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 ...

Grubby the opossum, who has wandered Homer for more than a month, has officially been captured and taken to the Alaska Zoo. Grubby arrived in the Kenai Peninsula community in March after hitching a ...

Homer was born an outlaw. The 7-month-old opossum is one of the latest arrivals at the Oregon Zoo. His journey to Portland covered three states and involved a monthslong search for loose opossums. The ...

After visiting all 50 states, some of my favorite small towns in the US include Kennebunkport, Maine, Bayfield, Wisconsin, ...

West Homer Elementary is a public school located in Homer, AK, which is in a remote rural setting. The student population of West Homer Elementary is 209 and the school serves 3-6. At West Homer ...