Outdoors & Recreation
Kachemak Bay State Park Trails report
General announcements
Outdoors & Recreation
Kids let loose with their parents in annual Mud Games
When Homer gets hot, Homerites get muddy.
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…
Outdoors & Recreation
Chariots of Fur 5K enters third year, benefits Homer Animal Friends
Dogs, and their humans, of all shapes and sizes took to the sand last Saturday for the third…
Outdoors & Recreation
194-pound halibut leads derby
A 194-pound halibut caught by Bevilyn Wright of Dalhart, Texas, leads the Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby.
Business
Fish board denies emergency petition on hatchery permit
The Board of Fisheries declined to take up an emergency petition related to hatchery pink salmon production in…
Outdoors & Recreation
Reeling ‘Em In: Salmonid 101: How to tell silvers from reds
I received a report last week that a couple of silvers had been caught outside the Nick Dudiak…
Outdoors & Recreation
Local artists open home, farm to tourists
Down the road a piece, nestled in the woods just off East End Road, is a homemaker’s paradise…
Outdoors & Recreation
Annual highland games a show of strength and culture
Locals and sassenachs alike descended upon Homer last weekend for the Eighth Annual Kachemak Bay Scottish HighlandGames, and…
News
Reeling ’em in: Butt ugly lingcod make bad pets but great eating
It’s been a few years but last weekend I was asked again what I thought of lingcod and…
Community
Highland Games to keep brining culture to Homer
Kilt up, laddies and lasses. The highland games are upon us. Thanks to the efforts of the Kachemak…