At any given time, three generations of fishermen - and women - can be found at the Every family setnet beach site.

Whether they're cooking clams for lunch, relaxing in between the daily tides or muscling up to pull in a net, one thing is certain: it's all about family.

"That's why we chose the beach," Chris Every said. "I drifted for 20 years and four years ago these sites came up for sale so we decided to go to the beach so it would be more family oriented."

A battle over union voting rules with Essential Air Service being used as a bargaining chip by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives led to a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration July 23.

More than 4,000 FAA employees were furloughed, including 79 in Alaska.

Meanwhile, two state projects have been halted after the most recent reauthorization of the agency expired when Congress couldn’t agree on an extension and President Barack Obama threatened to veto the bill based on provisions included in the House version.

On Tuesday the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will re-consider a two-month-old ordinance that seeks to re-work its term limits.

Ordinance 2011-24 was introduced in early June by assembly president Gary Knopp and originally sought to add an extra term to the time assembly members could serve before being required to take a break in service. It also sought to redefine a term as three full years.

A proposed federal rule changing how the charter catch share of Pacific halibut is allocated could dramatically change the Homer guided fishing business — and the jackpot halibut derby. Depending on the size of the total allowable halibut catch, local fishermen could see limits stay the same or reduced to one fish a day or two fish with one fish a limited size.