Doug Loshbaugh is the new assistant chief for the Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Service Area.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

News

Anchor Point’s new assistant chief at home on peninsula

After 13 years away from the Kenai Peninsula, former Homer News and Peninsula Clarion reporter Doug Loshbaugh is…

Walker, Mallott unite to better serve Alaska

News

Walker, Mallott unite to better serve Alaska

On Nov. 8, 1955, Bob Bartlett addressed the Alaska Constitutional Convention in a speech titled, “Meeting the Challenge.” In asking…

Process helps map way to community well-being

News

Process helps map way to community well-being

Editor’s Note: MAPP (Mobilizing for Action through Planning & Partnerships) is a local process that aims to use…

Fairness: matter of opinion

News

Fairness: matter of opinion

The fairness of gas line assessments is a personal perspective. Recently Doug Van Patten wrote a reasonable opinion…

News

HoWL sale big success

I would like to extend a huge thank you to all the people who supported HoWL through our…

News

Parents need facts about vaccines

Whether or not to vaccinate our children is a concern that needs to be treated with respect, and…

News

Assessing by lot straightforward

Every method for special assessments has its inequities, whether by valuation, frontage or lot. Choosing to assess the…

News

High school catches up on GPAs

Putting a final stamp on the 2013-2014 school year, Homer High School has released the following information from…

News

High school students invited to take part in poetry contest

The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation are presenting the 10th annual Poetry Out Loud:…

News

School Events

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Sept. 8: School board meeting, Homer High School The Kenai Peninsula Borough School…

News

KPBSD staff, law officers receive intruder training

Uniformed officers from law enforcement agencies throughout the Kenai Peninsula joined with Kenai Peninsula Borough School District administrators…

After completing a 5-mile run, the last leg of Saturday’s 14th annual Homer Ironman Triathlon, Scott Trail, runner on the Special Olympics unified team, gets a hug from team coach Ruhiyyiah Baker.

Sports

Smith, Young swim, bike, run to top finishes

Twenty-eight individual competitors and six teams competed in the annual Homer Ironman Triathlon Saturday.  Greg Smith, 16, was…

Medical providers present other side to vaccine story

News

Medical providers present other side to vaccine story

In the Point of View article entitled “Truth about vaccines not told” printed on the Homer News editorial…