Kachemak News

As I write this, I'm recovering from what my friend Jan Flora calls "the Kachemak Crud." For the past week I've had a runny nose, a cough, a slight temperature and general body aches.

Curves has moved to a new spot in the Orca Building on Pioneer Avenue - " back up from its old quarters on Lake Street.

Photo by Nina Faust - Lesser Sandhill Cranes are photographed here above Inspiration Ridge Reserve as they gather for fall migration.

HOMER TRIBUNE/Sean Pearson - Enstar hopes to tap into Anchor Point natural gas off North Fork.

Russian Old Believer high school students taking next spring's high school qualifying exit exam face a choice of conscience: Do they follow the laws of the state or of their God? For the devoutly religious students attending school in the Old Believer communities of Nikolaevsk, Razdolna, Voznesenka and Kachemak Selo, there is no real choice.

By Sean Pearson Homer Tribune With perimeter security technology and defense system integration already in place around the globe, and military endorsements calling its underground vehicle inspection system the a oemost sophisticated, cutting-edge gating system wea ve ever seen,a Homer-based Kachemak Research Development, Inc.

Homer Volunteer Fire Department responded to 11 emergency medical calls for the week of Sept 21-27. Kachemak Emergency Services Area responded to one fire call and one medical call for the week of Sept.

Enstar Natural Gas Co. has reached an agreement to purchase 10 billion cubic feet of gas from a group of independent companies working to develop the small North Fork gas field near Anchor Point on the Kenai Peninsula, Enstar spokesman John Sims said Sept.

One school for three villages? That was the question Steve Atwater, superintendent of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, asked a standing-room-only crowd representing the Russian Old Believer communities of Voznesenka, Razdolna and Kachemak Selo.

By Aaron Selbig Homer Tribune When Homer voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of Proposition 1 - " the seasonal levy of a "grocery tax" from Sept.

Pipelines will connect Kenai Peninsula field to Southcentral gas network Petroleum News Armstrong Cook Inlet , operator of the North Fork unit in the southern Kenai Peninsula , has signed a contract with Enstar Natural Gas Co.

HOMER TRIBUNE/Ryan Ridge - Volunteers serve up Indian fare at the "Sprout" fundraiser for Nicaraguan school children.

All American Marine, Inc. delivered another 83-ft hydrofoil-assisted aluminum catamaran for operation in Alaska.

The Alzheimer's Resource of Alaska offers The Savvy Caregiver, a six-week, intensive course beginning in mid-September. Join us and learn care giving and coping skills.

A year after its official launch party in Homer, Sprout Nicaragua is holding its second annual fundraiser in support of elementary students at La Ecuelita de Tolasmaides, as well as a small handful of Nicaraguan college students.

OMER TRIBUNE/Naomi Klouda - Chris and Elayne Clash of Victoria, Australia pose by their car, made of recycled parts and running on diesel - vegetable oil fuels.

Highly prized for its beauty, recognized as one of the oldest cultivated ornamental plants, and symbolizing prosperity, wealth and sensuality, the peony is making its presence known in Homer and across the state.

The Alzheimer's Resource of Alaska offers The Savvy Caregiver, a six-week, intensive course beginning in mid September.

Kachemak Emergency Services holds an open house and McNeil Canyon Station dedication next Saturday starting at 10 a.m. Aug.

A Thursday morning fire at an East Hill Road building displaced six people from their homes in the three-story complex.