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Budget deficit needs attention now
Alaska’s path to financial stability will be neither short nor easy, and local residents will have the chance…
Obituaries
William A. “Bill” Corey
William A. “Bill” Corey, 87, died July 7, 2015. His family said he passed away peacefully. Services were…
Obituaries
Merle Walter Johnson
Walter Johnson, a pioneering Alaska physician known to many as the father of the Community Health Aide Program,…
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Homer sees big cut in jail contract with state
Homer scofflaws expecting “three hots and a cot” — three meals and a bed — when arrested by…
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Gordon M. Layel
Longtime Alaskan and Homer resident Gordon M. Layel, 67, died June 2, 2015, at home from heart failure.…
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ASMI forced to rethink its marketing strategy
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute will have to refocus some of its marketing strategies in the wake of…
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Alaska film tax credit program comes to end
JUNEAU — It’s a wrap for Alaska’s film tax credit program. Legislation repealing the program has been signed…
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Murkowski: Arctic issues important on global scale
For Sen. Lisa Murkowski, there aren’t many topics hotter than the Arctic these days, especially as the U.S.…
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Alaskans weigh in on what’s important, how to pay for it
FAIRBANKS — State services like the pioneers’ homes, the aerospace corporation and the agriculture division are among Alaska’s…
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Governor turns to Alaskans to find sustainable solutions
This weekend, Lt. Governor Byron Mallott and I will kick off a series of conversations about the future…
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Bed-tax idea for Homer goes nowhere with city council
A plan to set a 2.5-percent Homer bed tax stopped on the first step of a process that…
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Farmers Market
How can it be that even though it is the earliest date the Homer Farmers Market has ever…
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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…