Simon Lopez

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s first charter high school program will welcome students this fall; and movie theaters across Alaska have faced a wave of closures over the last few decades, from Anchorage to Ketchikan. But in Homer, one independent startup is defying that trend.

Homer’s Porcupine Theater is celebrating its first anniversary after a year of steady growth and more than 800 monthly members. The community-backed venue is leaning on a subscription model and flexible programming to weather industry-wide challenges.

The event was held to show support for people in Minneapolis and to protest recent actions by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.

People may notice that Homer protestors are starting to follow a national “red hat trend”: “originally a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation that began gaining traction in Minnesota” just a couple days after Renée Good was fatally shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is taking steps to expand addiction services across the region.

People may notice that Homer protestors are starting to follow a national “red hat trend”: “originally a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation that began gaining traction in Minnesota” just a couple days after Renée Good was fatally shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent; and the Alaska House of Representatives passed a bill Friday that would tighten residency requirements for Alaskans buying hunting or fishing licenses.

On Friday evening, the Porcupine Theater hosted a presentation of the film “The Nettle Dress”; and about 240 people gathered along Pioneer Avenue and at WKFL Park in Homer on Sunday for the “Minneapolis – ICE Out” rally.

On Friday evening, the Porcupine Theater hosted a presentation of the film “The Nettle Dress”; and about 240 people gathered along Pioneer Avenue and at WKFL Park in Homer on Sunday for the “Minneapolis – ICE Out” rally.

The state House’s ethics committee has launched an investigation into whether Homer Republican Rep. Sarah Vance illegally used state resources when she successfully pushed the local newspaper to remove and revise a story; and this year’s Poetry Out Loud competition wrapped up last month at Homer High School.

The state House’s ethics committee has launched an investigation into whether Homer Republican Rep. Sarah Vance illegally used state resources when she successfully pushed the local newspaper to remove and revise a story; and this year’s Poetry Out Loud competition wrapped up last week at Homer High School.

Kenai Peninsula residents facing housing or financial instability got free medical care, food, and cold-weather gear Tuesday at Homer’s South Peninsula Athletic and Recreation Center.