Elections
Howard: Brings wealth of experience to table
If Beauregard Burgess, 30, represents the Millennial generation of Homer City Council candidates, Robert “Bob” Howard, 73, anchors…
Elections
Burgess: Cites gasline buildout as biggest achievement on council
With Homer City Council member Francie Roberts not running for re-election, council member Beauregard Burgess is the only…
Elections
Aderhold: Can see multiple sides of big issues
Editor’s note: The names of Donna Aderhold’s two stepchildren have been corrected. The daughter of a civil engineer…
News
Vandals can’t stop Burning Basket event
Despite an attempted torching on Friday night and destruction of the Burning Basket early Sunday at Mariner Park,…
Elections
Wise: Wants to increase council’s diversity
People who have been watching the Homer City Council for the past five years might have seen a…
News
Council extends grace period for gas assessments
Homer property owners who missed the Sept. 1 deadline to make Natural Gas Homer Special Assessment District payments…
News
Meetings explore fiscal gap solutions
At meetings in Homer and Ninilchik last week, Alaska Department of Revenue Commissioner Randy Hoffbeck laid out the…
Elections
Diverse field of six candidates runs for two council positions
In this year’s Homer City Council race, the buzzword might be “diversity.” Several candidates cited the desire for…
News
Reynolds to delay introduction of beach ordinance
A proposed ordinance that would restrict driving on Homer beaches east of Bishop’s Beach won’t be introduced until…
News
Seaton holds meetings on revenue this week
As the city of Homer starts its budget debate at the next Homer City Council meeting on Monday,…
News
Citizens pay up for gas
On Tuesday, a week after Homer property owners were to have paid the first installment on their Homer…
Community
Summer winds down with full ticket of openings
As the summer tourist season winds down after Labor Day on Monday, First Friday goes out with a…
News
Local peonies grace Obama hotel suite
Though President Barack Obama’s three-day visit to Alaska this week didn’t bring him to the lower Kenai Peninsula,…