Now that we’ve dumped Daylight Saving Time for the season, we’ve entered that time when Alaska gets dark and gloomy….
Monday marked the 15th anniversary of continued habitation of the International Space Station. Ever since the first crew arrived on…
Homer could be like this super-duper productive place except for one tragic flaw: We live in Homer. It’s not that…
As the city of Homer slouches toward a budget to be born, seasoned citizens might ponder how the heck we…
On Oct. 18, 148 years ago, at the Governor’s House in Sitka, Russia formally transferred possession of Alaska to the…
If it seems like Alaska has gotten a little less populated, well, you’d be right. According to a recent report…
Should a 22.3-foot tide fall at the same time as a southwesterly, people are like, OMG, look at that, waves…
In the past week, the weather has ranged from toasty warm to rain with a chance of seagulls to just…
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, started on Sunday. Yes, it’s now year 5,776, a pretty respectable run for a…
The sandhill crane colts have begun to gather together for the big migration. On the Spit, except for a few…
Now that Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has ordered Mt. McKinley be renamed Denali, will other prominent Alaska geographic…
The other day the Betster ran into a friend who has toiled for decades in the visitor industry. Oddly enough,…
In the past it happened that moose hunting season and school opened in the same week. The School Board didn’t…
