Community
Northern lights dazzle over Homer
Sound sleepers might miss early morning displays of the northern lights, but if you have a dog that…
News
Koester: Station still needed; next step up to council
In an election where all three Homer City Council candidates opposed a $12-million bond to build a new…
Elections
Homer gets a new mayor, but not a new cop shop
Homer voters in Tuesday’s election selected candidates with strong business backgrounds. In the Homer mayoral race, they chose…
Community
First Friday events: New shows reflect change of seasons
It might be October and well beyond the end of the summer tourist season, but First Friday this…
Elections
Zak wins Homer mayor; cop shop proposition defeated;
Editor’s note: On Oct. 7 the canvass board counted absentee and other ballots. There is no change in…
News
Council delays action on new moorage rates
The Homer City Council deliberative process generally follows three steps: 1) introduce an ordinance, 2) hold a public…
Community
Storyknife vision now getting feet
Three years ago, Homer writer Dana Stabenow had a dream: build a retreat where women writers could go…
News
Assembly to reconsider reducing size of borough’s planning commission
In its annual visit to Homer, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly stalled on a revision of the borough’s…
Elections
KPB Prop 2 won’t hike taxes to pay for SPH improvements
As Kenai Peninsula Borough and Homer voters face a slate of bond propositions and tax changes, KPB Proposition…
Elections
Prop 1 would bring cop shop into 21st century say proponents
In considering Homer Proposition 1, a proposal to borrow up to $12 million to build a new Homer…
News
Officials make pitch to council for bonds
At Monday night’s regular Homer City Council meeting, with a bare-bones council attending and few controversial items on…
Community
Docfest celebrates lucky 13
After 13 years of picking interesting films for the Homer Documentary Film Festival at the Homer Theatre, owners…
News
Man killed in East End Road crash
A single-vehicle crash late last Friday killed a 32-year-old Homer man. In a press release, Alaska State Troopers…