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Point of View: Fight for Democracy

How is your hangover? We don’t mean the one that you might have incurred from drinking too much…

Michael O'Meara's cartoon for Jan. 6, 2022.

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Foundation support for softball appreciated

Michael Gavillot. (Photo provided)

Opinion

Point of View: TRAILS program thrived during pandemic thanks to community support

Dear Editor and Homer Community,

Bjørn Olson (Photo provided)

Opinion

Point of View: Homer Drawdown moves forward with climate-change solutions

A decade ago, it would have been forgivable to not appreciate which climate solution was the most impactful.…

Winter view of one of the Refuge’s many treasures, Skilak Lake, Credit FWS/L. Hupp
Winter view of one of the Refuge’s many treasures, Skilak Lake, Credit FWS/L. Hupp

Sports

80 years of conservation and counting

Just a few weeks ago, on Dec. 16, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge turned 80.

A Ravn Airlines plane arrives in Anchorage to transport passengers to Kenai after more than two hours of delay on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Windy conditions stranded many passengers returning to the peninsula over the weekend. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Wave of canceled flights from omicron closes out 2021

More canceled flights frustrated air travelers on the final day of 2021 and appeared all but certain to…

A statue of William Seward wears a mask outside the Alaska Capitol on Monday, May 18, 2020, in Juneau, Alaska. The Alaska Legislature planned to reconvene Monday to address use of federal coronavirus relief funds, with protocols in place aimed at guarding against the virus. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

News

Panel proposes higher Alaska lawmaker salary, allowance cut

JUNEAU — A commission tasked with making recommendations for state legislative pay advanced a proposal Tuesday to raise…

Vicki Jackson. (Photo provided)

Business

South Peninsula Hospital Behavioral Health adds new provider

Vicki Jackson, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), has joined the team at South Peninsula Hospital Behavioral Health Clinic.…

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

Community

School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

American poet Amanda Gorman reads her commissioned poem “The Hill We Climb” during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo / Patrick Semansky, Pool)

News

Amanda Gorman writes end-of-year poem, ‘New Day’s Lyric’

Amanda Gorman is ending her extraordinary year on a hopeful note.

Mary Patricia Baringer

Obituaries

Mary “Pat” Patricia Baringer

Mary “Pat” Patricia Baringer

Drew John Brown

Obituaries

Drew John Brown

Drew John Brown

The Homer Police Station as seen Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Community

Cops and Courts

Information about fire, police and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases.