Business
ConocoPhillips to resume LNG shipments from Nikiski plant
ConocoPhillips is restarting its liquefied natural gas plant on the Kenai Peninsula and will resume shipments of LNG in May, the company announced Monday. Five shipments are planned this year, ConocoPhillips spokeswoman Amy Burnett said. The announcement came as the U.S. Department of Energy ...
Arts
‘Bears’ highlights bears of Hallo Bay, opens Friday
The bears of Hallo Bay and other Alaska locations can be seen on the silver screen Friday, when Disneynature opens the curtains on “Bears,” a full-length “epic story of breathtaking scale.”“We’ve made a number of Disney nature films before,” said Keith Scholey, who, along with Alastair ...
Sports
Sliding the stones
About 20 people showed up Sunday to try out the sport of curling at the Kevin Bell Ice Arena, part of Kevin Bell Appreciation Day events. A Homer Curling Club is being formed, with appeals to buy ...
Outdoors
Gardener’s mantra: Be patient, spring is coming
What a glorious day. The heat has been turned on in the greenhouse and the high/low thermometer is in place. If the heaters are holding the temperature no lower than 40 to 45 degrees, I will ...
Opinion
Old Town leads by example as it tests new waters
We are growing and circulating creative currency through Old Town, and it is spreading throughout Homer. Our recent Old Town Artist in Residence Jarod Charzewski and our Homer community worked nimbly to complete an attention-grabbing installation that reaches from the inside of the Arts ...
Schools
School board approves budget, leans heavily on savings
With very little fanfare, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education passed a more than $161.2 million operating budget that leans heavily on unassigned fund balance, or district savings, to balance revenues and expenditures during the coming fiscal year.During Monday’s work session and ...
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