The other night the Betster drew the short straw and had to cover one of those important community meetings instead…
At Monday’s Homer City Council meeting, council member Shelly Erickson suggested a little snow jujitsu. “I’m just thinking we need…
Hold onto wool hats, people, we are nearly up to 9 hours of beautiful, bountiful, blessed light a day! Today,…
In light of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address this week, the Betster got to thinking about the…
Quake. Shaker. Tremblor. Shock Wave. Rumbler. Whatever you like to call that seismic shifting of our tectonic plates and comfort…
“For a brief moment Sunday, the southernmost tip of Alaska was warmer than the southernmost tip of Florida.” So reads…
What are we supposed to do now? That’s what the Betster has been left pondering the last few days as…
Ugh. That’s really all the Betster can muster today, folks. Is it really 2018 already? Was it not just yesterday…
Vacations in the 21st Century quite frankly baffle the Betster. Intrinsic in the meaning or common understanding of the word…
With all the hoopla surrounding the annual summer solstice (aka the best day to be an Alaskan), the Betster worries…
If you have hopes of a white Christmas, Betsteroids, you might think of a getaway to one of Alaska’s snowier…
If you’re one of the lone survivors of the Greatest Generation or a child of one of those World War…
Now that that pesky formality — some call it Thanksgiving — is over, the Christmas-crazed among you may breathe a…
