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Alaska State Troopers say the pilot and only occupant of a plane that crashed Sunday in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge survived with minor injuries; and top U.S. Coast Guard officials visited Seward on Monday to tour the future home of two major ships.

Homer Council on the Arts recently presented their 2026 community art awards to local individuals in several categories. The Mary Epperson Arts Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Dave Webster.

The city of Seldovia and Alaska State Parks are urging people to secure attractants and use caution amid high bear activity; and Homer Council on the Arts recently presented their 2026 community art awards to local individuals in several categories. The Mary Epperson Arts Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Dave Webster.

The city of Seldovia and Alaska State Parks are urging people to secure attractants and use caution amid high bear activity; and Homer's Jaclyn Arndt completed a solo bike trip from the Arctic to Homer finishing at Land's End on the evening of August 4th.

The Homer City Council introduced ordinances Monday night funding a new hiking trail and the next phase of a major harbor expansion project; and Homer's Jaclyn Arndt completed a solo bike trip from the Arctic to Homer finishing at Land's End on the evening of August 4th.

A program that helps people restore their private riverbanks is accepting applications through the end of September; and the Homer City Council introduced ordinances Monday night funding a new hiking trail and the next phase of a major harbor expansion project.

A program that helps people restore their private riverbanks is accepting applications through the end of September.

The Homer City Clerk's office is holding an informational meeting Wednesday for city residents interested in running for mayor or city council; the Homer City Council scheduled three ordinances for public comment at its meeting tonight, including funding work to replace a failed culvert; and Alaskans love salmon, and around this time each year, thousands of residents flock to the Kenai Peninsula from across the state to fill their freezers dipnetting for reds. But, how much is that experience worth to households?

The Homer City Clerk's office is holding an informational meeting Wednesday for city residents interested in running for mayor or city council; the Homer City Council scheduled three ordinances for public comment at its meeting Monday night, including funding work to replace a failed culvert; and Alaskans love salmon, and around this time each year, thousands of residents flock to the Kenai Peninsula from across the state to fill their freezers dipnetting for reds. But, how much is that experience worth to households?

Homer Fire Chief Daniel Jager provided a press release to KBBI with details related to the Wednesday evening fire at Boardwalk Fish and Chips on the Homer Spit; and Pier One Theatre opens Sense and Sensibility directed by Katia Holmes and a cast of about 20 people this weekend with shows starting on Friday and running through August 22nd.

Homer Fire Chief Daniel Jager provided a press release to KBBI with details related to the Wednesday evening fire at Boardwalk Fish and Chips on the Homer Spit; and Pier One Theatre opens Sense and Sensibility directed by Katia Holmes and a cast of about 20 people this weekend with shows starting on Friday and running through August 22nd.

Seward's 71st annual silver salmon derby will open on August 8th; and republican leaders in the U.S. Senate are trying to round up the votes to confirm Todd Blanche, President Trump's pick for attorney general, and all eyes are on Alaska's senior Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly met in Homer last night, extending a grace period for solid waste haulers and approving nearly $1.8 million in spending. Members also declared a seat vacant and introduced several capital projects; and Seward's 71st annual silver salmon derby will open on August 8th.

A cruise ship is anchored off the Homer Spit today; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is considering limits on how much time students can spend using screens in classrooms.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game reports mixed fishing conditions across the southern Kenai Peninsula; the Homer City Council Monday awarded a $369,469 contract to RESPEC Engineering Services Company to design repairs for flood damage at the Homer Municipal Airport Terminal Building; and Homer Public Library will have closure days next week while contractors upgrade the group meeting room at the front entrance of the library.

An Anchorage couple say reckless behavior on a Kenai beach is responsible for the death of their service dog, who was hit by a speeding ATV earlier this month; a salvage team is expected to clean up the wreckage of a grounded ship near St. George Island next month; and Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska on Kodiak Island could see up to 18 government launches over the next two years.

An Anchorage couple say reckless behavior on a Kenai beach is responsible for the death of their service dog, who was hit by a speeding ATV earlier this month; a salvage team is expected to clean up the wreckage of a grounded ship near St. George Island next month; and Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska on Kodiak Island could see up to 18 government launches over the next two years.

