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The climate in Nikiski isn’t particularly kind to most cherry trees. But that didn’t stop a farmer there who is growing 50 varieties of cherries.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce announced today that he’s resigning as mayor next month to focus full-time on his gubernatorial campaign.

Short-term rentals are on the rise in Alaska, a trend that may spell difficulty for long-term renters looking for housing.

A coalition of Alaska organizations and agencies won $49 million to grow the state’s mariculture industry over the next five years, the White House announced Friday.

Two Homer teenagers, in full-length wetsuits, recently swam from Haystack Beach, located across the bay from Homer, to the point of the Homer Spit. They completed their nearly four-mile-long journey in about three hours. And although they faced a few challenges, they finished without any major problems.

Homer police are asking for help finding a man accused of murder and DUI in a crash last winter, who is believed to have left the state and moved to Nevada.

Kenai Peninsula College is dedicating its anthropology lab to Dr. Alan Boraas — the beloved, long-time anthropology professor who died in 2019 at the age of 72.

The reopening of the fishery this summer was just a temporary fix. And once again, UCIDA and the feds are at odds over what comes next.

On Saturday, the community is invited to discuss and learn about transportation in Homer. In particular, what is working, and what needs to be changed.