State: No breach of agreement in Seldovia Village Tribe ferry grant

07/28/10 The Alaska Department of Law has found no breach of a $1.5 million grant agreement with the Seldovia Village Tribe to build the Seldovia Bay Ferry, the department said through a statement released July 22 by the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development.

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Homer Alaska - News

07/28/10 Kenai Peninsula Borough discusses Kachemak Bay ferry idea in transportation plan. Seldovia Native Association/Seldovia Village Tribe receives $1.9 million for a feasibility study to look at a passenger and vehicle ferry.

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Band with Kenai roots shares talent, passion

07/23/10 Isaac Lewis had no illusions of being a rock star until he jammed with band The Old Believers on stage at the Triumvirate Theater on July 14 during a children's...

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Little spent on oil spill cleanup technology

06/26/10 Dave Martin SCAT team leader Ivor van Heerdenon, left, climbs off a boat on East Timbalier Island, La., Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Heerdenon is part of a Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Team surveying the shorelines along the Louisiana coast for oil impact from the Deepwater Horizon incident.

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Homer gas project nixed by governor

06/09/10 A project that could have brought natural gas to Homer was cut in a set of vetoes announced last week by Gov. Sean Parnell.

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Seldovia Village Tribe hopes to beef up ferry port

06/05/10 HOMER, Alaska - The newest ferry in Kachemak Bay - the M/V Kachemak Voyager - arrived at the Homer Port and Harbor on May 21 sparkling in new blue and white paint, fresh from its factory in Belling...

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Council OKs lease for SVT's new ferry

05/14/10 The Homer City Council this week approved a long-term lease between the city and Seldovia Bay Ferry LLC, owned by Seldovia Village Tribe, for constructing staging and loading areas and making public access improvements related to operation of the new ferry.

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Stevens, Seaton report to chamber on Legislature's accomplishments

05/14/10 Recalling a former state lawmaker's comment at the start of the recently completed legislative session that the Alaska Senate, split evenly as it was between Republicans and Democrats, would prove to be either the "Love Boat or Mutiny on the Bounty," Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, told a Homer Chamber of Commerce luncheon audience that it had been neither.

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New experiences up north

05/11/10 From Southeast to the Far North, here are eight new ways travelers can experience The Last Frontier.

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Minor earthquake occurs in Cook Inlet

04/18/10 Associated Press - April 18, 2010 4:04 PM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A minor earthquake occurred in the Cook Inlet area. The earthquake hit at 6:28 p.m.

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Minor earthquake shakes Cook Inlet

04/18/10 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A minor earthquake occurred in the Cook Inlet area. The earthquake hit at 6:28 p.m. Saturday and had a preliminary magnitude of 3.9. It was centered 52 miles west of Seldo...

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Pioneer Profiles: Jim Rearden

04/08/10 As a teenager growing up in Petaluma, Calif., Jim Rearden dreamed of coming to Alaska. He and a buddy had a plan. His friend would become a Bush pilot and Rearden would be a cattle rancher.

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Public invited to school district budget process

02/05/10 Are taxpayers getting their money's worth from the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District?

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Anniversary Darlene and Bill Sheldon

02/04/10 Darlene and Bill Sheldon celebrate their 50th anniversary at 1 p.m. Dec. 27, at the American Legion Post Unit 16. Sponsored by their children, the celebration is a potluck affair, with cake and punch served at 2 p.m.

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Thomas Walter Johnson

02/04/10 Thomas Walter Johnson was born at 6:02 p.m. Jan. 20, 2010, at South Peninsula Hospital to Alycia and Lionel Johnson. He weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce. His grandparents are Tom Carter of Friday Harbor, Wash., and Walt Johnson of Dillingham. His big sister is Quyanna.

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History book looks at 50 years on the peninsula

02/03/10 As Alaska celebrated its 50th year of statehood last year, many historians took a wide view. In "Snapshots of Statehood: A Focus on Communities That Became the Kenai Peninsula Borough," published by the Kenai Peninsula Historical Association, the 30 authors take a narrower focus.

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People magazine shines spotlight on ornament by Anchor Point artist

12/21/09 When Karin Marks, owner of Art Shop Gallery in Homer, got a call from People magazine in July, she thought the person on the other end of the phone wanted to sell her a subscription.

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People magazine shines spotlight on Alaska artist

12/20/09 When Karin Marks, owner of Art Shop Gallery in Homer, got a call from People magazine in July, she thought the person on the other end of the phone wanted...

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Singer brings fun folk to Mundelein

12/18/09 The Lake County Folk Club's will present national touring musician Anna Stange for a holiday concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at El Barrio Restaurant and Lounge in Mundelein.From ballads to sing-alongs, Stange's performances feature old favorites to newer songs she's written and gathered along her travels.

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'4,000 miles by boot, raft and ski'

11/26/09 When Erin McKittrick and her husband, Brentwood "Hig" Higman, last visited Juneau, an unseen October drizzle pattered on their tiny rafts as they paddled into the inky darkness along Gastineau Channel. At first, the city was just a small island of lights in a sea of night. Then they could make out the fog-obscured shapes of buildings, and then the crimson stream of car lights on Egan Drive , and ...

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