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Willow Q. Jones winds twine on a foot brake to then use to tie a broom, in her home studio in Homer, February 2023. (Photo by Anore Jones/courtesy)

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Meet Your Neighbor: Willow Q. Jones

Meet Your Neighbor is a new feature that introduces, or perhaps re-introduces, you to fellow Homer community members.

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Proposals to limit salmon fishing under fire

A storm is brewing ahead of the Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting next week.

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Eric Engebretsen and the “Top Seacret”at Bay Weld Boats on Monday in Homer.

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Homer to show off local services at Anchorage boat show

Homer marine trades will be very well represented by local companies at the upcoming 2023 Anchorage Boat show…

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ADFG commissioner touts fisheries management to Legislature

In a hearing before the House Resources Committee last week Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug…

Homer Electric Association General Manager Brad Janorschke testifies before the Senate Resources Committee on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. (Screenshot via Gavel Alaska)

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Senate group briefed on future of Cook Inlet gas

Demand for Cook Inlet gas could outpace supply as soon as 2027

Sherry and Don Stead, owners of Grace Ridge Brewing, celebrate one year in their new location on Smoky Bay Way, Friday, Feb 3, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News)

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Meet Your Neighbor: Grace Ridge Brewing

The local brewery celebrates one year in new location

Justin Ruffridge (Courtesy photo)

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Ruffridge bill would exempt veterinarians from opioid reporting program

The bill cleared the Alaska Senate last session

Wood is piled near the entrance to Centennial Park on Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Federal grants for wood projects accepting applications

The Wood Innovations Grant Program seeks to fund expansion of wood use projects

Golden-yellow birch trees and spruce frame a view of Aurora Lagoon and Portlock Glacier from a trail in the Cottonwood-Eastland Unit of Kachemak Bay State Park off East End Road on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong)

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State parks advisory boards accepting applications

Alaska State Park advisory boards provide state park managers with recommendations on management issues

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Commission releases halibut quotas

The International Pacific Halibut Commission has released the quotas for the 2023 season, and they seem to be…

Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Lawsuit threatens to shut down Southeast salmon troll fishery

The Seattle-based group Wild Fish Conservancy filed suit last year

Homer seine vessels Allie B and Hadassah on Friday Jan. 20 in the Kodiak Harbor. Photo from Ivan Stonorov.

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Kodiak Tanner crab fishermen stand down until processors offer higher price

Boats have been packed into the Kodiak harbor since the first week of January.

Graph showing monthly changes in employment from 2019 to 2022, by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development using data from their Research and Analysis Section. (Screenshot)

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Jobs up in 2022, fall short of predictions

The department predicted that 9,800 jobs would be added in 2022, overshooting the real numbers by 53%