Disabled veterans and those they leave behind may soon be added to the list of people in Homer who can get greater property tax exemptions.
Those who know Saundra Hudson well would say that a mile race is nothing for the active member of the Homer running community. But after an accident last winter landed her in a Lower 48 medical facility, Hudson’s first run in six months last Thursday was anything but trivial.
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By Megan Pacer
The Homer City Council has reaffirmed its wish to ask the Alaska Legislature to reevaluate the standards for recalling city officials, an issue that arose after a tense recall election in June that caused divide in the community.
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The Homer Police Department is asking for the public’s help with a hit and run that happened Monday morning.
Move over kings, sockeyes and pinks — there’s a new iconic Alaska food in town.
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Homer’s population and gross business sales are on the rise, though there’s still a ways to go in that regard to reach past sale levels.
The Homer Spit, once excluded from the commercial cannabis narrative in the city, has been brought back into the conversation.
Even with few state dollars rolling downhill to help municipalities with infrastructure, cities are tasked each year with assembling their capital improvement priorities for the state, and Homer has released its draft list.
The organizers of a military exercise held in Alaska this summer took efforts to minimize impact to marine wildlife, U.S. Navy officials said.
Early Saturday morning, a group of local residents young and old were packed onto a school bus, driven out onto a runway at the Homer Airport, and launched into a full-scale ” airplane crash,” complete with injuries and casualties. They didn’t have to worry, though.
Rain or shine — or in Friday’s case, lots of rain — peninsula residents can’t be kept from the annual Kenai Peninsula Fair in Ninilchik.
Homer is one step closer to seeing a new police station.
A pilot in a Cessna 172 float plane lost steering power and hit the rocks while attempting to take off from Halibut Cove on Friday.
A Homer man faces charges including burglary, assault and reckless endangerment after breaking into a home with a gun last month.
Members of the Homer City Council will host a work session before their next meeting to discuss their options when it comes to the long-debated Homer Police station.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – As part of a strategic restructuring to focus its business on lifestyle publications, property development and new business, Morris Communications Co. announced today that it has signed an agreement to sell the assets of Morris Publishing Group, including the daily newspapers Kenai Peninsula Clarion and Juneau Empire and the weekly Homer News, to GateHouse Media.
