Supreme Court considers Exxon Mobil appeal
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
Frank Mullen wants to know what you would do with a million bucks. As a fisherman investment specialist and Exxon watchdog, he said the Kachemak Bay area, with hundreds of compensation claim holders in the 1989 Exxon oil spill, could obtain a significant gain — if the disbursement ever actually comes to [...]
Native leaders tackle variety of issues at AFN
By Naomi Klouda
Homer Tribune
When Port Graham resident Herman Moonin Jr., went clam digging this fall, he didn’t expect to have to carry a sport fishing license with him.“I wasn’t sport clamming, I was going after my subsistence food like I always do,” Moonin said.An Alaska State Trooper ticketed him at Kasitna Bay for the infraction, [...]
Haven House makes room for children of trauma
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
You never hear people talk about how much they love spending time in interrogation rooms, but they certainly sound nice, right? The South Peninsula Haven House team didn’t think so either, so they did something about it. Instead of offering a cold and intimidating police interrogation room at their advocacy center on [...]
Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center takes on the tide lines
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
You’ve probably already had the one-way conversation with the video Arctic fox trapper, watched the video birds circle overhead and land on the faux rocks and punched the buttons on the seven-foot globe at the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center. But there’s a soon-to-be new twist coming to the facility aimed [...]
I remember doing the ‘Time Warp’
Sean Pearson
When I first made the decision to stay up into the wee hours of Homer’s throbbing nightlife and hit the 11 p.m. showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Homer Theatre on Saturday night, I must admit, a few pangs of anxiety and trepidation coursed through my small intestines. It wasn’t the [...]
FYI
Time to fall backDaylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday morning. That means, for at least a week, it will feel like you’ve gained a step or two over the impending darkness of the great North.
ACT files suitThe Alliance of Concerned Taxpayers report they filed a lawsuit in the Kenai Superior Court to [...]
Wrestlers grapple at Palmer, begin trek to Barrow
• Daigle and Weinfurter turn out second-place finishes
By Sean Pearson
Homer Tribune
Mariners Ben Daigle and Eric Weinfurter led their Homer squad to an overall 10th-place finish at the Lancer Smith Tournament at Palmer High School on Saturday. Sixteen teams participated in the competition, and Homer Coach Mike Illg said he was happy with the performance – [...]
Sports Calendar
Thursday
• 1 p.m. Volleyball Regions vs. Kodiak at Palmer• 4:30 p.m. Varsity Ice Hockey at Kenai
Friday• 5:15 p.m. Squirt Hockey vs. Fairbanks at home • TBA Varsity Wrestling at Barrow• TBA Swimming, State Meet at Bartlett• TBA Volleyball Regions at Palmer • TBA JV [...]
Sports briefs
Squirts squash Arctic Lions, lose squeaker to Mat-SuThe Homer Squirt Hockey Team went 3-1 over the weekend with two victories over the Arctic Lions, and a loss to Mat-Su.The Homer squad opened play Friday, dropping a close game to Mat-Su 3-4. They rebounded on Saturday, dominating the Arctic Lions 8-2 and 6-1. Homer Squirts return [...]
Mariner volleyball splits against Kodiak
• Lady M’s look to keep intensity, aggressiveness at Region III Tournament
By Sean Pearson
Homer Tribune
The Lady Mariner volleyball team appears to have no problem stepping up to a challenge and performing when the pressure is on. The trouble, according to Homer Head Coach Beth Trowbridge, is keeping that intensity level up over time.The Lady M’s [...]
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