Homer gains two new medical professionals
By Naomi Klouda Homer Tribune The Homer community expanded its healthcare services last week, adding a new surgeon through South Peninsula Hospital, as well as a new acupuncture clinic.Dr. Todd Boling joined the staff part-time at South Peninsula Hospital, making it possible now to obtain surgeries that formerly necessitated patients traveling out of the area. [...]
Business Briefs
Organic hair designer opens Homer shopHair Designer, Vesta Elliott, recently opened Organic Hair Design at its new studio in East Village Shopping Center at 3585 East End Road. The Hair Studio features local artist exhibits, as well as a refill station for organic shampoos and conditioners to conserve plastic. Organic Hair Design first opened in Anchorage [...]
Business Briefs
The Ivory Goose spreads its wingsA new antique store opened in down town Homer last week at the Lake Street Mall. “The Ivory Goose,” owned by Colletta and Raymond Walker, contains an inventory of 19th century, Victorian and turn-of the century furniture, linens and china from the Midwest. The Walkers have lived in Homer 19 [...]
Sustainable Homer
Sponsored by Peg Belcastro On these beautiful fall days we use any excuse to get away from our computer screen and our endless e-mails and enjoy the weather. Wouldn’t it be great if a simple walk to the mailbox in the sun rewarded us with a letter from an old friend, like in the days [...]
New home at last for shellfish growers
HOMER TRIBUNE/Jane Pascall Home at last for shellfish growers The Kachemak Shellfish Mariculture Association, a cooperative organization of oyster farmers, will likely see its new building completed by next spring. In the meantime, the small oyster sales building that served for retail purchases on the Spit gets moved away to make room for the two-story [...]
New Peninsula paper makes debut
• The ‘Redoubt Reporter’ takes up its weekly plansBy Naomi Klouda Homer Tribune In an age when online news sources far outnumber America’s humble small-town printed papers, a new Kenai Peninsula newspaper has just rolled off the press.Founded by journalist Jenny Neyman, 28, a former Peninsula Clarion editor, the Redoubt Reporter is a new 12-page [...]
K-Bay Shellfish headquarters gets new home
New building hopeful for spring 2009by Naomi Klouda Homer Tribune New headquarters for Kachemak Shellfish Growers are now under construction on the Spit, with the cooperative finally getting a central location to process and sell its oysters.The 4,400-square-foot shellfish processing facility will be located on the Spit, just down from Glacier Burger. Its platform will [...]
Ballot measure 4 good to go for Aug. 26 election
"It’s about salmon, not about shutting down the mining industry."by Naomi Klouda Homer Tribune The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Ballot Measure 4, the Clean Water Initiative, will not stop mining in Alaska.It is now cleared to be on the Aug. 26 ballot.Art Hackney, an Alaskans for Clean Water political consultant and lifelong Alaskan, [...]
Spit Fire Grille stays off the beaten path
Homer chef offers first-rate fare over fast foodBy Naomi Klouda Homer Tribune Mike Hiller knows his Spit-Fire Grille is tucked out of the way, but figures once people find him, they won’t soon forget the little café that overlooks both Homer Harbor and Kachemak Bay. Hiller hitched to Alaska 11 years ago without knowing anyone [...]
$9-million tourism bill passes after local efforts
Otter Cover Resort owner wants better marketing for Alaska to draw visitorsBy Naomi Klouda Homer Tribune Under a new bill signed into law last week by Gov. Sarah Palin, Alaska tourism will get a $9 million annual allocation for the next three years to help market the state throughout the world as a tourist destination.Otter [...]
