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Point of View: Oil taxes, what oil taxes?

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Point of View: Oil taxes, what oil taxes?

Five years ago, through Senate Bill 21 (SB21), Alaskans were asked to substantially reduce our oil production taxes.…

Grace Ridge Brewery co-owner Sherry Stead shows the back side of a quilt by Patrice Krant and Karrie Youngblood commemorating the 50th anniversary of Kachemak Bay State Park on Saturday, May 16, 2020, at Grace Ridge Brewery in Homer, Alaska. Krant designed and sewed the quilt and Youngblood did the quilting. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

Friday marks the opening of the traditional Alaska tourist season, but in this age of the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Years Ago

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Years Ago

20 years ago

Two F-22 Raptors fly over Beluga Lake on Friday, May 15, 2020 as part of a statewide flyover event put on by the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard. Four of the aircraft flew over Homer, Alaska and other parts of the state as a way to show support for health care workers and other COVID-19 front line workers. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Statewide flyovers conducted to thank health care workers

In a show of support for health care workers and others on the front lines of the novel…

Homer Farmers Market: Try Alaska Food Hub while waiting for market to open

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Homer Farmers Market: Try Alaska Food Hub while waiting for market to open

This has been quite the year so far, eh? Normally this would be when I would be telling…

Cops and Courts

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Cops and Courts

Information about fire, police and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases.

Rebekah “Honey” Shelley Griffard

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Rebekah “Honey” Shelley Griffard

Rebekah “Honey” Shelley Griffard

Archaeology students participate in a dig near Delta Junction, Alaska, conducted by Dr. Kate Krazinski and Dr. Brian Wygal of Adelphi University in summer 2019. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

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Refuge Notebook: One person’s trash is another’s artifact

Archaeology. OK, what was the first thing that came to your mind when you read that word? I…

Alaska State Parks logo. (Image courtesy Alaska State Parks)

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Kachemak Bay trails report

The trails report is provided by Park Specialist Eric Clarke.

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Town Crier

The South Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area Board is an elected board that oversees local tax dollars for…

John Marion Murray

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John Marion Murray

John Marion Murray

Cops and Courts

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Cops and Courts

Information about fire, police and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases.