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Zachary Fraley, 18, signs release papers on Friday morning as a jail officer and Magistrate Jennifer Wells watch.

Teen charged in fake bomb incident released on bail

Kenai Magistrate Jennifer Wells on Friday morning released on bail a Homer High School teenager charged with terroristic threatening for placing a fake bomb in a stairwell at the high school. ... Read More

2 teens arrested for terroristic threatening after incident at Homer High 05/16/13

Homer Police this morning have two suspects in custody after Homer High School was evacuated this morning when a suspicious device was found in a stairwell at about 8:55 a.m. All 370 students and...

Council ponders possibilities for future of Pier One area 05/15/13

A Homer City Council work session Monday afternoon started with a simple question: Should the city lease a 10,000-square-foot lot at the Pier One Theatre campground lot — officially,...

Boys & Girls Club seeks home 05/15/13

When the school year ends, so will the Boys and Girls Club of Homer, at least as it is currently known. That doesn’t mean the B&G Club is abandoning Homer, just that it needs a plan...

Council OKs Spit rezoning 05/15/13

A revised Homer Spit rezoning ordinance almost died on a 3-3 tie vote at Monday’s Homer City Council meeting after the council got hung up on the issue of allowing heliports as a...

Stolen safe found, contents returned

Good aim puts officials in cold water

Next stop: Georgia

Troopers charge man in AP cabin robbery

Bald Mountain Air holds mixer

Enstar hosts grilling fair

Public hearing on Spit rezoning set for Monday

Alaska In Brief

Business

Dixon family café now open on Spit

From upscale white tablecloth restaurants to take-out sandwich shops, Homer’s creative chefs have been crafting a cuisine that, for lack of a better term, could simply be called Homer Style. It’s ...

Apache’s seismic work still stalled by permit delays

Hilcorp dominates Cook Inlet lease sale

Assembly considers $73.2 million budget

Arts

Homer arts organization gets $265,000 Rasmuson grant

One of Homer’s more obscure art organizations doesn’t have an office, doesn’t have a gallery and only a staff of two. Thanks to a $265,000 Rasmuson Foundation Arts Acquisition grant, though, ...