Deborah Green, in her numerous escapades, stumbled upon places in Alaska that don't make the typical tourist brochure. Like the small fishing town of Homer, known to locals as the "Halibut Fishing ...

While the contiguous United States is blessed with natural wonders on a scale that's difficult to convey, Alaska takes ... of trophy salmon and halibut on a chartered fishing trip.

Erik Velsko was born and raised in Homer, Alaska, and has spent his career as a commercial fisherman and industry advocate. From his early days fishing Cook Inlet for salmon and halibut on a modest 36 ...

Low quality leads to low prices, and you need massive volume to make it pencil out. Since I was never a huge cod producer our ...

A permitting system designed in the 1970s was supposed to make Alaska ... rights to a small halibut harvest that it wants to make available to residents to fish. But many of the young people that ...

Alaska’s marine trades and service businesses must be on a competitive playing field with other ports and harbors.

Homer Harbor supports jobs tied to more than 1,000 commercial fishing permit holders, 600 commercial fishing vessels, and 90 ...

A truck with a sign reading “Hate is Not a Napa Value” was visible on Browns Valley Road for months. Then it disappeared – ...

Homer Township Supervisor Steve Balich said his first-term highlights include completing necessary repairs using grants for the township-owned senior housing complex and building a $2.2 million ...

Surf fishing can be daunting. Standing on the beach looking at the crashing waves and vastness of the ocean makes you feel small. It’s not like a pond or river that you can more easily break down.

Homer's epic poem has actually been adapted less than you'd think with more recent works, like Dracula or Great Expectations racking up more big screen versions. However, part of The Odyssey was ...