The City of Seward wants to turn the town's shuttered middle school into a community recreation center; and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game hosts a youth fishing zone for persons 15 years of age or younger at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon on August 1st.

A new mockumentary is coming to Homer tonight, built around the niche world of freestyle canoeing; and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game hosts a youth fishing zone for persons 15 years of age or younger at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon on August 1st.

A new mockumentary is coming to Homer tonight, built around the niche world of freestyle canoeing; and a week long theater camp, Broadway Bootcamp, coordinated by Homer's Jim Anderson will begin next Monday, August 3rd, and finish with a community performance on August 8th.

The Homer City council last night heard from nearly a dozen residents about the future of the Homer pool; and a week long theater camp, Broadway Bootcamp, coordinated by Homer's Jim Anderson will begin next Monday, August 3rd, and finish with a community performance on August 8th.

The Homer City council last night heard from nearly a dozen residents about the future of the Homer pool; Southcentral Alaska's largest natural gas utility is asking state regulators to reconsider their decision on a project that would've expanded natural gas storage; and Michael Hicks is resigning from the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, effective Aug. 4.

Southcentral Alaska's largest natural gas utility is asking state regulators to reconsider their decision on a project that would've expanded natural gas storage.

There are less sockeye salmon in the Kenai River than expected this summer, only a year after 2025's record run; and a road used as an unofficial Kenai River access point in Sterling will stay open to the public.

There are less sockeye salmon in the Kenai River than expected this summer, only a year after 2025's record run; and a road used as an unofficial Kenai River access point in Sterling will stay open to the public.

Opioid overdose reversal kits, lidocaine and HIV tests are just some of the items you can now get from a vending machine in Seward; and Alaska Airlines canceled 10 flights statewide Wednesday because of ash drifting over the state from an erupting volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

Opioid overdose reversal kits, lidocaine and HIV tests are just some of the items you can now get from a vending machine in Seward; and Alaska Airlines canceled 10 flights statewide Wednesday because of ash drifting over the state from an erupting volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

State lawmakers have ordered their professional, nonpartisan auditors to examine the Alaska Board of Fisheries' procedural actions going back to October 2023; and former Homer resident Erin Cline will give an author talk and book signing event hosted at the Homer Public Library on the evening of Thursday July 23rd.

Heavy rain triggered a small landslide Sunday that closed a section of Beach Access Road in Ninilchik; Seward Arts Council is offering a week-long music camp to Seward youth ending in a performance that will take place at the Resurrection Lutheran Church on Friday, July 24th at 1:30 PM; and a Soldotna High School alum will be the next director of Kenai Peninsula College.

The state Office of History and Archaeology is accepting applications for two grants that support Alaska's maritime history; and it's likely that Alaska and, really, the rest of the globe will see a very strong El Niño climate pattern this fall and winter.

The state Office of History and Archaeology is accepting applications for two grants that support Alaska's maritime history; and it's likely that Alaska and, really, the rest of the globe will see a very strong El Niño climate pattern this fall and winter.

The latest campaign finance data in Alaska's U.S. Senate race show Democrat Mary Peltola has vastly outraised incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan; and a lack of food resources in Alaska this summer means that bear conflicts might be more likely, and a new study suggests that having a dog could more than double that chance.

The latest campaign finance data in Alaska's U.S. Senate race show Democrat Mary Peltola has vastly outraised incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan; and a lack of food resources in Alaska this summer means that bear conflicts might be more likely, and a new study suggests that having a dog could more than double that chance.

A Homer non-profit received $22,616.30 this month from Lotto Alaska's Ticket sales; and processors are paying more for commercial salmon this season than in recent years.

A Homer non-profit received $22,616.30 this month from Lotto Alaska's Ticket sales; and processors are paying more for commercial salmon this season than in recent years.

Last Saturday, July 11th, the Friends of Kachemak Bay State Parks held the 2026 Kachemak Bay Mountain Classic, a race held annually as a fundraiser to bring awareness to the park trails lost to overgrowth; and "What does it mean for Alaska to get the maximum benefit from its resources?" was one of the thorny questions lawmakers wrestled with on today's “Talk of Alaska.”

