Homer News

The Arctic Council meets in Sweden on Wednesday. The disappearing Arctic ice cover is one of the issues confronting the council.

KSRM reports the community of Homer has beaten out other Alaska communities to host one of Gov.

Small businesses and small, as in "young," business owners are the driving force behind Lemonade Day, a national event that occurs Saturday.

Police at 10:12 a.m. contacted a 48-year-old man driving on Beluga Place and issued him a summons for driving while license revoked.

The Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival featured artists have much in common in their choice of subject - shorebirds, of course - but Mary Bee Kaufman, this year's featured artist, stands out among them in one way: She's the only featured artist to have an Alaska peak named after her.

Homer area residents and voters from other areas of the Kenai Peninsula got a two-for-one special Friday with an opportunity to listen to and ask questions of Sen.

Dunk the Fuzz raises funds The Homer Police Department is inviting the public to "Dunk the Fuzz," a charity drive for the Homer Special Olympics.

The annual Kachemak Bay Shore Bird Festival arrives along with Mother's Day, a coincidental pairing of events that somehow ought to go together.

By Naomi Klouda Homer Tribune The laundry list of complaints people tend to worry about would all go away if only they would take up birding.

Dan Chay of Kenai won the race for District 1; Soldotna's Ed Oberts was elected to District 2; and incumbent Bill Fry of Homer was re-elected to his District 3 seat.

Small businesses and small, as in "young," business owners are the driving force behind Lemonade Day, a national event that occurs Saturday.

Commercial fishermen, mariners form "SOS" to spread message of saving oceans from acidification caused by fossil fuel emissions, Homer, Alaska, Sept.

If the May 1 print edition of the of the Homer News had scratch 'n' sniff ink, an eau de Homer this spring would have a recipe like this: Open the bucket a week later, take a deep whiff and prepare to gag.

The blurb: Reed muses in text and black and white photographs on the view of the Kenai Mountains on the south side of Kachemak Bay as seen from his cabin near Homer, a view he refers to as "The Throneroom." He explains how he found the place and built his home and also addresses the philosophical question of how mountains can influence human ... (more)

The day before his trial was set to begin in Homer, a 53-year-old man accused of kidnapping, armed assault, robbery and burglary has accepted a plea deal dismissing those felony charges.

June sailings for the M/V Tustumena have been cancelled, the Alaska Marine Highway System announced last week.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski features veterans each month as part of a veteran's history project.

Enstar Natural Gas has provided the following update on its project to bring natural gas from Anchor Point to Homer and Kachemak City.

The village of Nikolaevsk, Alaska, is seen Saturday, June 5, 2004. A group of Old Believers came to Nikolaevsk on the Kenai Peninsula near Homer in the late 1960s, built the village themselves and worked in the lucrative commercial fishing industry.

Some nations celebrate the start of May with Beltane, the Celtic festival marking the halfway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstices.