When I started wrestling, girls on the mat were few and far between. In middle school, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School Disitrict Board of Education… Continue reading
“Accessible Homer” has a nice ring to it. For Homer, it could have a nice monetary ring to it too. A 2015 national survey by… Continue reading
Hickory should be renamed in honor of CWO Michael Kozlozski The recent article in the Homer News mentioned that Lt. Cmdr. Leggett was temporarily relieved… Continue reading
Unlock city bathrooms You would think the city might unlock the bathrooms that were specifically built to accommodate cruise ship visitors when the cruise ship… Continue reading
Maybe the answer is fish.
In 1989, I spent two months working in a hospital in Tanzania, Africa. While I worked in that small village, where no vaccines were available… Continue reading
Blast off with Summer@HPL Summer@HPL has launched. The national theme this year is Universe of Stories, and the Homer Public Library has planned over 50… Continue reading
Last July I saw some beautiful bright sockeye coming off of small boats and being cared for at the cleaning tables in the Homer Harbor,… Continue reading
With anxiety rising these days about future state and municipal budgets, we all wonder how much our community will be thrown back on its own… Continue reading
Grateful to foundation for scholarship I feel blessed to have grown up in Homer, surrounded by such a loving and supportive community. I cannot wait… Continue reading
Every year, during budget negotiations at the state and federal level, staff at the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (KBNERR) wait nervously for news.… Continue reading
YAC awards grants The Homer Foundation Youth Advisory Committee is pleased to announce the following recipients of our annual YAC grants that support fun and… Continue reading
Following is the latest in a series of articles about birds and birding, celebrating The Year of the Bird, with authors from Kachemak Bay Birders.… Continue reading
Legislators should follow mandate of Dunleavy supporters To all Legislators: Approximately 145,000 Alaskans voted for Gov. Mike Dunleavy because we believed in his message: Balance… Continue reading
Our country is in more jeopardy than it has since World War II, only this time the threat is from within. It is the socialist… Continue reading
McNeil students write Editor’s note: The following letters are from McNeil Canyon Elementary Students in grades 2 and 3. Littering is not only bad for… Continue reading
In 1983 a group of inspired and motivated volunteers recognized a need for low-cost and informative reproductive health care in our community. Kachemak Bay Family… Continue reading
Pets have it better than some children As I move every further into my 80s, one of many changes in American standards that stands out… Continue reading
Following is the latest in a monthly series of articles about birds and birding, celebrating The Year of the Bird, with authors from Kachemak Bay… Continue reading
On the state budget To balance the state budget is absolutely necessary. To do so without supplementing the state revenue in any way, however, is… Continue reading