Last Saturday, July 11th, the Friends of Kachemak Bay State Parks held the 2026 Kachemak Bay Mountain Classic, a race held annually as a fundraiser to bring awareness to the park trails lost to overgrowth.

Homer Harbor has one of seven projects in the state of Alaska that the U.S. Department of Transportation has allocated $115.4 million to the state of Alaska to bolster and reinforce port infrastructure; and state investigators have accused 15 Alaskans and businesses of filing more than $1.8 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims in five separate cases.

Homer Harbor has one of seven projects in the state of Alaska that the U.S. Department of Transportation has allocated $115.4 million to the state of Alaska to bolster and reinforce port infrastructure; and state investigators have accused 15 Alaskans and businesses of filing more than $1.8 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims in five separate cases.

A brown bear seriously injured a woman in her front yard near Kenai shortly after she let her two dogs out early Thursday, according to Alaska State Troopers; the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has officially handed over three former school buildings to the Kenai Peninsula Borough; and Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill Thursday that would have reimposed limits on campaign contributions in state elections.

A brown bear seriously injured a woman in her front yard near Kenai shortly after she let her two dogs out early Thursday, according to Alaska State Troopers; the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has officially handed over three former school buildings to the Kenai Peninsula Borough; and Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill Thursday that would have reimposed limits on campaign contributions in state elections.

Homer residents gathered last week to celebrate the life of Anesha "Duffy" Murnane, hours after a sentencing hearing for the man convicted of killing her; and Pier One Theatre enters the second weekend of the performance of Our Town by American playwright Thornton Wilder, directed by Maggie Quarton with a cast of over 20, some of who are quite new to acting.

The Homer City Council passed funding for a new trail above Karen Hornaday Park at its meeting last night and introduced four ordinances for public hearings next month; the United States Department of Commerce has allocated fishery disaster funding to three fisheries in the state of Alaska including Cook Inlet's East Side set net fleet; and Alaska lawmakers convened a new special session in Juneau on Saturday.

The Homer City Council passed funding for a new trail above Karen Hornaday Park at its meeting last night and introduced four ordinances for public hearings next month; and over the past weekend Seldovia held the Summer Solstice Music Festival and a side presentation from the musical performances was a display entitled “Through our Eyes;” a photographic and captioned art show by Seldovia youth.

A cruise ship arrived in Seward on Friday with a dead fin whale attached to its bow; and over the past weekend Seldovia held the Summer Solstice Music Festival and a side presentation from the musical performances was a display entitled “Through our Eyes;” a photographic and captioned art show by Seldovia youth.

A Homer man died last week in an ATV crash near Donalds Lane and the village of Voznesenka; the state of Alaska has advanced more than 400 projects to the next step in its grant application process for the Rural Health Transformation Program; and an attorney advising the state Legislature says the Division of Elections likely lacked legal justification for disqualifying Dan. J. Sullivan of Petersburg from running in Alaska's U.S. Senate race.

A Homer man died Wednesday in an ATV crash near Donalds Lane and the village of Voznesenka; the state of Alaska has advanced more than 400 projects to the next step in its grant application process for the Rural Health Transformation Program; and an attorney advising the state Legislature says the Division of Elections likely lacked legal justification for disqualifying Dan. J. Sullivan of Petersburg from running in Alaska's U.S. Senate race.

A Homer Nonprofit is hosting a skateboarding event on the Spit Sunday for International Go Skateboarding Day; and this week is Alaska Invasive Species Awareness Week.

A Homer Nonprofit is hosting a skateboarding event on the Spit Sunday for International Go Skateboarding Day; firefighters have significantly slowed the spread of a wildfire that broke out in Sterling on Wednesday evening; and this week is Alaska Invasive Species Awareness Week.

Over the summer, Homer Public Library offers many events for Homer youth, some are on-going, full summer events and some are coordinated workshops; and science, recreation and conservation converged Saturday at Kelly Lake on the Kenai Peninsula.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted six to two last night to sell the Nikolaevsk school property to a local nonprofit; and over the summer, Homer Public Library offers many events for Homer youth, some are on-going, full summer events and some are coordinated workshops.