Michael Armstrong

People still will have an opportunity to see the completed basket in person this weekend and interact with it by placing objects and written material on it before the burning.

Homer Police have charged a man for the burglary of a cannabis club operated by the Kachemak Cannabis Coalition.

A Massachusetts man's Homer sighting of a rustic bunting -- a bird native to Asia and rarely seen in North America -- helped him spot a record number of birds in North America in 2013.

Stores selling natural gas appliances or installing and converting appliances have had constant work in the Homer area since the beginning of the summer as more and more customers make the switch.

More than 6,400 photographers from 124 countries entered the Red Bull action and adventure sports photography contest. Now Homer photographer Scott Dickerson is one of 50 finalists.

Homer Police have arrested Charles Young, known as “Yukon Charlie,” for allegedly assaulting Robert Tech, known as “Turkey Joe," earlier this month. In 2008, Young shot and killed a man during a drinking party, but murder charges were dropped after Young claimed he acted in self-defense.

A new trail in the Diamond Creek State Recreation Area -- one of the gems of the lower Kenai Peninsula's parklands -- will provide year-round access for cyclist and runners, and a winter getaway for snowshoers.

Here's a dozen or so nifty ideas on how to use those plastic shopping bags that will remain in Homer following the election. Or, of course, you could recycle them.

After winterization work and annual hull inspections, Buccaneer Energy plans to move the Endeavour jack-up rig back to the Cosmopolitan site in lower Cook Inlet off Stariski in late November. That's the drilling site it worked this spring and summer.

Homer voters will ultimately decide whether the small town at the tip of Alaska's Kenai Peninsula can forbid stores from offering shoppers the onion-skin thin plastic shopping bags -- of if that's too much of a nanny state.

A year after the assault, social workers and Alaska school officials say that they’ve continued efforts to increase awareness about the problems of sexual violence, underage drinking and bullying.

Open-ocean swimmer Claudia Rose of San Diego pushed off from the spit in Homer, Alaska, at about 11 a.m. and by 1 p.m. landed at the mouth of China Poot Bay, some 4.6 miles away across Kachemak Bay.

With the one-year anniversary coming up next month in which two Homer brothers were arrested for sexual assaulting a boy at a teen drinking party, Homer Judge Margaret Murphy expresses impatience with the progress of the case.

Following a forensic examination and further investigation, Homer Police have ruled the death of Mark Matthews, 61, a homicide.

The comment period on the NOAA's controverial halibut Catch Sharing Plan was extended for a mere two weeks, angering Alaska's congressional delegation and some Homer residents.