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Bunnell Ave.]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Senate plans generic tax bill, at first]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:42:53 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/020812/business_spgtb.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[The Alaska Senate plans to unveil a generic oil tax bill this week, leaving to the committee process the job of working out the details.]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Soldotna hospital, private doctor wrestle with cancer center proposals]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:50:54 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/020812/business_sphpd.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[Two entities have proposed building a multi-million dollar cancer treatment center in the central Kenai Peninsula, but both contend the area can only support one &#151; and neither one is currently backing away from their plans.]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Canadian firm to buy ENSTAR]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:58:22 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/020812/business_cftbe.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[AltaGas Ltd. announced Feb. 1 it has agreed to pay more than $1.1 billion for natural gas businesses in Alaska and Michigan, which it says are a good fit with its own assets and part of a strategy of becoming a top North American energy infrastructure company.]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Wells Fargo invests $75,000 in area nonprofits in 2011]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:01:54 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/020812/business_wfia.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[In 2011, Wells Fargo and its team members invested $75,000 in 35 schools and nonprofit organizations on the Kenai Peninsula, and a total of $1.5 million in more than 300 nonprofits statewide.]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Rosco's Pizza reopens after short break]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:58:53 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/020812/business_rpras.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[A passion for "making killer pizza" was the fuel behind Ross and Carol Cameron's opening of Rosco's Pizza in Ninilchik in November 2010. Following a brief vacation, the Camerons are back on the Kenai Peninsula with plans to reopen Rosco's on Valentine's Day.]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Homer Rotarian to lead team  of health care professionals on exchange to Fiji, New Zealand]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:59:25 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/020812/business_hrtlhc.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[Just when many Alaskans are thinking of warmer climates, Homer resident Vivian Finlay is preparing to head to Fiji and New Zealand. However, the five-week trip south of the equator isn't a vacation. ]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Economists see fair outlook for 2012, but forecast for following year on the dark side]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:50:16 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/020112/business_esfo.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[Jonathan King, senior economist at Northern Economics, an Anchorage-based consulting firm, presented the Alaska portion of the World Trade Center Alaska's annual economic outlook presentation Jan. 18, along with Wells Fargo Bank's Aryan Vasquez, senior economist and vice president for global emerging markets, who spoke about the global economy]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Fishing business mixes 'old world art' with technological advances to build Bulletproof Nets]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:53:19 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/020112/business_fbm.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[It's been 17 years since Matt Alward did his first for-hire work on nets. Today, Alward owns and operates Bulletproof Nets and, with the help of an eight-10 person crew, keeps a steady flow of work &#151; seine nets to be built and repaired &#151; coming in and out of his shop in Northern Enterprises' boatyard. ]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Kenai lawmaker backs legislation for industry]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:54:46 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/020112/business_klbl.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[Sen. Tom Wagoner, R-Kenai, is working on several pieces of legislation to support industry activity around the state.]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Report: Alaska health care industry booming ]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:56:02 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/020112/business_rahci.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[The health care industry is booming in Alaska, and growth will continue. Health care providers pay a $1.53 billion annual statewide payroll with nearly $1 billion of that in the Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna regions of Southcentral Alaska.]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[New report: Deficits to stay at $1 trillion for next several years]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:58:25 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/020112/business_nrdts.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[A new budget report released Tuesday predicts the government will run a $1.1 trillion deficit in the fiscal year that ends in September, a slight dip from last year but still very high by any measure.]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Business center offers two Homer seminars this month]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:14 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/020112/business_bcoths.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[The Alaska Small Business Development Center will offer two different seminars in Homer in February:]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[USGS uses airborne tool to map Alaska permafrost ]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:29:50 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/012512/business_usgs.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[A tool used by mining companies to find mineral ores has been adapted to map frozen soils below the ground in Alaska and could be used to track the effects of global warming, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Land's End employee wins Stars of the Industry award]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:34:12 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/012512/business_leew.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[Six Land's End Resort employees were nominated for  the Alaska Hotel and Lodging Association's Stars of the Industry awards.]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Nomination period open for seats on HEA board]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:34:01 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/012512/business_npofs.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[Homer Electric Association is accepting nominations from members interested in running for a seat on the cooperative's nine-member board of directors. On this year's ballot will be:]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Bill proposed to advance in-state gas line project]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:33:46 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/012512/business_bpta.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[Two Alaska House leaders are proposing legislation intended to advance an in-state natural gas pipeline project. House Speaker Mike Chenault and Rep. Mike Hawker see the bill as empowering the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., or AGDC, which is leading the in-state line efforts. The measure would incorporate three existing bills, including one establishing a fund for pipeline work.]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Activities in February aimed at heart health]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:42:01 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/012512/business_aifa.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[A free community forum on Heart-Smart Eating will kick off a month of special programs and activities at South Peninsula Hospital in recognition of Heart Health Month.]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Science: key to longer pipeline life? ]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:43:09 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/012512/business_sktlp.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[Listen to Alaska politicians for too long and it might sound like throughput in the trans-Alaska pipeline has dwindled to just a trickle of the valuable watery light crude that's grown to be Alaska's lifeblood.]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Alaska USA members lend helping hands during annual food drive]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:43:04 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/012512/business_aumlh.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[Alaska USA Federal Credit Union members made more than 4,200 deposits during the month of November. Not to their checking or savings accounts, but to support their local food banks.]]></description> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Central peninsula residents testify in favor of, against surgery center]]></title> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:43:58 AKDT</pubDate> <link>http://homernews.com/stories/012512/business_cprti.shtml</link> <description><![CDATA[[A standing room-only crowd weighed in last Thursday on Kahtnu Venture's proposal to build a surgical center in Kenai before Alaska Department of Health and Social Services officials.]]></description> </item></channel></rss>
