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Gov. Mike Dunleavy gestures during his State of the State address on Jan. 22, 2026. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)

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Opinion: It’s time to end Alaska’s fiscal experiment

For decades, Alaska has operated under a fiscal and budgeting system unlike any other state, and some could…

Northern sea ice, such as this surrounding the community of Kivalina, has declined dramatically in area and thickness over the last few decades. Photo courtesy Ned Rozell

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20 years of Arctic report cards

Twenty years have passed since scientists released the first version of the Arctic Report Card, now a staple…

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Homer happenings from years past

A tsunami is not expected after a 4.4-magnitude earthquake northwest of Anchorage Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (U.S. Geological Survey)

News

No tsunami expected after 4.4-magnitude earthquake in Alaska

U.S. Geological Survey says 179 people reported feeling the earthquake.

Viki Lyn Searle

Obituaries

Viki Lyn Searle

June 15, 1946 - January 16, 2026

Obituaries

Duane “Slim” Miller Harvey Jr.

August, 18, 1942 – January, 21, 2026

Mike O'Meara.

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Homer Farmers Market annual meeting a great success!

Photo courtesy of Alaska Mindful Paws.

Community

Pet of the Week: First Friday Foster Night

Learn what fostering looks like and the support we provide, all in a no-pressure setting.

Rudy Multz works as the Child and Family Program Manager for South Peninsula Behavioral Health and is a member of Planet Youth Homer. Photo provided by Anna Meredith

Opinion

Planet Youth Homer: Quality after-school programming protects kids

“It’s 10 p.m., do you know where your children are?” From 1960 through the late 1990s this public…

Carl Benson, born in Minneapolis in 1927, took this self-portrait of himself in Greenland when he was 28. Photo by Carl Benson

Opinion

Carl Benson embodied the far North

Carl Benson’s last winter on Earth featured 32 consecutive days during which temperatures in his chosen town did…

Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

Opinion: Dunleavy writing constitutional checks he can’t cover

Gov. Mike Dunleavy, in the final year of his 2,918-day, two-term career in the job, is picking at…

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Homer happenings from years past

A vintage Underwood typewriter sits on a table on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Opinion

Opinion: Federal match funding is a promise to Alaska’s future

Alaska’s transportation system is the kind of thing most people don’t think about until it stops working. But…