Homer News

When they received a $40,000 grant from the city in June to find ways to implement the Homer Climate Action Plan, locally owned Deerstone Consulting set to work immediately, searching out solutions small and ...

Recycling brightly colored juice boxes into bags in a variety of sizes add a splash of color to items made and sold by Alyssa Reines of Anchor Point at the Faith Lutheran craft fair Saturday.

Floating Leaf Sangha, which means "community," brings Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche to Homer for two days of Buddhist spiritual teaching Saturday and Sunday.

At the Homer Foundation Board of Trustees annual meeting Nov. 12, held at the Land's End Resort Quarter Deck, Ann Keffer and Buck Laukitis were approved for three-year terms on the board of trustees, and ...

The art of Dan Coe is practical yet also provides a canvas of artistic talent. It's safe to say that most people in Homer are familiar with the artwork of Dan Coe, whether they are aware of it or not.

A house fire Sunday afternoon at a Diamond Ridge area home has killed one person.

Balancing fragile china tea cups and sampling dainty treats, several Homer High School students spoke candidly the morning of Nov.

For more than a decade, several people from several organizations have been working together to bring a child advocacy center to the Kenai Peninsula.

With more than 140,000 miles on Glenn Seaman's 1991 Mercury Sable, and with the vehicle's condition so uncertain that Seaman rented a car to drive to Anchorage last week, it was clear his old car was running ...

A string of burglaries of downtown businesses continued as two more Pioneer Avenue businesses were broken into last week -- one for the second time since May.

Homer will have friends in high places in the upcoming 26th Alaska Legislature, as its two representatives in Juneau, Sen.

DIG THE BLACK ROCKS, NOT THE CLAMS : With higher energy prices, coal stoves are back in vogue in Homer, reports The Homer Tribune .

Most people visiting Homer get their first view rounding the corner at Baycrest Hill.

Sen. Gary Stevens was named President of the Alaska State Senate. Three Kenai Peninsula legislators were voted into leadership roles after the election, positions once monopolized by railbelt lawmakers that now ...

Is it a good time or a bad time to build a house? What kind of estate planning is available? Should you take all your money out of the bank and put it under your mattress? Everywhere she turns, those are the ...

After a decade of work plus a few more days Neil McArthur, building manager for the Pratt Museum, has hung up his tools and bid the museum farewell.

Homer Republican Rep. Paul Seaton was re-elected to a fourth term Tuesday, besting Democratic challenger and political newcomer Philip Alderfer by a wide margin.

Several of our local service area boards are in need of members. Because the seats were either not applied for, or vacant due to resignations, the borough is looking for community members in those areas to ...

Birding during the Kachemak Shorebird Festival in May can mean driving rain, wind that rattles even the toughest spotting scope tripods and fickle migrating birds and that's birding in the peak season.

One of Alaska's most famous saloons will break a 25-year habit and stay open past the tourist season.