Community

Fire Company Report

Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Services March 2-8 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to two medical calls…

Lyde D. Cole

Obituaries

Lyle D. Cole

Longtime Kasilof resident Mr. Lyle Douglas Cole, 84, died Monday, March 9, 2015 at Leah and Bob Handley’s…

Bertha M. Seversen

Obituaries

Bertha Marie Seversen

Anchorage resident Bertha Marie Seversen, 88, died at the Alaska Native Medical Center on Feb. 25, 2015. A…

Weather calls for wait-and-see attitude

Outdoors & Recreation

Weather calls for wait-and-see attitude

“… and o, the winds do blow. …” Cold winds. Single digits for the next five days or…

Community

Announcements

The Kachemak Emergency Service Area Board holds its regular monthly board meeting at 7 p.m. today at the…

Commercial Fishing Vessel Industry Day is March 20

News

Commercial Fishing Vessel Industry Day is March 20

The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment’s Homer office will host a Commercial Fishing Vessel Industry Day March…

Bald Mountain Air to host Business After Hours event

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Bald Mountain Air to host Business After Hours event

Bald Mountain Air Service will host the next Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center’s Business After Hours…

Sullivan opens new  office in Kenai, appoints  Soldotna woman director

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Sullivan opens new office in Kenai, appoints Soldotna woman director

Soldotna resident Elaina Spraker has been hired as the regional director for U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s new Kenai…

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School district searches for ways to save

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District administration is suggesting staffing cuts, shifting to online curriculum and reducing the…

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Legislators push back on Walker gas plan; industry takes wait-and-see approach

Just as things seemed to be going reasonably well for the large Alaska LNG Project, the $45 billion…

Cordova tops in state with most commercial fishing boats

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Cordova tops in state with most commercial fishing boats

United Fishermen of Alaska has released an updated comprehensive look at commercial fishing statewide with an interactive map…

This view of Seldovia Bay, looking from Point Naskowhak toward Seldovia in the background, is part of Alaska ShoreZone, a catalog of high-resolution still and video images that provide bird’s-eye views of Alaska beaches. The photo was taken from a helicopter during June 2009, at low tide.-Image courtesy of Alaska ShoreZone.

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New technology helps prepare for spills, explore coastal areas

On the last day of 2012, the oil-drilling rig Kulluk ran aground on Sitkalidak Island near Kodiak. The…

In this October 28, 2014 file photo, Larry Persily, who was then the coordinator in the Federal Office for Alaska Gas Line Projects, speaks in Soldotna about the environmental assessment needed for the Alaska LNG project to progress. Persily has joined the Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor’s Office staff as an oil and gas adviser. -Morris News Service - Alaska file photo

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Persily hired by borough mayor as oil-gas adviser

On the last day of 2012, the oil-drilling rig Kulluk ran aground on Sitkalidak Island near Kodiak. The…