A Kenai superior court judge earlier this month declined to dismiss the state’s case against a former Alaska State Trooper facing a felony assault charge; and Homer’s Christina Whiting provided a preview of shows for the Homer News and additional background details for her own show.

Homer’s American Legion Post 16, known as General Buckner Post 16, will socially celebrate their 80th year commemoration of the post on September 6th; and an oil spill from a grounded fishing vessel was reported near a salmon hatchery in the Kodiak Archipelago on Monday morning.

Homer’s American Legion Post 16, known as General Buckner Post 16, will socially celebrate their 80th year commemoration of the post on September 6th; and an oil spill from a grounded fishing vessel was reported near a salmon hatchery in the Kodiak Archipelago on Monday morning.

The Seward Theatre Collective held its final auditions Thursday for The Two Noble Kinsmen; Homer High School coaches Bob Ostrom for the Cross Country Running team and Kane Graham for Mariner Swimming talked to Emilie Springer last week about how the team events have started out the fall semester and what is coming up on their schedules in the next few weeks; and Federal officials visited with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District last month to hear more about how a broadband access program benefits students at a variety of school types.

The Seward Theatre Collective held its final auditions Thursday for The Two Noble Kinsmen; Homer High School coaches Bob Ostrom for the Cross Country Running team and Kane Graham for Mariner Swimming talked to Emilie Springer last week about how the team events have started out the fall semester and what is coming up on their schedules in the next few weeks; and Federal officials visited with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District last month to hear more about how a broadband access program benefits students at a variety of school types.

August 20th, marked the beginning of the school year for all students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. In Homer, students welcomed the new High School principal, Eric Pederson. Some Kenai Peninsula homeowners could pay less in property taxes under a ballot proposition going before voters in October.

August 20th, marked the beginning of the school year for all students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. In Homer, students welcomed the new High School principal, Eric Pederson. Some Kenai Peninsula homeowners could pay less in property taxes under a ballot proposition going before voters in October.

A section of the Emerald Lake Trail between Humpy Creek Trailhead and the Grewingk Tram is closed after reports of an injured brown bear; The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says purse seine openings are still underway in Tutka Bay, Aialik Bay, the Kamishak District, and several Outer District subdistricts; and Jan Knutson, community events coordinator with the Homer Chamber of Commerce recently received two peninsula awards in the past week.

A former south peninsula firefighter is suing the Kenai Peninsula Borough and her former boss; and last week just after 10 p.m. on Thursday a rocket was launched from the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska on Kodiak Island.

A former south peninsula firefighter is suing the Kenai Peninsula Borough and her former boss; and last week just after 10 p.m. on Thursday a rocket was launched from the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska on Kodiak Island.