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    Homer Spit
    Run & Ride set for Aug. 30
    Run & Ride set for Aug. 30
    July 9, 2015 10:01 am

    Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic is getting ready for another fabulous 1 K and 5 K beach run and ride…

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    Two savannah sparrows fly around a sign at the Mariner Park Beach on the Homer Spit near the storm berm. Over the past years, the berm has built up, improving habitat for birds.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Homer’s Best Bets
    July 2, 2015 10:27 am

    You know how in all the hip cities neighborhoods have cool names? There’s Soho in New York for “south of…

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    A crowd of nearly 300 runners starts the annual Spit Run at Homer High School on Saturday.-Photo by Aaron Carpenter, Homer News
    Jake Moe finishes first in Spit Run for...
    By FERMIN MARTINEZ • July 2, 2015 10:24 am

    A cool overcast morning made for perfect running weather on Saturday. Almost 300 people gathered at the high school for…

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    Council  opposes Navy’s exercises
    Council opposes Navy’s exercises
    By Michael Armstrong • July 2, 2015 9:30 am

    The Homer City Council set an apparent record at its regular Monday night meeting with what may be the largest…

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    Research Reserve gets new partner
    Research Reserve gets new partner
    By Michael Armstrong • June 25, 2015 9:40 am

    More than a year ago, things looked bleak for the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve. The House Subcommittee on Fish and…

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    Spit Run set for June 27; proceeds  benefit youth running programs
    Spit Run set for June 27; proceeds benefit...
    June 18, 2015 10:27 am

    The Kachemak Bay Running Club is hosting the annual Spit Run that begins at Homer High and finishes at Land’s…

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    You never know what you might see when you’re fishing — or watching
    You never know what you might see when...
    By Nick C. Varney • June 18, 2015 9:53 am

    I need to start this column with a warning: There is a despicable sneak thief roaming the Homer Spit and…

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    Frosty Bear Owner Jackie Dentz takes a break from the ice cream parlor on the Homer Spit. Dentz has owned the business with her husband, Willie, for the past 16 years.-Photo by Miranda Weiss
    Something old, something new
    June 11, 2015 10:23 am

    According to local author Janet Klein who interviewed Dena’ina elder Peter Kalifornsky before his death in 1993, Dena’ina sea otter…

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    Migration Run is for everyone
    Migration Run is for everyone
    By McKibben Jackinsky • April 30, 2015 9:56 am

    Last year more than 170 entrants took to the Spit Trail for the Migration Run, a 5K USATF-certified event. This…

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    A truck heads east on Kachemak Drive from the Homer Spit Road about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The road reopened that night after workers repaired a mudslide that happened April 19. The mudslide pushed a clump of spruce trees into Mud Bay, seen at right in the photo.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Kachemak Drive reopens to traffic
    By Michael Armstrong • April 29, 2015 4:47 pm

    Just nine days after a mudslide took out part of Kachemak Drive on the west end, repairs have been made…

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    Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities workers inspect a repaired section of Kachemak Drive on Tuesday afternoon. The road should reopen Tuesday night.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Kachemak Drive to open Tuesday night
    By Michael Armstrong • April 28, 2015 6:18 pm

    With the last bit of work to be done this afternoon, the west end of Kachemak Drive should open tonight….

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    Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities workers inspect repairs on the collapsed section of Kachemak Drive on Tuesday.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Workers begin repairs on Kachemak Drive
    By Michael Armstrong • April 22, 2015 5:14 pm

    Workers this week began digging out about a 70-foot wide collapsed section of the west end of Kachemak Drive and…

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    Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    New landmark
    April 22, 2015 2:56 pm

    “Circle Hook,” the latest in city 1-percent-for art projects, was installed last week along a new trail at the intersection…

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