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Homer’s Naomi Klouda has recently published The Alaska Glacier Dictionary and shared some of the features of the book, some changes in glaciers she has witnessed over time and provided a reading of the introduction with Emilie Springer at KBBI. Klouda gave a community presentation of her book with photographer Jim Lavrakas at the Homer Public Library on August 14th, 2025.

Recently, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District asked parents of students in the Russian Old Believer community of Voznesenka, how they felt about…

Ballots for Homer Electric Association Board of Directors election went out last week. The ballots are due back by May 5, in advance of their annual…

The low rumble travelled 6,000 miles to reach Alaska.

Seaweed from Alaska’s beaches makes really great plant fertilizer, and more people on the Kenai Peninsula are catching on. A new study put seaweed debris from the Homer area — also known as wrack — under the microscope.

A community health needs assessment in the southern Kenai Peninsula is revealing issues in the community around mental health, housing, substance misuse and more.

Tuesday night’s city council meeting in Homer was packed with reports alongside public comment around the upcoming repaving project at the Homer Airport and an ordinance reassigning funds to buy a tractor and heavy-duty truck.

The Homer Planning Commission is going to reconsider a decision to approve a conditional use permit for a 25 unit housing project for South Peninsula Hospital.

Cycle Logical, founded by Derek Reynolds in 2006, is celebrating its 20th anniversary as Homer's destination for human-powered adventure. What began as a bicycle repair operation has grown into a beloved cornerstone of the Homer community, serving cyclists, skiers, and skaters across every season.

Homer News editor and reporter Michael Armstrong is retiring Friday after more than 23 years with the paper. Armstrong made his way to Alaska from Florida four decades ago, and in May of 1999, he started working at the Homer News as an editorial assistant, typing letters to the editor, compiling Town Crier and Cops and Courts, and working the front desk taking classified ads, subscription orders and rolling quarters. He became a reporter for the paper in 2003 and then its editor in 2017.