Simon Lopez

Homer City Council members vote Monday on an ordinance that would put Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms in charge of collecting the city’s sales tax, instead of leaving it to individual hosts.

The city of Homer changed how the public finds its meeting agendas. City Clerk Amy Woodruff said the company behind the old site is dropping support in June of next year.

The Homer Port and Harbor Advisory Commission opened its yearly review of city harbor rates at its meeting last night; Homer City Council members vote Monday on an ordinance that would put Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms in charge of collecting the city’s sales tax, instead of leaving it to individual hosts; and the Gulf of Alaska is particularly vulnerable to the effects of events like marine heatwaves and El Niños, which can devastate its lucrative fisheries. But a new study has found El Niños can offer some benefits to the Gulf.

The Homer Port and Harbor Advisory Commission opened its yearly review of city harbor rates at its meeting last night; Homer City Council members vote Monday on an ordinance that would put Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms in charge of collecting the city’s sales tax, instead of leaving it to individual hosts; and the Gulf of Alaska is particularly vulnerable to the effects of events like marine heatwaves and El Niños, which can devastate its lucrative fisheries. But a new study has found El Niños can offer some benefits to the Gulf.

It’s Fat Bear Week. The brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve have gotten really chubby this summer. Now, you can vote for your favorite heavyset hopeful; and a Funny River man faces murder charges in connection to human remains found in Soldotna earlier this year.

It’s Fat Bear Week. The brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve have gotten really chubby this summer. Now, you can vote for your favorite heavyset hopeful; and a Funny River man faces murder charges in connection to human remains found in Soldotna earlier this year.

Multiple witnesses said the plane then struck a tree and went down in Seldovia Slough

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on last month’s plane crash in Seldovia that killed all four people on board; and Homer Council on the Arts offers a new version of a collaborative community arts performance: Homer Rising.

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on last month’s plane crash in Seldovia that killed all four people on board; and Homer Council on the Arts offers a new version of a collaborative community arts performance: Homer Rising.

The Homer Public Library held an open house to celebrate 20 years since the opening of their building on Hazel Avenue; and Kodiak’s legislator in the Alaska Senate is wrapping up his 26th year in state politics, which he has said is his last.