News
City updates water, sewer rates
Some city water and sewer customers could see a decrease in their usage rates next year, while others…
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Blue carbon brings new look at peatlands, community-driven science
It was a strange sight: 15 people stomping out into otherwise undisturbed peatlands on a recent Wednesday afternoon…
Elections
Begich visits Homer for governor campaign visit
In a three-way race for governor this fall, Democratic Party candidate Mark Begich said he sees himself as…
News
New hands take US Coast Guard Cutter Hickory’s helm
With the Alaska sun shining, the blue waters of Kachemak Bay sparkling, and boats going in and out…
News
Anchor Point bridge repairs delayed until late August
After citizens complained about a pending closure of the Anchor Point bridge over the Anchor River, the Alaska…
Crime & Justice
Neighborhood meeting set to help reduce crime in Anchor Point
Anchor Point residents looking to reduce crime can learn about some easy and inexpensive techniques at a meeting…
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…
News
Locals hope to expand chess program statewide
Picture this: two people playing chess. Did your mind automatically conjure an image of two elderly men, possibly…
News
Council approves police station design funding, traffic monitor
In a meeting that ran uncommonly short, the Homer City Council passed a number of ordinances at its…
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…
News
Short-term rental boom exacerbating the summer labor shortage
Jessica Entsminger is back to living in a tent.
News
Propostitions to move hospital service area boundaries head to ballot
Two proposals that would alter the boundaries of the South Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area have made it…
News
The Pratt’s new gardener wants you to rediscover the many uses of plants
Yarrow Hinnant has long known the many health and subsistence benefits native plants can provide. As the Pratt…