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Homer volunteers are working to improve emergency response in Kachemak Bay State Park with a new search and rescue team. Initial training sessions for volunteers began today.

The month-long event invites residents to track their daily steps as part of a community-wide walking effort.

Caregivers in Homer gathered Thursday to support a state bill that would increase oversight of in-home care services and regulate how Medicaid funding is spent.

The Cessna 207, operated by Smokey Bay Air, crashed near Nanwalek on the southern peninsula. A second passenger was seriously injured.

Investigators say the surviving passenger told them the plane banked left about 100 feet above the ground before it went down.

Strong winds delayed the chef competition, but organizers say vendor turnout and community support exceeded expectations.

In September of 2025, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game will begin the transplant of deer from the Kodiak Archipelago to coastal land south of Kachemak Bay based on habitat considerations and weather patterns, according to a June press release from the Soldotna Fish and Game office.

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.

Homer’s Pier One Theatre has been providing youth theatre camps and productions for several decades with many youth attendees as second or third generation participants. Summer 2025 offers several opportunities for youth of all ages and the most recent session about to finish up is “Production and Theatre Skills” with the students performing “Treasure Island” on the Homer Spit stage this weekend.

Emma Sulczynski will be finishing an undergraduate degree from the political science department in Fairbanks in 2026, her minor degree is in environmental studies. She heard about the Henry Clay Student Congress through an email and immediately applied. She was the student chosen to represent the state of Alaska. For the total program, there were over 500 applicants from across the country.