Sports
Homer takes 4th in Jamboree
The Homer Mariners varsity volleyball team started out their season with a new coach this weekend at the…
Outdoors & Recreation
Freeze fish whole for cleaning later
Throughout the currently slumbering spring and presently aging summer, this column has touched on subjects such as fish…
Sports
Homer’s Miller takes first in Nikiski Class Races
Homer’s Brooke Miller came out on top of the freshmen-sophomore girls cross-country race on Monday during the Nikiski…
Sports
Kodiak tops Mariners in opening home game
The Homer Mariners varsity football team was toppled 21-8 by the Kodiak High School team during their opening…
Outdoors & Recreation
Know your fish, piscatorians
I’m starting off this week’s column with a suggestion. Know your fish, especially with the plethora (whole bunch)…
Sports
Two get honorable mention for baseball
Mose Hayes and Seth Adkins from Homer were named “Honorable Mention” for the Alaska American Legion Baseball 2017…
Outdoors & Recreation
Tips from Nick: Get up early and sharpen your filet knife
I am an unabashed uber-early morning fisherman. When I’m on a serious waterline hunt, I try to be…
Outdoors & Recreation
Fisherpersonages: Here’s how to catch cohos
Last week fisherpersonages were starting to sink their hooks into more silvers at our infamous Fishing Hole. The…
Outdoors & Recreation
Learning from the tourists: halibut fishing is a heck of a lot of fun
Every summer we jaded Homerites sometimes scoff at the sport halibut fishermen who head out almost daily (except…
Outdoors & Recreation
‘Mud, mud, glorious mud’
“Whoever came up with this idea is a genius!” a young girl proclaimed as she slipped and splashed…
Sports
‘Putting guru’ Stockton gives golf clinic
‘Putting guru’ Stockton
gives golf clinic Professional golfer Dave Stockton gives a clinic on short game golf and…
Outdoors & Recreation
Big bird, big appetite
A bald eagle sits near its nest by the Homer motorhome dump on June 24, 2017, across the…
Outdoors & Recreation
King fishing has flatlined but silvers are coming in
Chinook fishing in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon is lacking a discernible heartbeat. Big “T,” who customarily claims…