A 12-year-old male student from the Ninilchik School is in custody after making threats about bringing a gun to school.
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Homer man dies in Maui waters as Hawaii experiences spike of ocean-related deaths
The most recent death came Saturday morning when an 80-year-old Homer, Alaska, man was found dead while snorkeling.
Officials troubleshoot hiccups in EAS after tsunami warning
When a powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska hit early Tuesday morning, Emergency Alert System, or EAS, messages went out over radio and TV stations. But there were parts of the EAS that failed. Local, state and federal officials are now working to sort out those kinks.
Drilling plan may not change much but still worries Southcentral fishermen and environmentalists
The Trump administration proposed last week to drastically increase the amount of Alaska waters open for oil and gas leasing. Along with keeping Cook Inlet open, it would also make areas near Kodiak and the Gulf of Alaska available for drilling, both of which are currently closed.
Homer fishermen grapple with cod decline
Regulators voted to slash Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod allocations 80 percent earlier this month after a massive decline in stocks. That has fishermen and processors around the Gulf deciding what to do when the season kicks off in January.
Problem-solving event challenges Homer students to think
Homer High School students often get free time to catch up on their work during the last period of the school day. But one Wednesday, students did something a little different. They participated in the high school’s first school-wide problem-solving event.