Don’t re-appropriate station funding The city council is considering an ordinance to move money dedicated to the Police Station fund to a new proposal to… Continue reading
In February the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (KBNERR) celebrated 20 years of place-based research and education, including long-term monitoring of coastal and estuarine… Continue reading
On the theme of “Coasting Through Winter,” this weekend for the Homer Winter Carnival we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Coast Guard in Homer.… Continue reading
Girl Scouts appreciate Indian dinner fundraiser support Girl Scout Troop 1935 would like to thank everyone who came out and supported us at our Indian… Continue reading
Despite its universal usage, safety experts do not like the term “accident.” Colloquially, the word has come to imply an incident that “just happens” and… Continue reading
Gov. Mike Dunleavy deserves both acclaim and criticism for his proposed fiscal year 2020 budget. While he’s not the first governor to present a budget… Continue reading
When the State of Alaska granted Enstar Natural Gas Company the exclusive rights to deliver gas to Homer, they did so with the promise that… Continue reading
Water Trail thankful for foundation award The Friends of Kachemak Bay State Park / Water Trail Committee were pleased to be the recipient of a… Continue reading
My father makes earrings from rocks. He has a philosophy about it, too. He cuts the rocks with a rock saw, then grinds the pieces… Continue reading
Homestead Kid’s stories offer a glimpse of our past On December 13, 2018, Kachemak Heritage Land Trust (KHLT) held “Homestead Kids: Tales from the North… Continue reading
Correction: The caption in the photo gave the wrong date. The caption should read “a rock sandpiper forages among ice on the Homer Spit in… Continue reading
Israel is not America’s friend We move to boycott an apartheid state and our Congress moves to make such opposition a felony. We are belly… Continue reading
Men and women should be treated equally under the law. It seems pretty basic, right? As we approach the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, it… Continue reading
Smoke and broken mirrors in state mining safety updates Alaska Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Corri Feige paints a rosy picture, giving high grades to… Continue reading
My daughter sent me the hour-plus long video clip of the interactions on the National Mall earlier this week with the comment, “This video scares… Continue reading
The recent controversy regarding videotaped encounters between Native Americans, Catholic high school boys and Hebrew Black Israelites on Jan. 20 at the Lincoln Memorial in… Continue reading
HCOA grateful for city,
foundation support Homer Council on the Arts is grateful for the generosity of both the City and the Homer Foundation for allocating… Continue reading
When our new governor took down the “Climate Action for Alaska” webpage as one of the first acts of his administration, he left us in… Continue reading
In reading the Dec. 13, 2018 article on recommendations of the Homer Educational and Recreational Complex Task Force, some thoughts and memories came up for… Continue reading
As yet another sign of how government wants to duct tape the hands of the press to keep us from doing our jobs, at the… Continue reading
