Murnane disappeared from Homer in October 2019, prompting an extensive search involving law enforcement agencies, volunteers, and community members.

The Legislature had been scheduled to return July 1 to consider the conference committee’s work on HB 381, but that has been postponed until July 16, with the special session set to conclude July 19.

Engines, helitack crews, and air tankers were dispatched as firefighters worked to protect nearby homes; no evacuation orders were in place as of Wednesday evening.

Two orphaned harbor seal pups are receiving care at the Alaska SeaLife Center after a volunteer Seward pilot helped transport the animals nearly 300 miles from remote areas near Cordova to the Center’s Wildlife Response Program.

A new option for air travel took off in Kenai this week as Fox Air celebrated the grand opening of its operations at the Kenai Municipal Airport on Monday, June 29.

Participants must register by Thursday, July 2, at 5 pm.

62-year-old Gregory Kruser of Iowa was medevacked to an Anchorage-area hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

The Alaska Supreme Court issued its order just hours after hearing oral arguments, leaving intact a Friday decision by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews.

The complaint, filed June 24 in Kenai Superior Court, was brought by Alaskans for Transparent Government and the former foreman of a Kenai grand jury that served during the spring of 2024.

Alaska’s public school funding formula has met federal standards for equalization, allowing the state to continue using a portion of eligible federal Impact Aid payments in calculating state aid to school districts during State FY27.