News
A year later: Have we changed?
Almost a year after a large East End Road teenage drinking party turned ugly, with one boy sexually…
Community
Homer: A quaint little fishing town with a ukulele problem?
Walk around Homer and what do you see? On Saturday mornings at Friendship Terrace in the Homer Senior…
News
Dog’s job opens world for blind
Walking down Pioneer Avenue with his German shepherd, Rick Malley is just cruising. Malley doesn’t slow down, not…
News
Hospital creates Reflection Room
South Peninsula Hospital might have modern patient rooms, a birthing center, a Long Term Care home, state-of-the art…
Community
Longtime Homer writer publishes 28th book
You can tell a lot about an author by the books in his or her library. Along one…
News
Abuser faces new charges
A Homer man convicted of attempting to sexually abuse a girl under age 13 faces new charges related…
News
State withdraws plea agreement in boat arson case
The prosecution withdrew a plea agreement last Wednesday, Aug. 14, in the case of Makai “Mike” Martushoff, 59.…
News
Priest tells story of social activism
On a drizzly Saturday afternoon at WKFL Park — a park donated to Homer by Brother Asaiah Bates,…
Community
Understanding the currents of Kachemak Bay
If you built a raft with a big sea anchor and pushed off from Point Pogibshi, you’d drift…
News
Homer natural gas trunk line energized
The Anchor Point-Homer natural gas trunk line achieved an important step last Friday when Enstar Natural Gas energized…
Crime & Justice
Seeing green
There’s been a lot of talk about green dots lately — and red dots. The phrase “green dot”…
News
Charter captains question halibut proposal
With no budget for travel to hold an information workshop or take public comments at a hearing, National…
News
San Diego woman swims across bay
Last Friday on her 40th birthday, a San Diego cold-water, open-ocean swimmer did what only six other people,…