Board of Fisheries Update: Setnetters’ fishing time for sockeye may depend on strength of king run

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Board of Fisheries Update: Setnetters’ fishing time for sockeye may depend on strength of king run

The Alaska Board of Fisheries hammered out a Kenai River king salmon fisheries plan that left the setnetters…

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Winter Carnival opening ceremonies cancelled

Due to a winter storm, tonight’s opening ceremonies for the Homer Winter Carnival have been cancelled. The ceremonies…

High waves splash against rocks at the entrance to the Homer Harbor.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Wind storm knocks out power in Homer, peninsula

A wind storm that blew in Thursday night has knocked out power throughout the Kenai Peninsula. As of…

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Private spending to grow in 2014

Investments in North Slope oil and gas projects will be the main driver behind statewide construction spending growth…

Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Working weather

Orange cones, working equipment and flaggers are usually a sign of a busy Alaska summer, but this year’s…

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Hearing continued for CIRI, Buccaneer

The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission determined additional information is needed before making any rulings in a…

Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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‘Live at the loo’

Radio personality Chris Story, left, does his weekly Tuesday afternoon show, Alaska Matters, in a special broadcast at…

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Forum theme: Peninsula open for business

KENAI — The overall theme from local mayors to oil and gas companies Thursday: the economic outlook on…

Carnival proof chamber isn’t all work and no play

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Carnival proof chamber isn’t all work and no play

Get ready for some Winter Carnival fun, fellow citizens.  For years the Homer Chamber of Commerce has sponsored…

Kenai king genetics results ‘unreliable,’ says ADFG

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Kenai king genetics results ‘unreliable,’ says ADFG

The Alaska Board of Fisheries began a marathon 14-day meeting on Upper Cook Inlet salmon fishery issues on…

From left, Roland Maw and Dave Martin, from the United Cook Inlet Drift Association, John Jensen, Board of Fisheries member from Petersburg, and Bruce Gabrys, a commercial drift fisherman, talk during a break in the Upper Cook Inlet Board of Fisheries meeting at the Egan Center in Anchorage on Monday. -Photo by Rashah McChesney/Morris News Service - Alaska

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Board of Fisheries gets earful

ANCHORAGE — After two full days of public testimony, the Board of Fisheries has heard from the bulk…

A group of rock sandpipers feed on the low tide last week at the Homer Spit.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Just when you thought our winter weather couldn’t get any weirder, along comes a new twist. We’re in…

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Pet of the Week

Chloe waits patiently for that special person to walk through the door, look at her and say, “Darlin’,…