Seldovia News

February 8, 2010 Second Session of 26th Alaska Legislature From the desk of Rep.

Moving to Seldovia was a move south for Helen Crawford Josefsen, a youngster just 10 or 11 years old when she arrived in what was then a bustling fishing community on the south side of Kachemak Bay in the mid-1940s. Born in McGrath, a community on the Kuskokwim River, in 1934, Helen, her parents, Hetty and Leroy Crawford, her brother, John, and her ...

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School district may tap $2.5 million from its reserves to meet expected costs for next year according to preliminary budget estimates.

It was a year of changes -big changes -for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, according to Liz Downing of Homer, school board vice president.

Homer halibut charter captains and commercial fishermen were not surprised this week by the announcement Monday by federal fisheries officials of new regulations that will cap the guided-sport halibut charter fleet and require federal permits to fish starting February 2011.

As the remaining seconds of 2009 ticked away, Will Brun leaned in to kiss his partner, Allison Miller.

Homer Electric Association, Inc. is accepting applications to fill a vacant seat on the Board of Directors for District 3. Applicants must be a member of Homer Electric Association, Inc.

It has no running water or working toilet, but this Monglian-style yurt is home to Bretwood Higman, Erin McKittrick and their 11-month-old son.

When the long-distance caller told Marks People was looking for handmade ornaments from each of the 50 states, had Googled galleries around the country and narrowed their Alaska search down to hers, Marks was skeptical.

City of Seldovia P.O. Drawer B, Seldovia, Alaska 99663 Phone: 234-7643, Fax: 234-7430 Email: info@cityofseldovia.com PUBLIC NOTICE PARKS & REC.

Seldovia Village Tribe has applied for two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permits to do dock work in Homer and Seldovia for its new Seldovia Bay Ferry, the Kachemak Voyager.

By Sean Pearson Homer Tribune Amid ongoing heated debates and discussions over inadequate healthcare in the United States, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Alaska VA Healthcare System announced it will begin providing medical care to veterans at a VA Outreach Clinic in Homer beginning Dec.

Heather Tonga, left, and Maygen Janetta, right, perform during the opening of "New Harmonies" and "Melodies of Kachemak Bay" on Nov.

Keith Kalke of Ocean Hunter Charters is one of several Homer captains to offer king salmon charters during the winter.

Governor to ask for construction money Gov. Parnell is advocating a new spending program to create construction jobs across the state by addressing the backlog of deferred maintenance projects for state-owned facilities.

The Boys & Girls Club of the Kenai Peninsula a ' which includes HOMER a 'KENAI a ' NIKISKI a ' SELDOVIA a ' SOLDOTNA a ' SEWARD KENAI TEEN CENTER, are not scheduled to close.

Concord residents Roy and Margie Garcia traveled north to Alaska in August to visit former Concord residents Ed and Terri Mooradian.

Alaska-born Dana Stabenow, best-selling author of the Kate Shugak Alaska P.I., series, is seen in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday, Oct.

Anglers try their luck while silver salmon fishing at Ship Creek near downtown Anchorage on Sunday, August 2, 2009.

Have you ever flown across the country and looked down on all the little cities and towns passing below your feet? Traffic flows by on highways, smoke drifts up from chimneys and lights shine from homes as hundreds of million Americans going about their daily lives.