The Betster always finds the Lower 48 response to a big East Coast blizzard amusing. If a winter storm that…
If you looked up in the sky lately and can see past the downtown light pollution, you might have noticed…
We American journalists like to think we’re tough. Cover up a political scandal and we’ll go all Woodward and Bernstein…
Thanks to the services of the U.S. Government, and in particular the Naval Observatory, we’ve figured out how to compile…
We’ve been working hard here at the Homer News, putting out not just this issue, but our super-mega-ginormous 50th anniversary…
Now comes the time in the holiday season when … well, don’t panic. OK, panic. See the date at the…
Over the Betster’s decades in Alaska, yours truly has learned a few tricks about living in the Last Frontier. First,…
The holiday season seems to mess up time. People used to celebrating holidays in chronological order — first Halloween, then…
The other day the Betster searched fruitlessly in email for an important document. After about 20 minutes, the Betster smacked…
If it seems like the world has gotten dimmer, don’t despair, Betsteroids. Last week the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…
In this week’s election, some estimated that backers of Mark Begich or Dan Sullivan spent $50 million on the U.S….
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Just when you thought it was OK to go out of the house, oh my,…
Let us pause now and consider the glory of sunrises and sunsets. Holy electromagnetic spectrum! Have we been having some…