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Board of Fisheries to weigh closing Homer Spit waters to commercial fishing
Two Board of Fisheries proposals would push commercial fishing back from the Homer Spit, by half a mile or a full mile. The board decides in Seward in December.

Ten rural Alaska communities can now vote in person on Election Day
Ten villages with no polling place can now vote in person on Election Day itself. In August, 75 ballots from the region arrived too late to count.

Three Homer Electric generators failed at once, and hydro covered the gap
Three of Homer Electric's generators failed at once in August. It bought hydro to cover, from a dam whose lines cannot carry its full output.

Federal grant of $500,000 would replace generators on the mountaintop relays that carry Akhiok's internet
A $500,000 federal grant will replace aging generators and batteries at two mountain relays that carry internet to Akhiok, a remote village on Kodiak Island.

Recover Alaska wins $349,809 to put a peer recovery specialist on the lower Kenai Peninsula
Recover Alaska won $349,809 to place a peer recovery specialist across five lower Kenai Peninsula communities for three years, serving 225 adults with substance use disorders.

Chugachmiut's Sugt'stun language game gets new gameplay footage
Nunaka means my village in Sugt'stun. It is also a free game teaching the language to children in a region where fluent speakers are dwindling.

Seven small earthquakes logged across Alaska over three days
Seven small earthquakes hit scattered parts of Alaska between Aug. 26 and 29, ranging from magnitude 2.6 to 3.6. Only one has had human review.

FAA awards $79,899 to Palmer-based Port Graham Development Corporation for Cleveland radar power work
A company owned by the tiny Alutiiq village of Port Graham won a federal contract to keep an air-traffic radar's backup power running in Cleveland, Ohio.

In five remote Chugach villages, health aides work without an X-ray, and new funding aims to change that
In five remote Chugach-region villages, health aides assess injuries without an X-ray. New funding through a tribal health organization aims to finally put imaging in their clinics.

The ancestral parcels behind a quiet land questionnaire in Port Graham, Nanwalek
Families around Port Graham and Nanwalek are being asked how their Native allotments — ancestral parcels won by proving generations of use — should be managed. The deadline is Aug. 31.

Homer Electric wins state OK for undersea fiber across Kachemak Bay
Alaska approved Homer Electric's plan to convert its undersea power cable corridor across Kachemak Bay into a permanent public fiber optic easement, clearing the way for broadband to reach three roadless communities on the bay's south side.

Kenai Peninsula CTE students achieve 97% graduation rate
Kenai Peninsula students in career and technical programs reached a 97 percent graduation rate while earning industry certifications.
