07/13/11 It's a coming-home for Keren Kelley. Beginning Aug. 1, Kelley will be Homer Senior Citizens Inc.'s new executive director. "I am so excited to be doing this.
07/13/11 A Seldovia ribbon-cutting ceremony today officially welcomes a 14-mile Homer-to-Seldovia route on Kachemak Bay as one of 15 scenic byways in the state.
07/08/11 An organization called Alaska Veterans Organization for Women has recently formed. According to founder Vanessa Meade, the organization was created to build a sense of community for women veterans and to provide them with support and advocacy.
07/06/11 Kachemak Bay and the lower Kenai Peninsula weren't spared from Gov. Sean Parnell's vetoes last week, but after Parnell announced his cuts last Tuesday, most projects remained.
07/06/11 Expanding protection already given other streams in the Kenai Peninsula Borough was given a seven-to-two vote by the assembly at its June 21 meeting.
05/05/11 More than 300 halibut charter captains disenfranchised by a new limited entry program have until Friday to appeal the U.S. District Court's denial of a preliminary injunction. Appealing the ruling comes down to a matter of dollars and cents.
05/05/11 In 1998, Cook Inletkeeper bought a 21-foot Zodiac, christening it the "Wiinaq" and basing it out of a slip in the Homer Harbor.
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.
05/05/11 After 31 years and 9 months as Seldovia's police chief and solo cop, Andy Anderson has retired. Anderson, 65, ended his service last Friday. He cited vision problems as the reason for retiring.
02/23/11 For the past 15 years parading down Pioneer Avenue for Homer Winter Carnival have been a gang of celebrants dressed in purple, green and gold, the traditional colors of a New Orleans Mardi Gras. While many towns in Alaska celebrate winter carnivals, Homer might be the northernmost city in America with a Mardi Gras Krewe, the Krewe of Gambrinus Social Aid and Pleasure Club. The founders of Mardi ...
02/22/11 This is a discussion on Five Green Tourism Travel Companies in Alaska within the Current Cruise & Travel News forums, part of the category; Aol Travel. Has Just Posted the Following: Filed under: EcoTravel Charyn Pfeuffer Alaska is unlike any other part of the ...
02/20/11 Editor's note: This is the final part in a three-part series leading up to the Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting on Upper Cook Inlet finfish issues that starts today.
02/10/11 The Alaska State Ferry M/V Tustumena scheduled to depart from Kodiak Wednesday night was canceled due to an electrical issue, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities said in a press release. Ferry workers are working to resolve the issue in order to depart Friday morning.
01/19/11 Almost a year after a Homer woman died of complications from the H1N1 influenza virus, H1N1 and another variety of flu, H3N2, have been reported on the Kenai Peninsula.
01/05/11 Due Dec. 17, Lituya Journey Higman missed what was expected to be her first Christmas. She didn't miss New Year's, however. Born at 10:07 a.m. Jan. 1, Lituya became the first baby of 2011 to be born at South Peninsula Hospital.
11/11/10 Editor's note: "Kachemak Color" features residents who make the communities of the southern Kenai Peninsula interesting. If you know of someone who you think would make a good story, call the editor at 235-7767.
09/29/10 It was a less than rosy picture painted by Homer City Manager Walt Wrede in delivering a budget update to Mayor James Hornaday and the six-member city council Monday.
09/29/10 Three school board members are running for reelection to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education on Tuesday, all unopposed in their bids.
08/09/10 Visitors to Kachemak Bay often get confused -- and amazed -- by the bay's extreme tides. People who don't live on the ocean have a hard time understanding a bay where the difference between the highest high tide and the lowest low tide is more than 28 feet.
08/04/10 With the candidacy filing period for the October municipal election open, it appears the ballot will have at least two candidates running for a two-year term as mayor. The city's current mayor, James Hornaday, has announced he will run for re-election. | 
