HOMER (AP) -- Foundations going in, walls going up, roofs going on. Who knew this year's construction season was going to be so busy?

Not Steve Bowen of Little Knife Construction. Every job that came Bowen's way this spring, he took.

As it's turned out, the seven projects -- some done by his company, some done as a project manager for Bruce Petska of Big Mountain Builders -- are not only keeping Bowen busy, but also boosting his reputation as a builder.

A federal grand jury in Anchorage on Wednesday indicted a Homer man on drug charges involving teenage girls he allegedly induced to have sex with him, gave drugs to and used to sell methamphetamines, Oxycontin and Xanax.

A standing-room only meeting last Friday night with two National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries representatives turned as stormy as the seas that blew in at the Homer Spit outside Land’s End Resort. About 150 people, mostly charter captains and crew, packed the room at the resort.

A proposed federal rule changing how the charter catch share of Pacific halibut is allocated could dramatically change the Homer guided fishing business — and the jackpot halibut derby. Depending on the size of the total allowable halibut catch, local fishermen could see limits stay the same or reduced to one fish a day or two fish with one fish a limited size.