City begins CIP projects discussion
• Trails, recreation top public testimonyBy Carey James
Homer Tribune
The Homer City Council began the process of picking its top capital projects Monday night with public testimony on the federal and state funding tool. Most of the handful of residents who testified during the hearing spoke in favor of trails, recreation and ski hills and expressed [...]
Voters head to polls Tuesday
By Sean Pearson
Homer Tribune
Voters on the South Peninsula will head to the polls on Tuesday to decide two borough measures, while Homer city voters also consider mayoral and city council seats. Polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers will act as the polling location for [...]
Volcano plumes continue
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
Just beyond the site where volcano Mt. Augustine finally quieted after several months of eruption, a new boil of the Earth’s surface is expelling plumes of ash, gas and steam from beneath its layer of glacier skin.That mask, scientists say, is the reason there are many unknowns regarding this volcano’s activity — [...]
Borough passes, delays senior tax cap
By Carey James
Homer Tribune
Seniors on the Kenai Peninsula will have to be residents of the area to qualify for the current unlimited property tax break, but not until 2008. The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly took up the issue of the senior tax exemption again last week during its Tuesday meeting, and made a few changes [...]
City of Homer wages fall from favor, staff say
By Carey James
Homer Tribune
Despite a lengthy report from city staff noting difficulty attracting employees to city positions, the Homer City Council declined to approve a proposed salary and benefit package increase Monday night. City staff told council that a review of salary and benefits in comparison with other areas of the nation showed the city [...]
Realtor convention struck by illness
• Two test positive for NorovirusBy Carey James
Homer Tribune
Trade shows, cocktails and dancing were partly derailed last week at the Alaska Association of Realtors convention when between 35 and 50 people reportedly became ill. On Monday, the Alaska State Virology Laboratory in Fairbanks found that two of those who became ill tested positive for the [...]
Effort underway to establish Anchor Point clinic
By Carey James
Homer Tribune
An effort is underway to establish a health clinic in Anchor Point, and the Seldovia Village Tribe Health Clinic may help pave the way. According to a report from Ken Markve of the Homer Chamber of Commerce, the Anchor Point area had been working for some time on finding a business interested [...]
Research Reserve hosts otter and estuaries tribute
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
Local scientists are trying to figure out more about how local sea otters are suffering from high die-off rates these days — and you have the chance to see scientists slice into a sea otter subject, as they look for more answers to the phenomena. It’s all part of a West Coast [...]
Woman found dead in car by local searchers
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
Friends searching for Shari Henkelman, 49, of Homer, discovered her body in her wrecked car on Sunday night south of the turnoff to Hope about 8 miles north of Summit Lake.Henkelman, who had lived in Homer with husband Jim Henkelman for about a year, had been visiting her parents in Anchorage during [...]
Election offers area voters tangible options
Vote.Given that when most of you realize this is another get-out-and-vote editorial, you will move on to other news, perhaps a direct approach will work best. But just in case that one word wasn’t enough to inspire you to take to the ballot box on Tuesday, here are a few more reasons to give up [...]
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