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The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passed several items and heard public testimony on school funding at its meeting last night.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved next year’s property tax rates and passed a resolution honoring a Homer resident who died earlier this year at its meeting Tuesday.

Area biologists recommend securing attractants to minimize human-animal encounters.

About 50 people marched to South Peninsula Hospital on Wednesday in response to a federal budget bill that would reduce Medicaid funding. Organizers say the cuts could affect access to care across the southern Kenai Peninsula.

Clear skies and calm winds are expected to drop temperatures as low as 25 degrees below zero in some areas.

On February 19th, NOAA released their “Atlas for Aquaculture Opportunity Areas” (or AOAs), the 986 page publication identifies 77 locations that may be suitable for sustainable shellfish and seaweed aquaculture operations in the Gulf of Alaska. Emilie Springer has more details from NOAA.

The University of Alaska wraps up the spring semester with commencement on May 3rd. 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 and KBBI’s Emilie Springer was able to observe several of these.

Alaska’s Copper Ammo Challenge is a program that encourages Alaskan hunters to use copper rather than lead bullets as a health benefit to scavenging animals. KBBI’s Emilie Springer spoke with representative Ron Clarke about details of the challenge and what it offers to hunters.

In celebration of National Trails Day, Friends of Kachemak Bay State Park is bringing volunteers to work on trail assessments and clean up on June 6th. Emilie Springer spoke with chairman Mako Haggerty and long time participant with Friends, Kathy Sarns, about what the day will include.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is accepting public comment through June 22nd on a draft feasibility report for a Homer Harbor expansion.