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    Arctic Ocean
    Homer sees big cut in jail contract with state
    Homer sees big cut in jail contract with...
    By Michael Armstrong • July 9, 2015 9:26 am

    Homer scofflaws expecting “three hots and a cot” — three meals and a bed — when arrested by Alaska State…

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    Gordon M. Layel
    Gordon M. Layel

    Longtime Alaskan and Homer resident Gordon M. Layel, 67, died June 2, 2015, at home from heart failure. Memorial services…

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    ASMI forced to rethink its marketing strategy
    ASMI forced to rethink its marketing strategy
    By DJ Summers • July 2, 2015 10:40 am

    The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute will have to refocus some of its marketing strategies in the wake of a budget…

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    Alaska film tax credit  program comes to end
    Alaska film tax credit program comes to end
    June 17, 2015 3:33 pm

    JUNEAU — It’s a wrap for Alaska’s film tax credit program. Legislation repealing the program has been signed into law…

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    Murkowski: Arctic issues important on global scale
    Murkowski: Arctic issues important on global scale
    By Charles L. Westmoreland • June 11, 2015 10:58 am

    For Sen. Lisa Murkowski, there aren’t many topics hotter than the Arctic these days, especially as the U.S. steps into…

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    Alaskans weigh in on what’s important, how to pay for it
    Alaskans weigh in on what’s important, how to...
    By The Associated Press • June 11, 2015 9:13 am

    FAIRBANKS — State services like the pioneers’ homes, the aerospace corporation and the agriculture division are among Alaska’s least important,…

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    Governor turns to Alaskans  to find sustainable solutions
    Governor turns to Alaskans to find sustainable solutions
    June 4, 2015 9:58 am

    This weekend, Lt. Governor Byron Mallott and I will kick off a series of conversations about the future of our…

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    Bed-tax idea for Homer goes nowhere with city council
    Bed-tax idea for Homer goes nowhere with city...
    June 4, 2015 9:50 am

    A plan to set a 2.5-percent Homer bed tax stopped on the first step of a process that would have…

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    Farmers Market
    Farmers Market
    By KYRA WAGNER • May 20, 2015 3:55 pm

    How can it be that even though it is the earliest date the Homer Farmers Market has ever opened, it…

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    Shell clears big hurdle for drilling in Arctic
    Shell clears big hurdle for drilling in Arctic
    By MARK THIESSEN • May 14, 2015 11:37 am

    ANCHORAGE — Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic drilling program has cleared a major bureaucratic hurdle to begin drilling for oil and…

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    Authorities investiage threatening phone calls to schools around Alaska
    Authorities investiage threatening phone calls to schools around...
    May 7, 2015 11:56 am

    ANCHORAGE (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday were investigating threaten- ing phone calls to at least eight schools in Alaska in…

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    Personal use, sport anglers need equal voice on board
    Personal use, sport anglers need equal voice on...
    By Ricky Gease • April 29, 2015 1:26 pm

    Many of the folks who choose to live in Alaska are here for quality of life opportunities, especially the opportunity…

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    Way to go, Rep. Seaton
    Way to go, Rep. Seaton
    April 8, 2015 4:42 pm

    Thank you, Rep. Paul Seaton, for sponsoring HB182 which would bring back a state income tax in Alaska. We can…

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