Mayor’s hospital comments spark strong feelings
• Borough mayor scolds Franz and Service Area Board for hospital’s problemsBy Sean Pearson
Homer Tribune
When Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor John Williams first settled in for the Service Area Board meeting on Thursday, he exchanged pleasantries, small talk and smiles with board members and hospital administration around the large conference table.The amicable atmosphere quickly dissolved, however, [...]
Manning the exploration
• Pebble Project employment provides boon for some, concerns for othersBy Sean Pearson and Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
This is the second part in a three-part series examining the possibilities of Alaska hosting Pebble Mine — a project known as one of the most globally significant mineral discoveries now in the world. The stories [...]
Local teen takes fall early Sunday morning
•Cause of death yet unknownBy Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
Robert and Melon Purcell are now swimming through all the rumors swirling around the circumstances that lead to their son Sheldon’s death early Sunday morning. Though they’ve talked to others who were at the party where he allegedly fell, they don’t know what factors lead to the accident. [...]
Commission now fully stocked
•City council appoints planning membersBy Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
Two council votes blocking the appointments of members to the Homer Advisory Planning Commission were busted up Monday night with the return of Councilman Mike Heimbuch from his two-month absence while fishing. In that time, council failed to re-appoint a functioning planning commission due to what some saw [...]
Basargin pleads, gets 3 years jail time
• Two others charged in beating will have hearings this weekBy Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
Eight months ago, after returning to Homer from a work trip outside, Savva Basargin, 25, found the speakers from his Lexus stolen. The vehicle, for whatever reason, was later burned, and he followed a clue to who may have been responsible for [...]
Fishing the facts online
Laine Welch
What is the average age of Alaska commercial fishermen? It’s 47.1 years, compared to 38.3 for other state industries.What percentage of Alaska’s statewide fish harvesters in 2005 were nonresidents? It’s 38.6 percent, with total gross earnings of 60.4 percent. For processing workers, 67.3 percent were nonresidents, earning 66.2 percent of total wages.Those are just [...]
FYI
Still time to talk about belugasThe National Marine Fisheries Service extended public comment period on Endangered Species Act listing for the Cook Inlet beluga whale until August 3. There will be one more public hearing in Soldotna this Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Chambers; 144 North Binkley Street.
Peeping [...]
Land trust to celebrate ski trail land
By Carey James
Homer Tribune
It’s taken several years, a variety of grants, several different plans, a complicated land exchange and thousands of dollars in donations from throughout the community, but it has finally happened. An L-shaped section of land at the top of Baycrest Hill that is home to several popular ski trails, as well as [...]
Letters to the editor
Mine support clarifiedI give you credit for trying to write a series of articles on the Pebble Prospect. As you know, it is complex and fraught with the type of hyperbole that has characterized gold mining ever since the first gold rush. Therefore, you need to be especially careful in how your series states the [...]
Thanks warranted to two environment-oriented groups
Two Homer organizations are due some praise this week — actually, they have been due some praise for decades. While the saying goes that you can’t eat the scenery, it’s also true that without the spectacular environment we live in, few of us would feel the same way about this place. So what are we [...]
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