry summer.

The Oct. 6 forum, which is hosted by the Homer Chamber of Commerce, is just one in a series of debates organized by the chamber in this season’s election cycle. Two other debates are scheduled for later this month.

Soon-to-be seven-year-old Isa Santiago splashed through a tidepool at Bishop’s Beach Friday morning. She shrieked excitedly when she spotted a dark pink sea star glued to the rocks, surrounded by dark gray and green stars. Isa and her family made the four-and-a-half hour drive from their home in Eagle River to tidepool during one of the lowest tides of the year in Homer. Her mom, Kyra Santiago, said she started planning the trip nine months ago.

Two of the three candidates vying to temporarily fill the late Congressman Don Young’s seat in the U.S House of Representatives made the trip to Kenai last week for a candidate forum hosted by the Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce.

“I'm not a big fan of bonds and debt and taking on more payments, just in general,” Assemblymember Bill Elam said. “But, I've been to a lot of these schools now. And we really do need to get some of this stuff addressed.”

Dr. Rob Downey is hosting a series of six, half-hour conversations with Nurse Lorne Carroll.They talk about COVID-19 from a public health perspective…

Two Homerites are joining an expedition to Mount Everest in April as part of a nationwide effort to raise awareness of ovarian cancer.

Don’t let his age fool you. Carter Davis has been collecting insects, shells, and rocks for most of his life, and at 10 years old, is already an…