This is the second installment of the series, “A Soils Primer” for the Homer area. This is meant to be a non-technical, for the most… Continue reading
“Missing out on so much more than winning and losing”
How do you find “the one” if you can’t even leave your home?
This is the first in a series of stories highlighting the seniors who would have been playing their final sports seasons this spring. When the… Continue reading
Around this time of year I start to include a pair of binoculars in my checklist of essentials for heading out the door on a… Continue reading
A friend told me recently that March is her favorite month. What? Not May when our birds of summer come home to nest? Nor June… Continue reading
As I write this I am in my third day of working at home — or, as I like to think of it, an embedded… Continue reading
Three mushers participating in Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race were rescued Friday after they activated their SOS beacons because of deep overflows of water… Continue reading
I set daily goals to accomplish during this universal pandemic, a different kind of frontier.
The closures of part of an effort to contain the new coronavirus outbreak.
We’ve probably already met, but you didn’t realize it. We’re the other national wildlife refuge headquartered on the Kenai Peninsula. If you’ve taken a Kenai… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Norwegian musher Thomas Waerner easily won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska, one of the few U.S. sporting events not… Continue reading
Both Homer basketball teams placed third in the Southcentral Conference Championships this past weekend in Anchorage. Homer girls coach Chad Felice was named coach of… Continue reading
Upcoming events Mike Dunleavy, working with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, has ordered the suspension of classes and after-school activities from March… Continue reading
The Lumen Christi boys and Nikolaevsk girls won Peninsula Conference titles Friday night at Cook Inlet Academy. Lumen Christi defeated Ninilchik 51-28, while Nikolaevsk defeated… Continue reading
Now in its second year, Homer’s Native Youth Olympics invitational saw a jump in participants and interest this past weekend at Homer High School. The… Continue reading
Upcoming events Spring break practice schedule: Spring sport practices will be held in the high school gym during spring break. Thursday and Friday practices: 8… Continue reading
Kenai Peninsula endurance athletes put together a host of top finishes Sunday at the Tour of Anchorage, a series of ski and fat bike races… Continue reading
What makes a successful season of Nordic skiing? Is it the miles you put in? How fast you go? Measurable improvement in technique? I’ve had… Continue reading
Capping off their last home game of the season — and the last home game ever for a handful of seniors — the Homer girls… Continue reading