Lord wins mayor’s race | Homer News
Official results from the Oct. 1 election, certified and released by the City of Homer’s Canvass Board on Friday, show that current city council member Rachel Lord has won the mayoral race, defeating opponent Jim Anderson by 169 votes.
Homer News moves house | Homer News
The former Homer News office building, located at 3482 Landings Street, is photographed on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
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The Homer High School commons and theater halls on Saturday morning were filled with food and gift boxes ready to… Read Story
City council extends Spit emergency declaration | Homer News
Resolution 24-125 was also filed with the borough and the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. The council also passed Resolution 24-126 last Monday, requesting that the borough and the state issue their own disaster declarations for the Homer Spit in order to “enable the mobilization of resources and support necessary to address the ongoing emergency and mitigate ...
Homer landslide susceptibility mapping project completed
Dec 26, 2024 · The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys completed a comprehensive landslide hazard assessment for the city, the division reported in a Dec. 11 press release. The hazard assessment created a map and database of historical and prehistoric slope failures, maps of shallow and deep-seated ...
Homer man sentenced for sexual assault | Homer News
Allen Gonzalez, 29, of Homer was sentenced on Oct. 9 to 29 years in prison for sexual assault. Gonzalez was convicted by a Homer jury on June 14 of two counts of first-degree sexual assault, two counts of second-degree sexual assault, one count of attempted sexual assault in the second degree, two counts of sexual assault in the third degree, one count of first-degree witness tampering and one ...
Scot Allen Gilliland | Homer News
Dec 30, 2024 · It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our brother Scot Allen Gilliland on November 30, 2024 at the age of 60. Born on November 18, 1964, to Dorothy (Burch) Gilliland and Leonard Gilliland in Seward, Ak, Scot filled our families lives with his gift of love, mischief and light from the moment he came into the world.
Hospital bond likely defeated, Lord leads for mayor in preliminary ...
By Jake Dye and Delcenia Cosman. Rachel Lord leads for Homer mayor, Casie Warner and John Osenga top the candidates for Seward City Council and Sarah Douthit outpaces Jeanne Reveal in the race for Kenai’s seat on the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education in the first unofficial borough election results posted on Tuesday evening.
Nikiski man arrested for threats to Nikiski Pool | Homer News
Dec 26, 2024 · A 50-year-old Nikiski resident was arrested last week after troopers say he made a series of threats to Nikiski Pool staff both in person and by voicemail. John Sochor was charged with second-degree terroristic threatening, third- and fourth-degree assault and fourth- and fifth-degree misconduct ...
Coast Guard suspends search for 4 passengers of capsized boat
The search for four people missing from a boat that capsized Saturday night was suspended Sunday after a 24-hour search, according to a Monday statement from U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Travis Magee, assistant public affairs officer.