By McKibben JackinskyStaff writerDuring the summer of 1986, the Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby wasn’t the only fishing game in town….
Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies CoastWalkSeptember-OctoberSign up at CACS, Smokey Bay WayOr call 235-667Started: November 1984Beaches first walked: Anchor Point…
Since November of 1984, volunteers have been walking Kachemak Bay beaches, trash bags and clipboards in hand, with two goals…
When it began, the Kachemak Bay Wooden Boat Festival was timed to happen in May, the same time as the…
She tried three times in three years, but after 3,700 miles, at 8 p.m. last Thursday, British adventurer Sarah Outen…
In 1951, the southern Kenai Peninsula had two fairs, one in Homer and one in Ninilchik. According to a newspaper…
As long as people have been visiting the Homer Spit, they have camped outdoors. Archaeologists have found shell middens at…
One has only to look as far as the Homer Garden Club for a definition of “perennial.” The club’s roots…
Most everyone knows the story of the naming of Homer, and how in April 1896, 50 men and one woman,…
By McKibben JackinskyStaff writerWith work already begun on a new harbormaster office, the future of the existing one is uncertain….
Forty-five years ago humans first walked on the moon. By 1979, it’s hard to believe that with advances in science…
From Seldovia to Homer to Happy Valley, Fourth of July events have been a long-time tradition. Seldovia turns its Independence…
Sailors have been coming to the shores of Kachemak Bay for, well, who knows how long. Riding the waves, moved…
