Homer News

Sea shells, beach brick and volcanic pumice: By the time the new Homer Public Library sign is installed this month, it will not only represent the towns hallmark coastal beauty, it will contain it.

As Alaskans across the state were gearing up for a long weekend of Independence Day celebrations, Gov.

The news hit the world hard last week. Men, women and children wept openly as the shock of his passing slowly sank in.

Friday wasn't the first time Tom Youngblood caught a big halibut. A couple of years ago, armed with a Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby ticket, Youngblood hooked into one he estimated at 285 pounds.

Summer officially arrived in Alaska at 9:45 p.m. Saturday, and all southern Kenai Peninsula residents know what that means: Summer's almost gone.

The Homer Advisory Planning Commission last Wednesday approved and forwarded to the Homer City Council a draft ordinance establishing zoning regulations for wind energy systems.

Photo courtesy of Homer Halibut Derby Homer's Thomas Youngblood, right, took the Homer Halibut Derby lead with this 354.6-pound halibut caught Friday, June 26, 2009.

Photo courtesy of Homer Halibut Derb / Photo courtesy of Homer Halibut Derby Homer's Thomas Youngblood, right, took the Homer Halibut Derby lead with this 354.6-pound halibut caught Friday, June 26, 2009.

Homer, a beloved black bear at the Oregon Zoo, was euthanized due to complications related to age.

Janet Carroll, marketing coordinator for the Kachemak Bay Shellfish Growers Co-op, puts together a bag of oysters.

When the sun shines, the waves lap at the shore and the weekly story list hasn't reached critical deadline status, a distant voice calls from the Homer Spit.

After interviewing three of seven applicants, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has invited D. Allan Gee to become Homer High School's next principal.

Happy, disappointed, sad. When it comes to fishing, emotions run as wild as the size of the fish.

A bloom of extremely small but deadly diatoms is believed to have killed 64,000 silver salmon smolt released into a holding pen at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon on June 3. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game pathology lab in Anchorage found high numbers of chaetoceros diatoms in fish samples, said Nicky Szarzi, a fishery biologist with the ...

A year ago last spring, Jessica and Lee Tenhoff watched their Grubstake Avenue home and business, Nomad Shelter Yurts, go up in flames.

A Homer man in his 20s has been confirmed as having H1N1 influenza A, commonly called swine flu, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services announced on June 12.

Tamba Hadzi, Homer's only all-woman African marimba band, practices behind the Homer Council on the Arts last Thursday.

The past two weeks have seen dock prices in Homer jump as much as $1 per pound as summer demand increases.

Diamond Creek Trail wanders through the forest before spilling out on a rocky expanse of seashore.

Several charter businesses have begun offering half-day halibut trips in an effort to encourage sales.