Parenting is the toughest job you’ll ever love. Because teenagers are sharp, creative and ambitious, they add a whole new level of challenge to the… Continue reading
Trail access should be protected I own a cabin in Homer and I hike the section line that would be affected by the the Dorothy… Continue reading
Trawler fleets to blame
for king salmon losses In reference to a July 26 letter in the Anchorage Daily News, “Kings need our help,” Mr. Fjelstad… Continue reading
The following is the latest in a monthly series of articles about birds and birding, celebrating The Year of the Bird, 2018, with authors from… Continue reading
Thanks to the Homer News for reporting on the proposal to vacate a portion of public right of way in the Gruening Vista subdivision off… Continue reading
We’ll be back Thirty years ago our family left Homer and headed to California, after an incredibly lucky break when Tom, who was editor of… Continue reading
Recently in my home state, I stood on a butte and looked over the green, green geography of the magnificent Badlands of western North Dakota,… Continue reading
Thanks for Elks Scholarship I would like to thank the Homer Elks Club for its generous contribution to my education. I am very grateful to… Continue reading
I ask everyone in our community to “be yourself” and work hard to accept others for who they are. The diverse viewpointsexpressed in Homer are what make us strong. We can be diverse. Respectful. Equal. And, yes, inclusive.
Birds lead a busy and precarious life. When they aren’t spending their time and energy in search of food, building a nest, defending their territories,… Continue reading
Why I marched with Pride I attended high school in Houston, Texas in the late 1970s. I remember sitting in class more than once listening… Continue reading
Alaska is facing a public health emergency due to opioid-based pain killers. Alaskans are dying and families are suffering. I joined other lawmakers to take… Continue reading
Mayor Zak did right thing
by standing up to prejudice I notice that several of the critics of our mayor’s Pride Month proclamation claim that their… Continue reading
We’re not going to grumble about our jobs as journalists. Yeah, the industry has been stressed lately, and we’ve toiled under tight budgets and with… Continue reading
Litmus tests Three council members didn’t attend the June 11 council meeting, presumably because they didn’t want to cause a controversy; they “forced a meeting… Continue reading
Nonprofit needs The Kenai Peninsula Fair needs about 100 pallets for Mary’s Garden. They also are also looking for donations of flower and other starts.… Continue reading
In the spring of 2015, Homer parents Lisa and Daniel Zatz were frustrated that no place was available for their son and his friends to… Continue reading
A few weeks ago the security alarm at the Homer News went off on a Saturday. We’ve always known the Homer Police work hard to… Continue reading
My daughter called from a rest stop an hour south of Philadelphia last week. She’s just finished her first year as a teacher, and is… Continue reading
Vote ‘no’ on Prop. 1 No, we do not want to pay for a new police station. We are still paying for a botched up… Continue reading
