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Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Monday, April 20, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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Seawatch: State announces protocols for commercial fishermen and charters

Two more cases announced Thursday brings state total to 337

Bald Mountain Air Service’s Viking Dash 400 Twin Otter 19-passenger propeller plane as seen in a photo taken April 28, 2020, at its hangar at the Homer, Alaska, airport. (Photo courtesy Bald Mountain Air Service)

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Bald Mt. Air to provide commuter service to Homer

Bald Mountain Air Service, a Homer tour and flight service company, plans to provide scheduled and charter flights…

The Little Mermaid restaurant basks in a fresh coat of paint Tuesday, April 28, 2020 on Pioneer Avenue in Homer, Alaska. The restaurant is set to open in its new in-town location on May 1. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Little Mermaid opens in town

Restaurant will do take out service as state economy slowly reopens

Oil tank train cars sit idle Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in East Chicago, Ind. The world is awash in oil, there’s little demand for it and we’re running out of places to put it. That in a nutshell explains this week’s strange and unprecedented action in the market for crude oil futures contracts, where traders essentially offered to pay someone else to deal with the oil they were due to have delivered next month. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Oil production continues in Alaska even with low prices

Still not free at the gas station.

The Homer News offices at 3482 Landings Street, as seen on March 17, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer News, Peninsula Clarion and Juneau Empire win awards

Journalists and photographers with the Sound Publishing Inc. newspapers in Alaska — the Homer News, Peninsula Clarion and…

Seawatch: Salmon harvest project to be low — if there’s a season

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Seawatch: Salmon harvest project to be low — if there’s a season

The 2020 salmon harvest for Alaska is expected to be down compared to last season, mostly due to…

Homer area’s newest pot shop opens on 4/20

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Homer area’s newest pot shop opens on 4/20

The Homer area’s newest and second retail cannabis store opened Monday — April 20, or course, or 4/20,…

Peter Segall | Juneau Empire                                Patrons wait outside a cannabis business in Juneau on Monday.

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Cannabis industry rolls along despite pandemic

It’s not all flower.

Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File                                About 2½ oz. of dried marijuana is weighed in this 2015 photo.

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Alaska to consider allowing curbside pot pickup

Decision could come before April 20.

Cruise companies extend delay, cut trips to Alaska

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Cruise companies extend delay, cut trips to Alaska

No tourist ships, no tourist dollars.

Seawatch: Herring fishery is strong in Kodiak, down elsewhere

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Seawatch: Herring fishery is strong in Kodiak, down elsewhere

It is a very unusual year for herring, to say the least. In addition to, and in some…

Seawatch: Fishermen get briefed on CARES Act

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Seawatch: Fishermen get briefed on CARES Act

Alaska’s congressional delegation held a conference call with 65 of Alaska’s fishery leaders last week and laid out…

Commercial fishing boats are rafted together in May 2016 in the harbor in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Fishermen trying to salvage season amid COVID-19 pandemic

Facing an uncertain future as the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, Alaska’s commercial fishing industry is looking ahead to…