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Brilliant blooms, artistic arrangements adorn the corner of Stream Hill Park and East End roads.
Community profile: Seldovia Village
LOCATION: Northeast of the City of Seldovia, across from Homer on the south shore of Kachemak Bay.
Borough economy looking healthy
First quarter statistics for 2008 show healthy increases in both gross and taxable sales across the Kenai Peninsula compared to last year, according to a report released recently by the Kenai Peninsula ...
60+ crowd organizes first reunion
It's been decades since some of her classmates have seen each other, and that's just about long enough for Gwen Edens Shelford.
The owners of Midtown sweets haven Modern Dwellers Chocolate Lounge also do metal sculptural work from discarded objects like car doors, toolboxes and all kind of machinery.
Police, trooper investigate theft of four vehicles
Homer Police and Alaska State Troopers continue to investigate the theft of four vehicles stolen in the Homer area last Wednesday and Thursday.
It seems like our fine-finned friends got the memo about it being summer now and started biting.
Supreme Court cuts Exxon Valdez award
Residents from Port Graham and Nanwalek traveled to hear opening arguments at the Supreme Court back in February.
Seldovia sings with summer music festival
Kachemak Bay residents might think of Seldovia as the place to be for the Fourth of July, but this weekend the small town across the bay from Homer lures visitors over for another holiday: the Summer Solstice ...
Blink and you might miss summer in Homer. Blink and you also might miss the rapidement switchover from spring into summer.
Peninsula solstice festivals kick off summer
There are plenty of reasons to get outside when Alaska's long daylight hours reach their zenith.
Borough to pay fees in dropped lawsuit
Borough Mayor John Williams has approved paying court-ordered attorney fees to a plaintiff who sued the borough late last year when the assembly failed to seat three incumbents re-elected to their assembly ...
A Smokey Bay Air crash last June likely happened after the pilot took off in a plane without adequate fuel, according to an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Kashevaroff named to head Alaska Native health consortium
Don Kashevaroff, who is involved in several leadership entities of Alaska Native medical services, will succeed Paul Sherry beginning June 1 as chief executive officer of the Alaska Native Tribal Health ...
Cooper Landing to join subsistence moose hunt
“They have a 42-day season from August 10 to September 20, that's plenty of opportunity to pass on the tradition of hunting. We didn't think they needed an extra opportunity.”
Cooper Landing residents will be able to join residents from Ninilchik, Port Graham, Nanwelak and Seldovia to harvest moose on Kenai Peninsula federal lands. via Clarion Dispatch
Winter schedule proposed for Alaska ferry system
“There aren't a lot of changes, but the number is up”
The Alaska Marine Highway System has released draft schedules for next fall, winter and spring. via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
2 of 3 HEA incumbents re-elected
“Everyone seemed to have a good time”
Two incumbent directors of the Homer Electric Association were re-elected to three-year terms Thursday evening as the association conducted its annual meeting attended by more than 500 people. via Clarion Dispatch
Car crash kills man in Seldovia
“We know alcohol was definitely involved based on statements”
A single-car accident early last Thursday killed a Seldovia man and injured his passenger when the driver lost control and hit a tree near Mile 1 Jakolof Bay Road in Seldovia. via Homer News
At least 485 cities across the U.S. increased their sales tax rates last year, according to a newly released study. via WebCPA
A fishing boat participating in an Alyeska Pipeline Service Company training drill sank in Port Valdez. via Alaska Journal of Commerce