Alleged Pebble fraud charges lace fisheries hearings
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
While Rep. Paul Seaton, Homer, holds fisheries committee hearings this week in the Bristol Bay region, he’s hoping the bribery and corruption allegations made by Rep. Jay Ramras, Fairbanks, against the developers of Pebble Mine won’t negatively affect the proceedings. On Sept. 1, Ramras notified the Alaska Attorney General’s office [...]
Tax increase would support growth
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
While Homer plans and designs its new city hall and town plaza space in the forested center of town, voters will go to the polls to decide how it will be funded —the onus will be on either property or sales tax. For the past year-and-a-half, Homer City Councilman Mike Heimbuch has [...]
Life to the ‘Max’ – Matt’s turn
• 17-year-old high school junior continues to give back to his communityBy Sean Pearson
Homer Tribune
When Matthew Hjelm was born on Jan. 17, 1990, the healthy baby was already topping 10 pounds.“He came out badly needing a haircut, and with these huge hands and feet,” Linda Hjelm said of her son. “I told my [...]
City Council addresses ethics, candidacy actions
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
In Monday’s Homer City Council meeting councilwoman Beth Wythe and councilman Dennis Novak each introduced an ordinance that addresses the loose ends of the ethics code brought to light by the actions of Councilman Shadle. Novak’s ordinance directly addressed the situation Shadle conceived when he declared he would resign from office and [...]
FYI
Homer man dies in plane crashFederal Transportation Safety Board officers are looking in the Florida plane crash that killed 74-year-old Bruce Smith, of Homer, on Friday. Smith was killed Friday after he’d lifted off in a 55-year-old Temco GC-1B single-engine plane. He had radioed the control tower to report he was having problems before the [...]
Candidates offer final thoughts before election on Tuesday
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
With the Homer City Council election less than a week away, the Homer Tribune finishes out its question and answer series in an effort to get to know prospective candidates. Two questions remain, and focus on ranking top capital improvement priorities for the city and reasons why candidates are running for council. [...]
Guts – without the glory
By Laine Welch
Cordova signed off its busiest-ever salmon season with a salute to the workers who get all of the guts and little of the glory – the processing workforce.Seafood workers were tasked extra hard this summer to keep pace with a record 63 million pink salmon catch at Prince William Sound, plus two million [...]
Letters
Editor’s Note: It is the Homer Tribune’s policy to not print letters of a political nature the issue before an election. However, the last issue may be used to respond to content in the previous week’s paper as long as it speaks directly to the content and does not bring up any new issues. The [...]
Voters ponder terms and tax
Regular elections hit the Kenai Peninsula Borough and city of Homer on Tuesday, offering voters the opportunity to once again choose how they want the next few years to go. Operating off the idea that most of us have already made some decisions regarding whom we’d like to see serving on the Homer City Council [...]
I need a registered trademark®
By Sean Pearson
Homer Tribune
For those of you who were too focused on the trivial and insignificant problems of the world around you, Monday was National Punctuation Day. ® And since you just couldn’t seem to find any time for the sentence symbols earlier, now seems an opportune time to impart a little aptitude about the [...]
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