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Prop presents opportunity for new options
While the Oct. 7 municipal election has several Kenai Peninsula Borough propositions, there is only one on the…
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At least two firms to bid on Buccaneer
There is a new suitor for Buccaneer Energy’s Alaska assets and a tangled web of legal challenges continue…
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Vondersaar remembered as dependable volunteer
Tall, lanky and almost always smiling, Frank Vondersaar could be seen volunteering for nonprofits from the Salvation Army…
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Homer’s Best Bets
Today, history will be made. Today, a northern region rich with oil and populated by cantankerous individuals votes…
Obituaries
Frank Vondersaar
Frank VondersaarOct. 4, 1950-Sept. 12, 2014Longtime Homer resident, Mr. Frank J. Vondersaar, 63, died Friday, September 12, 2014,…
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Walker, Mallott unite to better serve Alaska
On Nov. 8, 1955, Bob Bartlett addressed the Alaska Constitutional Convention in a speech titled, “Meeting the Challenge.” In asking…
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Parnell appoints KBC prof to historical commission
Gov. Sean Parnell appointed Kachemak Bay Campus associate professor Michael Hawfield to the Alaska Historical Commission, the governor’s…
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Seafood industry wants ban on Russian imports
The United States seafood industry is pushing for Russia to end its import ban on food from several…
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CIRI can pursue gas royalty payments
A federal South Texas Bankruptcy Court has ruled that Cook Inlet Region Inc. can continue its quest through…
Community
Homer’s Best Bets
Starting next week we enter the Twilight Zone of not-quite summer but not yet fall. Here in Alaska,…
Community
Outrageous Jazz will make Pier One pop this weekend
When Pier One Theatre goes dark between its Youth Theatre production in late July and the closing show…
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SB 21 is flawed: Alaska can do better
The referendum to repeal Alaska’s new oil tax legislation gives citizens the power to decide what is good…
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Clem Tillion zeroed in on SB 21
Former legislator and Halibut Cove resident Clem Tillion wrote a “spot-on” editorial for the Alaska Dispatch News Aug.10.…