Come for the fly-in, stay for the community
By Delcenia Cosman Homer Independent Press The setting, late-summer sun cast golden light over the group…
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Arts & Culture
Burning Basket build week starts Monday
Staff report Build week runs Sept. 6-13 at Mariner Park, with the burning on Sept. 13. The Homer Burning Basket returns this month for…
Business
Cook Inlet commercial salmon harvest down by more than 75%
By Margaret Bauman Special to the Homer Independent Press Cook Inlet’s commercial salmon harvest through Aug. 29 continued to trail a robust catch in…
Community
Mariner senior profile: Tilea Lockwood
Suzanne Bishop, a Homer High language arts teacher, assigned a mini-biography project to her senior students. These short narratives helped strengthen student’s writing skills…
Education
Mariner Senior Profile: Annabelle Thrower
Suzanne Bishop, a Homer High language arts teacher, assigned a mini-biography project to her senior students. These short narratives helped strengthen student’s writing skills…
Environment & Science
Despite extremely low survival rate, state will move more deer to Kenai Peninsula this fall
By Zachariah Hughes Reprinted with permission by the Anchorage Daily News, where the story was first published Aug. 9, 2026. A Sitka black-tailed deer…
Events
Alaska art and adventures power live auction to stock food pantry
More people in need, high food costs put pressure on weekly budget. By Marcia Kuszmaul Homer Independent Press In a year that has seen…
Government
Council postpones funding Karen Hornaday Park trail design
By Delcenia Cosman Homer Independent Press The Homer City Council will wait to see if voters elect to renew the HART Fund this fall…
Opinion
Opinion: Alaska needs a governor who understands fish
By Hannah Heimbuch I’m a commercial fisherman and a fisheries advocate. I spend most of my life working alongside people with widely differing backgrounds…
Public Safety
Update: 4 killed in Seldovia plane crash
Update, 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27: Alaska State Troopers released the names of the crash victims. By Delcenia Cosman Homer Independent Press Alaska State…
Recreation & Sports
Mariner football loses to Whalers in Utqiagvik
Homer fails to come back at northernmost football field in America. By Dayten Van OstrandSpecial to the Homer Independent Press Ty Gibby attempting to…
