Sages share sea tales
By Sean Pearson
Homer Tribune
With the often unpredictable and never boring Kachemak Bay in your backyard, it doesn’t take a brain surgeon to understand just what kind of impact the sea had on the many pioneers and homesteaders living in and around Homer in earlier times. Long before roads connected Homer to the rest of the [...]
Ready to ride
• Ninilchik celebrates 47 years of rodeo-rompin’ funBy Sean Pearson
Homer Tribune
Under a bright orange sun, a small, auburn calf is gently prodded from her pen into the dusty expanse of the Ninilchik arena. The fledgling cow stands for a bit, enjoying the cool light wind as it brushes across her peach-fuzz back. She paws the [...]
Crash victims need time to heal
•Wreckage goes under investigation this weekBy Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
One week following the tragic plane crash on the Yukon Island beach between Seldovia and Homer, the pilot and her three passengers are on the mend — but they each have quite a stretch of healing ahead of them.Jenn Foltz, who piloted the Cessna [...]
Should local belugas be called ‘endangered’?
•Author to discuss mysteries of beluga whale declineBy Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
Charter Captain Mel Erickson and his guests closed out a day of fishing two weeks ago by witnessing a bloody feast by a pod of killer whales on a solitary beluga.As he steered his boat to the scene four [...]
Explosion rattles neighborhood
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
Neighbors near Blackwater Bend say a fireball explosion two weeks ago shook their homes, rattled the neighborhood and burned long into the night — leaving evidence of a large marijuana grow operation behind in the area between Homer and Anchor Point. Some figured the explosion had something to do with existing forest [...]
Troopers connect loot, burglaries
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
Three people were indicted by a Kenai Grand Jury on Friday for their alleged involvement in an Anchor Point residence burglary. Joshua Saunders, 28, is indicted on five felonies and two misdemeanors including first-degree burglary, second-degree theft and criminal mischief. Ka Yana Mulky, 24, is charged with first-degree burglary, second-degree theft and [...]
Letters to the Editor
Another brilliant way to get more money The proposal from our public works director, Carey Meyer, wants tax-paying residents, probably mostly senior citizens of Homer, to pay for services not received. His proposal would still charge a monthly rate for water and sewer if they turn their services off while they go Outside for the [...]
2007 Homer Spit Run results
1. Ben Sauvage, 39 minutes, 8 seconds; 2. Lars Arenson, 40:18; 3. Michail Mumm, 42:26; 4. Levi Kilcher, 42:37; 5. Keith Clancy, 42:37; 6. Ben Gibson, 44:03; 7. Noah ElHardt, 44:03; 8. Greg Lincoln, 44:53; 9. Linda Stennes, 45:15; 10. Madz Negro, 45:36; 11. Randy Weist, 45:36; 12. Tyler Haas, 45:49; 13. Ben Hawkins, 45:51; [...]
Never say ‘never’
Jessica Schallock is 17 years old, a lifelong Alaskan who has lived in Homer for seven years. She has a blog at www.jessicathoughts-.blogspot.com
I don’t know how many times my parents have told me, “Never say never.” I’ve always had trouble remembering that. It’s easy to say, “I can’t do it, there’s no way that could [...]
When, not if
As homeowners of the Ninilchik 40 Subdivision and Caribou Hills areas are allowed back into the area where a 50,000-plus-acre blaze ran rampant this week, many will find nothing but a pile of ashes where their homes and cabins once stood. This is a huge loss to a huge number of people — some 80 [...]
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