News
Farmers, state agencies keep eye on local flocks
Alaska flocks have not yet been stricken by the largest avian influenza outbreak to hit the poultry industry…
Obituaries
Merle Walter Johnson
Walter Johnson, a pioneering Alaska physician known to many as the father of the Community Health Aide Program,…
News
Farmers Market: Fritz Creek Fungi one of the new vendors this year
I had a dream last night that I was hunting mushrooms across Kachemak Bay. It was a great…
Obituaries
David “Digger” Lee Guetschow
David “Digger’’ Lee Guetschow, 70, died June 22, 2015. “He passed on to the realm which awaits every…
News
Hilcorp acquires more inlet oil assets
Hilcorp Alaska will purchase XTO Energy assets in the Middle Ground Shoal of Cook Inlet and is also…
Community
Emily Rose Fraker
Emily Rose Fraker was born July 4, 2015, at South Peninsula Hospital to Lori and Chris Fraker. She…
News
Planting the seed
Two Kenai marijuana clubhouse owners are forging ahead with a business plan that allows residents to share and…
Community
Angela Miriam Schmidt
Angela Miriam Schmidt was born at 3:07 a.m. June 16, 2015, in water at home to Olesya Fursova…
Community
Announcements
The Parkinson’s Support Group meets at 1 p.m. Friday at the Homer Senior Center. Christine Williamson speaks on…
Sports
Area runners tackle Mount Marathon
A dozen local runners tackled the epic Fourth of July Mount Marathon race. Race history was made with…
Community
Homer’s Best Bets
Recently while walking the Spit, the Betster noticed an odd phenomenon: Homer cars sure do have a lot…
Outdoors & Recreation
It’s not just the out-of-towners who can’t read or follow sport fishing regs
Back in late June this column reported on a plethora of angling misconducts Alaska Wildlife Troopers had to…
