Ohlson Mountain News Today

The 2024 Homer Pottery Tour will take place at nine local potters’ studios on May 18 and 19. The potters participating in this year’s event are Marie Herdegen, Ahna Iredale, Maygen Lotscher, Ruby Haigh, Lisa Wood, Cynthia Morelli, Jenny Chamberlain, Paul Dungan and David Kauffman.

Daisy Lee Bitter, a long-time Homer social scientist and environmental advocate, died Nov. 2 at the age of 95.

A thank you from the Homer Rope Tow

Paul Banks thanks you for generosity and support of outdoor learning

Dying was the problem

Two important events—one strategic, the other tragic—occurred in the Homer area on Sept. 21, 1928. Although they happened about a half-dozen miles apart, they were connected. Their combined effect had historic ramifications for the small community on the north shore of Kachemak Bay.

Watch out for cranes

Local youth debuts her nature-themed acrylic and watercolor paintings

Alaska needs realignment