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Terry Yager, left, poses with new Kachemak Group Realty owner Valerie Buss, far right, and her husband, Bryce Buss, center, on Tuesday, Sept, 15. 2020, at the agency’s office on West Pioneer Avenue in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer raised woman buys Kachemak Group

Homer raised woman, Valerie Buss, returns and buys Kachemak Group

Homer gets new electric recreation vehicles company

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Homer gets new electric recreation vehicles company

LoopEride offers bikes, ATVs and scooters

Let them eat schmear

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Let them eat schmear

The Bagel Shop aims to reopen this week

Erin Thompson / Peninsula Clarion                                Cook Inlet can be seen through the window of a Ravn aircraft in October 2019. RavnAir Group declared bankruptcy in April.

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Peninsula gets a new Ravn

CEO aims to have flights by September

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Relief grants for small Homer businesses now available

Using a portion of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding it has received, the…

Anglers stand by a rack of halibut on the Irish as the North Country Charters boat returned to Homer in July 2017. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News file photo)

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Halibut regulations updated for charters

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has provided clarification on recent revisions to regulations for halibut charter fishermen.

Fishing charters ask for modified regulations during COVID-19 pandemic

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Fishing charters ask for modified regulations during COVID-19 pandemic

With their regular stream of out-of-state tourists significantly dried up, fishing charter operations are looking to lure Alaskans…

Seawatch: UFA holds seminar on new health mandates

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Seawatch: UFA holds seminar on new health mandates

United Fishermen of Alaska, with some financial help from Icicle Seafoods, held an informative webinar last week on…

The Homer News offices at 3482 Landings Street, as seen on March 17, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer News, Peninsula Clarion and Juneau Empire win awards

Journalists and photographers with the Sound Publishing Inc. newspapers in Alaska — the Homer News, Peninsula Clarion and…

Seawatch: Salmon harvest project to be low — if there’s a season

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Seawatch: Salmon harvest project to be low — if there’s a season

The 2020 salmon harvest for Alaska is expected to be down compared to last season, mostly due to…

Peter Segall | Juneau Empire                                Patrons wait outside a cannabis business in Juneau on Monday.

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Cannabis industry rolls along despite pandemic

It’s not all flower.

Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File                                About 2½ oz. of dried marijuana is weighed in this 2015 photo.

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Alaska to consider allowing curbside pot pickup

Decision could come before April 20.

Seawatch: Fishermen get briefed on CARES Act

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Seawatch: Fishermen get briefed on CARES Act

Alaska’s congressional delegation held a conference call with 65 of Alaska’s fishery leaders last week and laid out…