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    Point of View
    Point of View: Martin will offer ‘boots on the ground’ experience to HEA board
    Point of View: Martin will offer ‘boots on...
    By Greg Martin For Homer News • April 17, 2019 5:30 am

    My primary goal as a Homer Electric Association board member will be to work with the other board members and…

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    Point of View: Time to prepare for new energy future
    Point of View: Time to prepare for new...
    By Michael Armstrong • April 17, 2019 5:30 am

    Editor’s note: The Homer News offered the District 3 Homer Electric Association Board candidates the opportunity to express their views.

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    Point of View: Alaska’s Fiscal Crisis is a Mindset
    Point of View: Alaska’s Fiscal Crisis is a...
    By George Matz For the Homer News • April 10, 2019 5:30 am

    Alaska’s fiscal crisis is mostly in the mind and ideology of Gov. Mike Dunleavy and his transplanted cohorts, who appear…

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    Pay it Forward: Sometimes philanthropy starts with simple assistance
    Pay it Forward: Sometimes philanthropy starts with simple...
    By Billy Day For the Homer News • April 3, 2019 5:30 am

    I often prefer to tackle jobs during the winter months. The snow pack can be much easier to travel upon…

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    Point of View: Dunlevy asks fishing communities to subsidize the oil and gas industry
    Point of View: Dunlevy asks fishing communities to...
    By Mike Byerly For the Homer News • March 27, 2019 5:30 am

    In order to “balance” the budget Dunleavy wants to redirect local fish landing taxes from fishing towns, large and small…

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    Artword by Conrad Field.
    Point of View: Quantifying nearshore fish communities in...
    By Jessica Shepherd For the Homer News • March 20, 2019 5:30 am

    Alaska’s forage fish species, like Pacific herring, saffron cod, and Pacific sand lance, play a crucial role as food for…

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    Pay it Forward: How to live forever
    Pay it Forward: How to live forever
    By Andy Haas For the Homer News • March 13, 2019 5:30 am

    How to live forever

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    Bjørn Olson. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Point of View: Carbon offsets offer market-based solution...
    By Bjørn Olson For the Homer News • March 13, 2019 5:30 am

    In early March, Alaskans Know Climate Change purchased carbon offsets for the Kachemak Bay Conservation Center. This is an inexpensive…

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    Staff of the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve celebrate its 20th anniversary last month on Feb. 11, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. From left to right are Jim Schloemer, Steve Baird, Syverine Bentz, Jessica Shepherd, Chris Guo, Grace Allan and Coowe Walker. (Photo provided)
    Point of View: Twenty Years of Coastal Science...
    By Jessica Shepherd For the Homer News • March 6, 2019 5:30 am

    In February the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (KBNERR) celebrated 20 years of place-based research and education, including long-term…

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    Point of View: RCA failed to save consumers from Enstar excesses
    Point of View: RCA failed to save consumers...
    By Philemon Morris Special to the Homer News • February 27, 2019 5:30 am

    When the State of Alaska granted Enstar Natural Gas Company the exclusive rights to deliver gas to Homer, they did…

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    Point of View: Not By Accident
    Point of View: Not By Accident
    By Jack Oudiz For the Homer News • February 20, 2019 5:30 am

    Despite its universal usage, safety experts do not like the term “accident.” Colloquially, the word has come to imply an…

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    Point of View: The Earring Man — Paying it forward
    Point of View: The Earring Man — Paying...
    By Jane Wiebe For the Homer News • February 13, 2019 5:30 am

    My father makes earrings from rocks. He has a philosophy about it, too.

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    A rock sandpiper forages among ice on the Homer Spit in February 2012 in Homer, Alaska (Photo by George Matz)
    Point of View: Rock sandpipers: the contrarian shorebird
    By George Matz For the Homer News • February 6, 2019 5:30 am

    Correction: The caption in the photo gave the wrong date. The caption should read “a rock sandpiper forages among ice…

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