Top Stories From Homer, Alaska

From a laptop computer at an East End Road ranch, in the air flying into Port-au-Prince or on the ground in the disaster of earthquake ravaged Haiti, Homer residents have rallied to help out. Some have dropped loose change in Red Cross donation tins at Safeway. Others have donated $10 through text-messaging contributions. One woman has pledged to lose pounds to raise money. In gestures large and small, Alaskans on the lower Kenai Peninsula are helping out.