Community
Creating writers with community
Creating writers through community From the outside, the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference may seem like any other event…
Community
It takes a village to raise a doctor
If all goes according to plan, one day Homer native Ben Kuhns will be a doctor. However, before…
Community
Years Ago in Homer
20 years ago in the Homer News: Several suspicious fires had city fire officials concerned, especially as the…
News
Nomad Shelter approved as high tunnel builder
A Homer business, Nomad Shelter, which crafts custom yurts, has been approved as a manufacturer for the federal…
Community
Announcements
The Exchange, a pilot syringe exchange program, offers free syringe exchanges every other Tuesday at the South Peninsula…
Outdoors & Recreation
Good fishing draws crowds to South Peninsula
I usually don’t fish on the weekends because it’s a great time to cruise the river accesses and…
Sports
Basketball takes Nikolaevsk native to next level
Two years ago, Nianiella Dorvall left her hometown of Nikolaevsk to attend Skagit Valley College in the state…
Sports
First tagged fish of the season caught
Anglers visiting Homer from various spots in the Lower 48 caught four tagged fish in the past two…
News
Group says fracking will harm Cook Inlet beluga whales
ANCHORAGE — A national environmental group is asking federal fisheries officials to block a drilling company’s plans for…
News
Permanent Fund exec: Dividend bill too optimistic
FAIRBANKS (AP) — The bill to restructure the Alaska Permanent Fund to help pay for government could be…
Obituaries
David E. Hanrahan
David E. Hanrahan 1937-May 31, 2016 David “Dave” Earl Hanrahan, 79, died in his sleep of natural causes…
News
Fish & Game opens Ninilchik River to king fishing
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced today that the Ninilchik River will open to the harvest…
News
Relay for Life is Saturday
Homer Relay for Life, the annual American Cancer Society fundraiser, is 10 a.m.-midnight Saturday…