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
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
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
My primary goal as a Homer Electric Association board member will be to work with the other board members and management to construct and facilitate… Continue reading
Editor’s note: The Homer News offered the District 3 Homer Electric Association Board candidates the opportunity to express their views. On April 1, Homer Electric… Continue reading
Alaska’s fiscal crisis is mostly in the mind and ideology of Gov. Mike Dunleavy and his transplanted cohorts, who appear to be disciples of Ayn… Continue reading
I often prefer to tackle jobs during the winter months. The snow pack can be much easier to travel upon than the veggie covered terrain… Continue reading
In order to “balance” the budget Dunleavy wants to redirect local fish landing taxes from fishing towns, large and small across the state, to help… Continue reading
Alaska’s forage fish species, like Pacific herring, saffron cod, and Pacific sand lance, play a crucial role as food for adult salmon and other fish… Continue reading
In early March, Alaskans Know Climate Change purchased carbon offsets for the Kachemak Bay Conservation Center. This is an inexpensive market-based solution to address the… Continue reading
In February the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (KBNERR) celebrated 20 years of place-based research and education, including long-term monitoring of coastal and estuarine… Continue reading
Despite its universal usage, safety experts do not like the term “accident.” Colloquially, the word has come to imply an incident that “just happens” and… Continue reading
When the State of Alaska granted Enstar Natural Gas Company the exclusive rights to deliver gas to Homer, they did so with the promise that… Continue reading
My father makes earrings from rocks. He has a philosophy about it, too. He cuts the rocks with a rock saw, then grinds the pieces… Continue reading
Correction: The caption in the photo gave the wrong date. The caption should read “a rock sandpiper forages among ice on the Homer Spit in… Continue reading
Men and women should be treated equally under the law. It seems pretty basic, right? As we approach the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, it… Continue reading
My daughter sent me the hour-plus long video clip of the interactions on the National Mall earlier this week with the comment, “This video scares… Continue reading
When our new governor took down the “Climate Action for Alaska” webpage as one of the first acts of his administration, he left us in… Continue reading
In reading the Dec. 13, 2018 article on recommendations of the Homer Educational and Recreational Complex Task Force, some thoughts and memories came up for… Continue reading
