HOMER, Alaska – Not long ago, a bald eagle smacked right into Kurt Marquardt’s head. The bird bruised him and nearly knocked him off his feet. But it could have been much worse. Marquardt, a ...

Almost 10 months after a Texas family’s boat capsized off the coast of Homer, Alaska, a search turned up human remains at the bottom of the bay. In August 2024, the U.S. Coast Guard searched for the ...

HOMER, Alaska — Jean Keene, the 85-year-old “Eagle Lady” whose feeding program drew hundreds of bald eagles and scores of nature photographers to Alaska’s Homer Spit each winter, died Tuesday in her ...

A Kenai grand jury indicted Kirby Calderwood Wednesday in the 2019 killing of Anesha "Duffy" Murnane, of Homer. Thirty-two-year-old Calderwood is charged with nine felony counts, including murder, ...

Aug. 18—A renewable energy company has signed an agreement with a Homer utility that opens the door for the construction of what will become Alaska's largest solar farm by a significant amount, people ...

Sara Berg never went more than a few days without talking to her daughter, Duffy. They were close, more like sisters than mother and daughter. “I was her best friend. And she was mine,” Sara told ...

Content note: This story contains references to sexual abuse and suicide. The Homer Police Department is hosting a series of presentations for parents this spring to raise awareness about youth safety ...