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Shell clears big hurdle for drilling in Arctic
ANCHORAGE — Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic drilling program has cleared a major bureaucratic hurdle to begin drilling for…
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Report: Alaska’s population down after 26 years of growth
ANCHORAGE — An aging baby boomer population and a stagnate birthrate have caused Alaska’s population to fall for…
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Anchorage-based firm plays role in fiber optic project
ANCHORAGE — Marine surveying will start again this summer near Alaska’s coastal communities in a wide-reaching effort to…
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Homer chamber of Commerce InBrief
‘Get To Know Homer’ training set for May 20 The Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center will…
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3 companies bid on 7 inlet leases
Bidding was modest in the state’s annual Cook Inlet areawide lease sale held May 7, a symptom of…
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AIDEA approves $30 million deal for Cosmo development
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority has given approval for a $30-million financing package that will allow…
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Fishermen concerned by Young’s MSA changes
Congressman Don Young, never a friend to environmentalists but never before a foe of fishermen, is coming under…
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Best Bets
Here’s the thing about living in a magical place people pay lots of money to visit. Sometimes we…
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Courts Report
Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through April 17: Judgments Ryan K. Friesen,…
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Troopers Report
May 2 Alaska State Troopers at 11:34 p.m. made a traffic stop on the driver of a 1990…
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Homer Police Report
May 1 A caller at 10:03 a.m. reported a driver pushing a disabled car on the Spit and…
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Kachemak Emergency Services
May 4-10 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to two fire calls.
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Homer Fire Report
May 4-10 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to 13 medical calls and one fire call.