Big Lake News

Members of Hugh Neff's race team rest as snow falls Friday morning, Feb. 3, 2012, along Farmers Loop.

Martin Buser got first pick when he and son Rohn divided up dogs for the Kuskokwim 300 sled-dog race, but it was Rohn who wound up with the dream team.

The Port Mackenzie Rail Spur took another step forward tonight. The spur will intersect with the current rail road just south of the little Susitna Bridge in Houston and run west of Big Lake all the way out to the Port.

HOMER TRIBUNE/Naomi Klouda - Rachel Lord, Cook Inletkeeper's water monitoring coordinator, Homer Harbormaster Bryan Hawkins and Deputy Harbormaster Matt Clarke, show the Alaska Clean Harbors flag granted to Homer.

An ax-wielding man attacked a snow plow truck in Big Lake earlier this month, apparently because he was angered by a snow berm blocking in his car, according to charging documents.