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Ashley Steiner outside her food truck on the Homer Spit in summer 2018. (Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Community

Meet Your Neighbor: The Tickled Pear

Local woman transitions her food truck business to a sit-down restaurant

Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File
Former Gov. Frank Murkowski in May 2019.

Opinion

Point of View: Statewide sales tax just doesn’t make ‘horse sense’

Money for the dividend was meant to be sized after State government services obligations had been met

The Kachemak Swim Club poses for a team photo during the 2023 Swim A Thon. (Photo courtesy Sean Fry)

Opinion

Pay It Forward: The value of volunteers

If you show up at the Homer High School pool early in the morning or after school on…

Jim Cockrell, commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. (Courtesy photo/Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

Opinion

Point of View: Honoring the 69 peace officers who have died serving Alaskans

Alaska Peace Officer Memorial Day honors the brave men and women who have given their lives in the…

Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion
Smoke from the Swan Lake Fire impairs visibility on the Sterling Highway on Aug. 20, 2019.

Opinion

Point of View: Don’t let the abundance of snow fool you; Alaskans should prepare for wildfire season

Last summer’s 590 wildfires burned more than 3.1 million acres in Alaska, about 41% of the total acreage…

KPBSD Superintendent Clayton Holland

Opinion

Point of View: Reflecting on a year of growth and resilience

A message from the superintendent

Daughter and mother, Emma and Tracy Early, with their earrings and Tracy’s paintings at Art Shop Gallery on May 5, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News)

Community

Creativity is a family business

Local woman follows her own creative path and nurtures creativity and entrepreneurship in her three young daughters

Mike O'Meara

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

4th grade trip a success

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

News

School announcements

McNeil Canyon Elementary

Signs of summer on the Spit include Coal Town Coffee open, May 10.

Community

Best Bets

Memorial weekend is just around the corner and while these cooler temperatures might suggest otherwise, right behind it…

Opinion

Point of View: Homer’s harbor expansion fantasy

Back in 2008, the Army Corps of Engineers analyzed the cost/benefit of expanding our harbor, with resoundingly negative…

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a news conference in which options for a long-range fiscal plan were discussed. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Point of View: Tax talk should be paired with PFD pragmatism

Alaska is 30 years into state budget deficits, borrowing billions from savings to pay the bills.

Seward residents enjoy camping on the Homer Spit in their 1952 Aljoa camper on Saturday, May 6. Photo by Christina Whiting

Community

Best Bets

From the Shorebird Festival to the Writers’ Conference and the numerous events and activities in between, spring is…