Homer News

Kathleen Argus of Homer has made the dean's list at DePaul University for the winter quarter of 2012.

Cruise ships dock at the Deep Water Dock will pay more under the new fee structure, This year the rate rises to $4,668 and next year, it will cost $7,459 per ship per day.

It rained on several days of the past week, these closing days of May. The sun came out periodically, granting true warmth as well.

HOMER TRIBUNE/Heather Ericson - Employees at Coal Point Trading work diligently over the weekend to process fish caught by weekend anglers.

In this traveling season, people tend to fall in love with Alaska again and reminisce on places far and near.

Photo by Joshua Veldstra - Band members Sam Tenhoff, Haven Maltz Matthews, Collin McArthur, Tyler Langham and Tyler Figley came together in Portland to form the group "Animal Eyes," which performs 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday night at Alice's. Four band members grew up together in Homer, joined by Figley, who was raised in Talkeetna.

Gov. Sean Parnell recently kept an $8.15 million allocation in the fiscal year 2013 capital budget for a transmission line to carry gas to Anchor Point, Homer and Kachemak City.

The Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies joined Gulf of Alaska Keeper this week for a cleanup of marine debris possibly associated with the Japanese tsunami on Montague Island.

Cloudy weather and rain didn't stop wildfires from breaking out last weekend, including two in the Homer area and one in Anchor Point.

The last track and field event held on the Homer High School track was in 2009. The reason: the track's deteriorating condition.

Finally. This Saturday at 10 a.m. the Homer Farmers' Market opens with a cow bell ringing and then the first pounding notes on wood of the Shamwari Marimba band.

It's a long way from Team Christina to Land's End, but the 27-year-old singer who captivated listeners with his rendition of Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" brings his soulful sound to Homer this weekend.

A longtime Homer hotelier announced his candidacy May 16 for the Alaska House of Representatives District 30 seat.

A Kenai man charged last week with second-degree murder has served a 15-month sentence for money laundering and is awaiting extradition from Nevada to Alaska.

For Homer, Memorial Day weekend forms the first bookend to the summer season, marked on the other end by Labor Day.

TRENTON - The State Police on Thursday will install the state's sixth station where the public can borrow free life jackets, the division said in a news release.

The American childhood song, "The sun will come out tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar, that tomorrow, there'll be sun" can be heard from Pier One Theatre in the continuation of the play "Andy." For those who ventured to the Homer Spit for the sun and theater, this weekend was the premiere of "Andy." If the plot of a curly-haired orphan searching for ... (more)

A 48-year-old Kenai man suspected of causing a fatal Alaska crash two years ago has been charged with second-degree murder.

The value of Alaska fishing permits has seesawed over the past year. Cook Inlet prices have gone up, while Bristol Bay prices have fallen.

The Alaska Division of Forestry has suspended permitted open burning on the Kenai Peninsula after noon each day until further notice is given due to dry conditions.