News
Hickory changes command — and leaves Homer
After 20 years in Homer, Hickory sails off to new assignment in Guam, with Aspen to replace cutter…
McKibben Jackinsky
Life
‘Hunger of Crows’ perfect for winter reading
Chiappone’s first novel is set in Homer, Anchor Point.
Life
Regeneration of art and man: Gerrety finds inspiration in nature
Put nature and man together and what do you get? For starters, a sky brilliantly colored by the…
News
Fritz Creek artist receives Rasmuson award — again
She is one of 25 Alaska artists to receive a $7,500 Project Award.
News
Coast Guard, Homer celebrate 50-year continual partnership
If you look way back in Homer’s history, back to last century, back before statehood, back all the…
News
Air ambulances save lives
Like many Alaskans, Milli Martin thrives on physical activity. She hikes, skis, horseback rides, picks berries and gardens.…
Arts & Entertainment
Backyard Country BBQ comes to the Kenai
Backyard Country BBQ Featuring music by Jerrod Niemann Trick Pony The Ken Peltier Band June 29: Soldotna Creek…
News
Local woman turns the big 100
When it comes to strong women, Homer has a former Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly president, city council members,…
Opinion
Voices of the Peninsula: On fracking, too little science, too much risk
When southern Kenai Peninsula residents heard BlueCrest’s plans for the Cosmopolitan project just north of Anchor Point, it…
News
Stevens on the ballot for southern, central Kenai Peninsula
Sen. Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, was in Homer recently to meet with voters of the recently formed Senate District…
News
Henrichs running to represent District P
With less that two weeks left until the Nov. 4 general election, Cordova-born Robert “Moose” Henrichs is busy…
News
Safety stop puts motorist into conflict with Homer city code
Long hours of fishing near the Barren Islands over the Fourth of July weekend and a 4 a.m.…
News
Sebold to be keynote speaker at writers’ conference
Crack open the cover of any of the three books written by Alice Sebold, the keynote speaker of…
Sports
Dorvall makes history at Nikolaevsk
Following Nikolaevsk School’s end-of-the-year awards assembly on May 19, the students, faculty, staff and a scattering of parents…
News
Scholarships boost future plans of Ninilchik graduates
When a high school graduating class has a total of three students, an impressive ranking is guaranteed. That…
News
Kenai angler wins winter king tournament
Reeling in a 30.60-pound king salmon, Raymond B. Tepp of Kenai is the first-place winner in the 2014…
News
Kenai angler wins winter king tournament
Reeling in a 30.60-pound king salmon, Raymond B. Tepp of Kenai is the first-place winner in the 2014…
News
The power of reading
Students at Paul Banks Elementary School, a K-2 school on East End Road that also offers a preschool…