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The vessel sank just minutes after leaving Homer Harbor on Tuesday evening. Nearby vessels responded quickly after a passenger called for help.

Saturday July 19th is Alaska Invasive Green Crab Awareness Day and the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve will host a free, family-friendly molt walk, collect and identify crab molts at Bishop’s Beach and answer questions participants might have about the species. Emilie Springer spoke with Jasmine Maurer at the Research Reserve for more information.

Addiction specialists say they’ve begun seeing fentanyl combined with a sedative that puts people using drugs on the Kenai Peninsula at a higher risk of overdose.

The Homer City Council has pushed back a decision to spend $2 million reconstructing roads in old town Homer.

A season of low prices, high costs and a poor pink salmon run has come on the heels of last year’s market collapse.

The building that housed the Homer News since 1987 was sold earlier this week.

Alaska Native corporation Doyon, Limited brought forth a newly revised hotel development proposal. Homer residents weighed their concerns about the project with the economic opportunities it could bring.

Twice a day, cars queue up at the busy intersection of the Old Sterling Highway and new Sterling Highway in Anchor Point. Parents drop off and pick up their kids at Chapman School, while highway traffic whizzes by. Some relief is on its way, after the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved spending this week to expand the school’s footprint.

Heat pumps are becoming a viable option for heating homes on the Lower Kenai Peninsula, offering a cleaner, more efficient and sometimes cheaper alternative to traditional systems.

The City of Seward is receiving funds from the Environmental Protection Agency to add shore power to its cruise ship port. The project could reduce fossil fuel emissions and lower electricity costs for ratepayers.