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The secretary of Housing and Urban Development will visit Kenai tomorrow to announce funding for tribes. Plus, the Sea Life Center in Seward brings in new staff members, and cod fishing opens for Cook Inlet.

An unidentifiable golden orb was found deep in the Gulf of Alaska late last month, and a local initiative looks to increase the number of streams and rivers protected under the state’s Fish and Game Anadromous Waters Catalog.

A teen crashes into a Nikiski home with a stolen car. Plus, the federal government’s only marine research vehicle visits Seward after five months studying Alaska’s waters, and Narcan becomes available over the counter in Alaska.

Fatal crashes on the Sterling Highway have been notably high this September. Plus, hikers are rescued with hypothermia in Seward, and the state announces the PFD amount for 2023.

A Soldotna woman and 2-year-old died in a car accident near Cooper Landing, a double glacial dam release is causing flood risks on the Peninsula, President Biden stops in Anchorage to commemorate 9/11, and hundreds of rubber ducks are raced down the Kenai River.

This candidate forum features incumbent Borough Mayor Peter Micciche, as well as Heath Smith and Kelly Cooper, who are running for the assembly’s Homer seat.

The borough mayor declares a state of emergency related to widespread flooding. Two die in a Kasilof car crash, and the borough officially designates September as recovery month.

The borough extends its emergency declaration, plus wildlife troopers are looking for more information on a caribou killed illegally in Soldotna, and the borough assembly asks the legislature to consider term limits for school board members. Plus, a dozen Alaska school districts receive bomb threats that troopers say were not credible.

A Royal Caribbean cruise ship spends an extra four days stuck in Seward because of fall storms, the Kenai Silver Salmon Derby raises money for management and improvement efforts along the Kenai River, and two bears cause trouble for a Krispy Kreme delivery driver.

Despite the seasonal change, garage and estate sales are still in full swing. Each weekend, folks across the peninsula stroll through strangers homes to scout the best bargains on secondhand goods.