Site Logo
Photo provided

News

Council deletes Pier One from request for proposal

The Homer City Council on Monday amended a request for proposals to limit inquiries of its use to…

One of the Alaska State Troopers 20,000-pound BearCat armored tactical response vehicles, shown here at a recent Special Emergency Reaction Team training session in the Matanuska-Susitna river valley area.-Photo by Megan Peters, Alaska State Troopers

News

Homer man arrested in shooting SERT uses armored truck to respond

Alaska State Troopers used an armored tactical response vehicle last Wednesday to persuade a Homer man to surrender…

Marie Wall Alexson’s “Flower Power,” from 2008, used alder and seaweed.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

Community

Facing the elements to take hiatus

Moose have trampled on its art. Vandals have stolen and trashed works. Some sculptures have been left in…

Land’s End chief financial officer Josh Garvey testifies on water-sewer rates at the Homer City Council.

News

Water-sewer rate changes fail — back for reconsideration

To an observer at Monday night’s Homer City Council meeting, it might have looked like a tennis match…

News

Man indicted for alleged assault with wooden sword

A Kenai grand jury last week indicted a Homer man in the alleged beating of a woman with…

News

Man charged with assault in campground incident

Homer Police earlier this month charged a 32-year-old Homer man with assault for allegedly hitting a toddler related…

Alaska Division of Forestry and Homer Volunteer Fire Department firefighters respond to a brush fire off Alan Drive on Sunday afternoon. The fire started in the yard below the shed. -Photo by John Renck

News

Quick response stops half-acre wildfire off East End Road

With the Kenai Peninsula under very high to extreme fire danger, a prompt response by Alaska Division of…

Workers with United Technologies Inc. work on a distribution line on Bayview Avenue on Tuesday. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

News

Enstar gas line build-out — questions answered

Anyone wondering about the progress of the Enstar Natural Gas trunk and distribution lines on the lower Kenai…

Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

Community

Keynote poet shares advice with writers

One of the treats of the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference comes the opening Friday of the five-day event…

A photo shows the suspicious device found at Homer High School. The object taped to it appears to be a video camera battery and has the words “HHS Video” written on it.                             -Photo provided, Homer Police Department

News

Hearing continued to June 27 in fake bomb case

A preliminary hearing was continued last Thursday for Zachary Fraley, the Homer High School student charged with first-degree…

News

Man dies in motorcycle crash

A motorcycle crash on Sunday afternoon killed a Homer man. Travis Coffey, 34, died of his injuries at…

News

Auction Block claim rejected

An administrative law judge has rejected a claim for Kevin Hogan and the Auction Block against the city…

News

Bag ban repeal initiative certified for Oct. 1 ballot

Homer City Clerk Jo Johnson certified that a citizen initiative to repeal a plastic bag ban had at…