The following Homer High School students have been named to the Mariner Gold honor roll for the third quarter for having a 4.0 grade point average:

• Ninth grade: Isabel Beach, Mikylla Blauvelt, Nolan Bunting, Kyle Carroll, Ren Carroll, Wyatt Frank, Hunter Harris, Barae Hirsch, August Kilcher, Megan Kirsis, Marley McGuire, Molly Mitchell, McKinzie Needham, Jordan Raymond, Kennan Reveil, Dawson Roberts, Lindsay Schneider, Aziza Shemet Pitcher, Olivia Turner, Louise Tymrak, Alyssa Vanliere, Aurora Waclawski, Elise Webber, Daniel Wiest, Patricia Kelly Woo.

Local and visiting walkers and runners young and old turned out Saturday to honor victims of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings. Homer's 26.2-minute event, one for each mile of the marathon, was held on the new Homer High School track. Asked by organizer Mike Illg to wear shirts, hats or jackets commemorating running and walking events, many of Saturday's participants were previous previous Boston Marathon competitors and brought apparel they passed around to be worn by others.

Homer Electric Association will provide  public tours of its new Nikiski Combined Cycle Conversion Project from 1-4:30 p.m. May 1.
 The tours will be approximately 30-minutes long and provide the public with an opportunity to get an up-close look at the new power generation facility. The plant is the cornerstone of HEA’s Independent Light program and will provide up to 80 megawatts of power when it comes on line later this year.

ANCHORAGE — Just days after the Alaska Legislature lowered taxes on the oil industry, ConocoPhillips announced plans to boost investment on North Slope fields.
ConocoPhillips is planning to bring an additional rig to the Kuparuk field this spring and working with co-owners to fund a new drill site on the Kuparuk River field, the company said in an announcement April 17.
It’s also beginning the regulatory and permitting stage and starting engineering for the Greater Moose’s Tooth unit in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.