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After more than a decade at KBBI — and 15 years in the community — Desiree Hagen is leaving Homer to become news director at the public radio station in Kotzebue — which hasn’t had a news department in two years.

On Valentine’s Day 2000, the City of Homer recognized its first Brother Asaiah Bates Day. Then-mayor Jack Cushing said it was a day meant to recognize Asaiah’s “deep love for everyone and everything.”

The settlement comes more than two years after Rep. Gary Knopp’s private plane collided with a charter plane, killing him and the four passengers, guide and pilot aboard.

Troopers arrested a couple last Friday who were transporting more than 150 fentanyl pills, as well as other illegal narcotics. Alaska is designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, which means local, state and federal law enforcement agencies are working together to seize as much fentanyl as they can.

Candidates for statewide office have been campaigning throughout Alaska ahead of the November 8 general election. In October, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and gubernatorial candidates Bill Walker and Les Gara visited Homer to discuss local issues.

On Friday, Oct. 21, the Anchorage Unangax̂ Dancers took the stage for the very last performance of Quyana Nights, a highly-awaited celebration of traditional dance, featuring more than a dozen dance groups from across Alaska.

By some accounts, the native village of Portlock was abandoned following a series of mysterious deaths and occurrences attributed to Nantinaq, a bigfoot-like creature with supernatural powers.

On Tuesday, Homer’s Library Advisory Board unanimously voted to uphold a decision to keep 55 books in the children’s section of the public library. The decision follows a months-long debate over the future of children and young adult titles that largely feature LGBTQ themes.

Lee John Henry pleaded guilty to manslaughter last week in the 2013 death of Mark Matthews of Homer.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is gearing up for a three-year, multimillion-dollar investigation into potentially expanding Homer’s harbor. The process is just getting underway, but it’s not too early to be a part of the conversation.