05/06/11 In three months in office, U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner has quickly positioned himself as one of the most anti-environmental members of U.S. Congress.
05/05/11 Cook Inletkeeper, the Homer based environmental organization, received two Alaska Clean Water Actions grants. A $32,724 grant helps support monitoring Bishop's Beach and two Anchor Point beaches for bacteria levels.
05/05/11 To a fisherman or early-season tourist driving by on the Homer Spit, people in rain parkas, hats and gloves peering off at the distance through ginormous spotting scopes might seem bizarre.
05/01/11 Posted: May 01, 2011 05:34 am EDT (By Jon Amtrup)In the middle of March Erden Eru? returned to his rowing boat on Madagascar as the cyclone season in the area was winding down. His aim was to finish the crossing of the Indian Ocean, and on April 21th he successfully reached mainland Africa.
04/01/11 Beginning April 1, members of Homer Electric Association can vote for a candidate from their district to serve a three-year term on the association's Board of Directors. One seat in each district is up for election this spring.
03/30/11 The May 2 debate among 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley has been postponed until Sept. 14, officials announced Wednesday.
03/30/11 Alaska State Broomball tournament will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Kevin Bell Arena. Homer's formidable broomballers meet teams from Anchorage, Bethel and possibly the upper Kenai Peninsula.
03/25/11 A newscaster on a pro- Muammar Qaddafi television show wanted to make a point about the greatness of the Libyan leader.
03/24/11 For the first time since the U.S.-led strikes began in Libya, its embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi sent up a warplane over the northwest city of Misrata, which was shot down by French fighter jets.
03/03/11 Moose in the yard and bears fishing in streams don't require a leap of the imagination, but woolly mammoths on the Kenai Peninsula?
03/03/11 Alaska State Troopers are looking for information about a man wanted in a gun assault on two Anchor Point men Tuesday night. According to a press release, troopers said a man followed two Anchor Point men driving home from Kenai to their home.
03/02/11 Fox News announced Wednesday that it is suspending the contracts of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Sen. Rick Santorum.
02/28/11 After his speech at the National Press Club in Washington D.C., Gov. Sean Parnell had a Q&A session with the audience. Here is an edited transcript of the major parts of that exchange:...
02/25/11 A allegedly drunk Anchor Point man flipped the car he was driving, ejecting a female passenger, and fled from the scene Sunday night, according to a report Thursday from the Alaska State Troopers.
02/23/11 Rescue efforts are expected to soon switch to recovery efforts in Christchurch, New Zealand, following a powerful earthquake that left at least 98 people dead and many more missing.
02/23/11 The Kenai Peninsula Borough Middle School Nordic Ski Championships will be held Saturday at Lookout Mountain ski area. The girls skate race will begin at noon and the boys at 12:30 p.m. The girls classic race begins at 1:15 p.m. and the boys at 1:45 p.m.
02/22/11 A new memoir from an embittered former aide to Sarah Palin includes a trove of e-mails that vividly illustrate her intense focus on image and depiction in the media.
02/21/11 Calling the Anchor Point-Homer natural gas line the biggest economic development he's seen in his tenure, Homer City Manager Walt Wrede gave an update on the project Tuesday at the luncheon meeting of the Homer Chamber of Commerce.
02/20/11 Bob Skelding of New Hampshire poses next to his horses and wagon along U.S. 42 in Ashland County, Ohio. Bridles jingle and heavy hooves tap a metronomic clip-clop as the ungainly wagon claims yet another mile.
02/11/11 Mohamed ElBaradei's Plan for a Peaceful Transition to Egyptian Democracy Following Hosni Mubarak's surprise decision not to resign , opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei offers a plan in The New York Times for Egypt's next step, "a peaceful and orderly transition of power, to channel the revolutionary fervor into concrete steps for a new Egypt based on freedom and social justice." Under new ... | 
