Simon Lopez

An Eagle River woman says she's grateful to be alive after a black bear attacked her dog near Skilak Lake earlier this month; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted six to two last night to sell the Nikolaevsk school property to a local nonprofit.

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.

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.

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.

A Homer Nonprofit is hosting a skateboarding event on the Spit Sunday for International Go Skateboarding Day.

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 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 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.

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.

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.