Volcano spews continuous ash
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
A light, high cloud of ash was visible from downtown Homer early Monday morning as it drifted in from a Sunday explosion, but no reports of ashfall in the Homer area were received. By Tuesday, ash from the near continuous explosions occurring at the Cook Inlet volcano had headed north. The ash [...]
Warming trend affects fish
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
EDITOR’S NOTE: The effects of a changing climate can be seen slowly but steadily throughout Kachemak Bay and Alaska. Amid Homer’s winter, the Homer Tribune is delving into a series on the warming climate and its effects on the area. This, the second of the series, identifies the warming issues and how [...]
State approves eagle feeding
By Carey James
Homer Tribune
Jean Keene can continue to feed eagles on the Homer Spit — for at least the next two weeks. The Alaska Board of Game decided Monday to vote down four propositions to prohibit the intentional feeding of bald eagles statewide, saying it was an issue for local or federal governments to consider. [...]
Tsunami risk low in Kachemak Bay
By Carey James
Homer Tribune
• Life on the Edge part III: Tsunamis
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a three-part series looking at the realities of living on the edge of the Ring of Fire — from the international star, Augustine, to earthquakes and tsunamis.
People who have lived in Homer for a couple decades and [...]
Council should listen to community
Two issues — eagles and libraries — have dominated the news in recent weeks and should be given careful, not knee-jerk reactions from the Homer City Council members as they consider them at their next meeting. First, there are eagles. On Monday, the state board of game chose to pass the buck on the eagle-feeding [...]
Snomads show snow safety is no accident
By Sean Pearson
Homer Tribune
If you have any snowmobile enthusiasts in your home, you may want to make some time Saturday to grab your young “sledhead” and accompany him or her to the Youth Snowmobile Safety Awareness Event at McNeil Canyon School. Sponsored by the Snomads Snowmachine Club, the safety awareness class begins at noon and [...]
Port Graham youth gets a kick out of competing
By Sean Pearson
Homer Tribune
At five feet, two inches tall, Danielle Malchoff might have a little trouble every now and then reaching things on the top shelf in her home in Port Graham. However, suspend a seal-skin bag from a string in front of her, and nothing under seven feet is safe from the pint-sized punter.Malchoff [...]
Community exhibit at home at Pratt Museum
By Jill Homer
Homer Tribune
The images are striking examples of moments that helped build Homer: a steamship docked at a harbor teeming with homesteaders; a 1939 truck rolling off a ship; children grinning in front of a one-room school. But even in a small town with only about 100 years of history, one wouldn’t expect a [...]
KPO chamber recital features chorus of clarinets
By Jill Homer
Homer Tribune
This month, the woodwinds are sweeping through town with a rare, but not altogether unlikely, performance by a sextet of clarinets. Director Mark Wolbers and five of his students from the University of Alaska Anchorage will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday at Timber Bay Bed and Breakfast. The chamber concert is the [...]
Restaurant honored with award
By Carey James
Homer Tribune
For years, Jackie and Willie Dentz have been providing food for the heart and soul from their restaurants in town and on the Homer Spit. This week, some of that good karma came back around as the Frosty Bear Ice Cream Parlor and Diner was named Outstanding Business of the Year at [...]
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