Site Logo
Homer Emblem Club 350 members march down Main Street for Veterans Day on Friday, Nov. 11, in Homer. (Photo by Charlie Menke / Homer News)

News

Veterans march through the rain

The rain did not stop the committed members of local veterans organizations from marching through Homer to honor…

People visit at the Loved & Lost Memorial Bench on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, for a memorial for Anesha “Duffy” Murnane and the dedication of the bench. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

News

Calderwood is extradited to Alaska

Man accused of killing Anesha “Duffy” Murnane now at Wildwood in Kenai.

Jamie Hoy, a Montana State University student who is participating in the Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College, University of Alaska Anchorage’s, “Semester by the Bay” program, gives a presentation on orca whales at the Marine Mammal Biology Symposium on Friday, Nov. 4 in Homer. (Photo by Charlie Menke / Homer News)

News

Semester by the Bay students present work

A room full of young minds all interested in solving the same problems, and loving the same parts…

The Homer Public Library as seen on Aug. 18, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (File photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

News

Library Advisory Board to consider petition to move LGBQT+ children’s books

Update: This story has been updated to include a list of LGQBT+ books the petitioners have asked to…

Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, waves a campaign flag on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, at WKFL Park in Homer, Alaska. Vance was part of a group supporting Republican Party candidates including Heath Smith, running for State Senate District C, Kelly Tshibaka, running for U.S. Senate, and Nick Begich III, running for U.S. Congress. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

News

Stevens, Vance lead in preliminary results.

If results hold, incumbents could win on first round of ranked-choice voting.

People visit at the Loved & Lost Memorial Bench on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, for a memorial for Anesha “Duffy” Murnane and the dedication of the bench. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

News

Calderwood to be extradited to Alaska

Man accused of killing Anesha “Duffy” Murnane pleads guilty to Utah charges, will come back to Alaska.

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

News

Council expands permitted uses in zoning districts.

Change would allow more dwelling units in some areas without applying for conditional use permit.

Selma, a squirrel, squeaks through the Paul Banks Elementary Halloween Parade on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Charlie Menke / Homer News)

News

‘What I like about Halloween is I get candy’

A Homer Halloween features scarecrow contests, Pioneer Avenue trick or treating and school costume parades

Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News file 
A princess and her knight in shining armor trick-or-treat on Bayview Avenue on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021.

News

Homer’s Halloween Spooktacular

This Halloween as you wander about, be on the lookout for superheroes, witches, ghosts, goblins, princesses, monsters and…

Film fans enjoy reindeer sausages and hot dogs at the gala opening of the Homer Documentary Film Festival last Thursday, Sept. 22 at the Homer Theatre. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

News

Homer Film Fest winners named

Winners of the 18th Annual Homer Documentary Film Festival were named on Oct. 6. The top honor, “Audience…

Ginger Bryant (photo provided)

News

House District 6: Ginger Bryant

This week we are featuring House District 6 candidates’ answers to a group of questions

Homer hoists the Division III state championship trophy Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, at Service High School in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

News

State champions

Homer shocks Houston for school’s 1st state football title

Dr. Beverley Romanin attends her first meeting as the representative for the Board of Education’s Sterling/Funny River district on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

News

New school board member brings educational expertise to district

Beverley Romanin is Sterling and Funny River’s new representative