Alaska State Troopers logo.

News

Troopers shoot, kill Kasilof man after they say he shot trooper

Troopers and a SWAT team responded to reports of a man yelling and firing a gun late Thursday…

Spurr, a 1-and-a-half-year-old colt, and his owners are photographed in January 2025, before his disappearance on Sunday in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Katie Klann)

News

Community members search for missing horse

Anyone with information or sightings should report them to owners or police.

Adm. Linda L. Fagan, the 27th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard since 2022, was relieved of duty after President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term on Monday. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

News

Adm. Linda Fagan fired as Coast Guard Commandant on Trump’s first day back in office

First woman to head a U.S. military branch presided over decision to homeport icebreaker in Juneau.

From left: Alaska House Reps. Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak; Bill Elam, R-Nikiski; Justin Ruffridge, R-Soldotna; and Sarah Vance, R-Homer; take the oath of office at the Alaska Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Mark Sabbatini/Juneau Empire)

News

Peninsula legislators take oaths of office

Sen. Jesse Bjorkman and Reps. Justin Ruffridge, Bill Elam and Sarah Vance were among those sworn in.

Josiah Kelly, right, appears for a superior court arraignment at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Competency exam scheduled for Kelly

Josiah Kelly was arrested in November for three shooting incidents in Homer.

Steve Delehanty, the former manager of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, addresses a crowd gathered to celebrate his public service on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

News

Celebrating careers dedicated to protecting wild places

Delehanty, Loranger retire from refuge management on Kenai Peninsula.

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

News

Council to hold hearings on ordinances

Public hearings for several ordinances are scheduled for the Jan. 27 council meeting.

tease

News

Ninilchik receives federal transit funding

The award came from the Federal Transit Administration’s Tribal Transit Program

Golden-yellow birch trees and spruce frame a view of Aurora Lagoon and Portlock Glacier from a trail in the Cottonwood-Eastland Unit of Kachemak Bay State Park off East End Road on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong)

News

State parks division seeks citizen advisory board members

Seats are available on the Seward, Kenai River Special Management Area and Kachemak Bay boards.

The sign in front of the Homer Electric Association building in Kenai, Alaska, as seen on April 1, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion file)

News

Nominations open for HEA board

Nominations will be accepted through Feb. 28.

Homer Harbor on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News file)

News

Council extends seine skiff fee exemption

Moorage fees for work and seine skiffs attached to motherships are exempted through 2025.

A schematic site plan of Doyon, Limited’s revised Lighthouse Village redevelopment design is on display during a special Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

News

Council to hold public hearing on Doyon rezone

Homer’s Planning Commission previously recommended rezoning 1491 Bay Avenue from rural residential to General Commercial 1.

tease

News

‘Women’s rights are human rights’

The 2025 Women’s March on Homer was held Saturday in conjunction with marches across the country.