News

AP couple arrested for DUI

An Anchor Point man who walked back to the scene of his wife’s driving under the influence investigation…

Sports

Softball action heats up for Fourth of July

By Shannon Reid For the Homer News In addition to playing scheduled games at the Jack Gist Park…

News

Home rule commissioner candidate deadline nears

The 5 p.m. July 15 deadline to become a one-year commission candidate for drafting a charter making Homer…

More than 200 runners and walkers soak up the sun during the 2014 10K Run to the Bay Spit Run on Saturday.-Photo by Heather Ericson

Sports

Homer High runners finish first in Spit Run

Eighteen-year old Pedro Ochoa, a 2014 Homer High School graduate who was on the school’s cross country and…

News

Chamber won’t go to bed with tax

The board of directors of the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center has unanimously voted to oppose…

Community

Poems in Place chosen for Alaska State Parks

Two poems by Alaska writers have been selected for installation on permanent signs in Alaska’s state parks as…

Community

HCOA needs volunteers, performers for Street Faire

The Homer Council on the Arts Street Faire needs volunteers and performers for its annual outdoor event, held…

Community

Wild Shore Festival for New Music main concert is Sunday

The Wild Shore Festival for New Music main stage concert is at 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday at…

Community

‘Odd Couple’ all about opposites

Theatre-goers soon will be introduced to a comedic motley crew of characters in the upcoming Pier One Theatre…

Antoinette Walker’s “Fisherman and Boat.”-Photo provided

Community

First Friday & Saturday Events

Bunnell Street Arts Center 106 W. Bunnell Ave. Encaustic paintings by Antoinette Walker Pottery by Lisa Wood Beck…

The Arctica is the first boat across the starting line in the Sunday portion of the Homer Yacht Club-Land’s End Resort Regatta. The Arctica, with Captain Craig Forrest of Homer, was the overall winner of the two-day event.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

Outdoors & Recreation

Arctica wins 18th annual regatta

Two days of sunshine, but more importantly two days of an accommodating wind on Kachemak Bay drew eight…

Nancy Lee-Evans, far left, talks to participants in the June 12 Thriving Thursday class about the medicinal uses of horsetail. The classes are presented by Seldovia Village Tribe Health and Wellness.-Photo by Shannon Reid

Outdoors & Recreation

Weeds may be ‘medicine at your front door’

What use does a dandelion have besides being a weed in a garden? Does devil’s club really have…

Mike Leno, left, moves into third place in the Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby with a 139.0-pounder caught while fishing with Capt. Rob Hyslip, right, of Big Bear Halibut Charters.-Photo provided

Sports

Just in case, why not get a derby ticket?

In the world of halibut fishing, last week’s fishing activity has underscored an important reminder to anyone wanting…