Homer Mayor

Homer Mayor Rachel Lord declared a local emergency after water and debris washed over the Homer Spit last weekend, damaging parts of the road and forcing closures.

Hundreds on the southern Kenai Peninsula showed up to the polls on Tuesday to cast their votes for new city council and borough representatives, on top of a slate of ballot propositions. Early results are showing promising leads for incumbents across elections, as well as support for a bond package that would finance infrastructure improvements at Homer High and other schools. But canvas boards still have to count hundreds of absentee ballots before they finalize the results of the election, next week.

Early results for Tuesday’s municipal election show promising leads for incumbents in city and borough elections. Preliminary results — updated early Wednesday morning and posted on the Kenai Peninsula Borough webpage —are not final and do not include absentee votes, said Kenai Peninsula Borough Clerk Johni Blankenship. The borough will certify results Oct. 11.

Homer’s mayor has thrown his hat in the ring for a third term at the head of city government. Mayor Ken Castner has held the seat since 2018. He filed to run for another two-year term on Monday.

Candidate Ken Castner leads in the race for Homer’s mayor by about 100 votes, according to unofficial results.However, Castner’s lead over his opponent…

Homer voters are deciding between two candidates on Tuesday with very different visions for the role of the mayor on the Homer City Council.Candidate Ken…

On this week's Coffee Table: candidates for Homer's mayor. Ken Castner and David Lewis spoke on everything from their views on mayoral proclamations to…

Click on the audio file below to hear the Homer City Council & Mayoral Candidates Forum sponsored by The Homer Chamberof Commerce, recorded at Alices's…

Bryan Zak has served on the Homer City Council for the past seven years. Before that he served on the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission. He’s one of…

David Lewis has served on the Homer City Council for the past eight years. He says he’s running for Homer mayor to give voters a choice. He moved from his…