Opinion
Participation, prices expected to be higher in this year’s Togiak herring fishery
Togiak herring is expected to get off to a fairly normal start time-wise, after a record early start…
News
City 2016 sales tax revenues up 4 percent
Sales tax returns for the city of Homer increased $250,000 or 4 percent over the city’s anticipated tax…
News
TOPS members hold convention in Homer
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) members from around the state will gather in Homer today through Saturday at…
Obituaries
John T. Rohde Jr.
John T. Rohde Jr. March 1, 1929-April 13, 2017 John Thomas Rohde, Jr., 88, of Cañon City, Colo.,,…
News
Hundreds march for science
About 450 people participated in the Homer March for Science on Saturday, Earth, part of national and international…
Community
Cops and Courts
Information about fire, police and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases. Homer…
News
23rd Annual Anchor Point King Salmon Calcutta Tournament is May 12-13
Staff Report The 23rd Annual Anchor Point King Salmon Calcutta Tournament is May 12-13. The weekend starts with…
News
Wild Honey Bistro opens with a buzz
By McKibben Jackinsky For the Homer News A hungry public greeted Melody Livingston and Lewis Morris shortly after…
News
Community cleans up
Volunteers last Saturday collected about 800 bags of trash and 50 bags of recyclable trash during the annual…
Community
Arts Briefs
‘On the Wing’ returns “On the Wing,” now in its 13th year, returns after a one-year hiatus with…
News
Letters to the Editor
Just say no to recall When the controversial Inclusivity Resolution Draft that eventually became No. 17-019 after revision…
News
Navy destroyer to visit Homer
USS Hopper, a U.S. Navy Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, visits Homer this weekend as part of Northern Edge, a…
News
Don’t rush state income tax
I’m a 60-year-old lifetime Alaskan and remember paying my state income tax. An Income tax is the only…