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HEA briefs members on hot topics

Issues discussed in Homer Electric Association’s annual members meeting, held May 4 at Kenai Central High School, include…

Warm winters fuel outbreak of aphids

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Warm winters fuel outbreak of aphids

Last spring, homeowners near Halibut Cove and Homer began to see needles on their spruces turning yellow and…

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Alaska LNG Project still moves forward

Local representatives of the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project said that although their leaders have spoken of…

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HEA scheduled to raise rates beginning Feb. 1

Rates paid by Homer Electric Association users will rise by 3.25 percent beginning Feb. 1. The Alaska Regulatory…

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Kenai may get unlikely million to upgrade its wastewater plant

Despite the scanty state spending expected in 2016, this year’s state capital budget may provide funding for long-deferred…

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HEA prices dropped at beginning of 2016

Homer Electric Association decreased its rates starting Jan. 1, while an unresolved proposal that may raise them remains…

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Kenai considers marijuana setbacks

KENAI — Setbacks for commercial marijuana establishments may become more tightly regulated in Kenai than they are at…

This map from an Alaska Department of Transportation website shows the preferred route of the 5.5-mile Cooper Landing bypass.

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Cooper Landing bypass path picked

After considering several possible paths for a new highway section around Cooper Landing, the Alaska Department of Transportation…

In this Dec. 11, 2012, file photo, Charlie Martizens, Chriss Luttrell and Noe Marquez, all of Hillburn Builders Inc., work on the building that holds CINGSA’s compressors. The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has ruled that the company can sell 2 billion cubic feet of the gas it discovered in its undergound storage facility. The profit will be divided between CINGSA and the four utility companies that use it for storage.-Morris News Service - Alaska file photo

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CINGSA to sell newly discovered gas

On Friday, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska ruled that Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska can sell 2…

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Peninsula hospitals measure impact of reimbursement rate freeze for Medicaid

With Alaska Medicaid cut by $51.9 million in this year’s state budget, Kenai Peninsula Medicaid providers are seeing…

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Cook Inlet oil companies big users of state tax credit reimbursements

Presenters at a June 17 joint meeting of the House and Senate Resource Committees identified Cook Inlet companies…

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Speakers address climate change, subsistence

Three Alaska Native subsistence users addressed an audience of national wildlife policy advisers last week about the risks…

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Permit opens up markets for Alaska LNG

The pipeline proposed by the Alaska LNG project would bring North Slope natural gas to liquefaction and export…