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The closures include restrictions in Upper Cook Inlet, reduced bag limits in Lower Cook Inlet, and sport fishing closures for the Anchor River and Deep Creek.

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.

Kachemak Bay Recovery Connection hosts an overdose awareness session tonight, offering hands-on Naloxone training to help residents act confidently during high-stress emergencies.

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.

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.

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.