News
Bailey estate expands conservation easement
The Edgar P. Bailey estate has donated a 17.28-acre conservation easement to Kachemak Heritage Land Trust (KHLT), the…
Crime & Justice
Squatters ordered to leave Anchor Point homestead
A situation that involved a blocked bridge, an unburied body and alleged criminal activity at an Anchor Point…
Community
Best Bets
Alas, it appears our small, precious, eagerly awaited window of true, traditional summer has passed. The Betster hopes…
Business
Farmers Market: Everything’s coming in at the Market
It’s all coming in. We now have cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli at the Homer Farmers Market regularly. Carrots,…
Community
Create a tasty pasta dish with leftover salmon
Summer is in full-swing and Alaskans are busy entertaining guests, fishing, gardening, and working hard to make sure…
News
Hillside residents seek to make Kenai Peninsula Borough road private
“Rough roads and looky-loos” might sound like a sad country-western song, but up in the Homer hills, that’s…
Letters to the Editor
Homer, Alaska: Letters to the editor
I ask everyone in our community to “be yourself” and work hard to accept others for who they…
Outdoors & Recreation
Reeling ‘em in: Spiny dogfish are deserving of contempt
I received some inquiries about my recent social slights concerning those sweet little spiny dogfish (small sharks) that…
Columnists
Point of View: No cat left outdoors
Birds lead a busy and precarious life. When they aren’t spending their time and energy in search of…
Community
Kachemak Gardener: On spinach, alliums and hummingbirds
I’ve been hearing a lot of dissatisfaction with spinach performance. There are those of you who are dismayed…
Business
New physician and medical director joins SPH medical staff
South Peninsula Hospital is getting ready to welcome a new medical director into its midst.
News
Downed poles knock power out on south bay for 5 days
Two separate power outages on the south side of Kachemak Bay caused some Homer Electric Association customers to…