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    Arctic Ocean
    Alaska visitor numbers reach an all-time high
    Alaska visitor numbers reach an all-time high
    July 30, 2014 2:56 pm

    Visitors to Alaska reached an all-time high of 1,966,700 visitors between May 1, 2013, and April 30, 2014, according to…

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    Forrest Dunbar, left, poses with Frank Vondersaar of Homer. The two Democrats are running against each other for the Democratic Party seat in the election for U.S. Congressman. Another lower Kenai Peninsula candidate, John Cox of Anchor Point, is running for the Republican Party nomination against incumbent Congressman Don Young.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Democrat Dunbar wants Young’s job
    By BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG • July 23, 2014 5:16 pm

     In the biennial election for Alaska’s lone representative to U.S. Congress, the Alaska Democratic Party has sent up a steady…

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    Refuges’ management plans being updated
    Refuges’ management plans being updated
    July 16, 2014 5:53 pm

    State committed to open process By: Randy Bates If you want to get someone’s attention, make a sensational statement. If…

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    Trooper Reports
    Trooper Reports
    July 16, 2014 5:25 pm

    July 10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted a 37-year-old Anchorage man and a 43-year-old Homer woman personal-use dip netting at Kasilof…

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    Ezra B. Pastro
    Ezra B. Pastro

    Homer resident Ezra B. Pastro, 40, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer. Memorial…

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    Former Anchorage Mayor Rick Mystrom, right, and Juneau economist Gregg Erickson debate Ballot Measure 1, the referendum to repeal the Oil and Gas Production Tax, during the Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Juneau International Airport on July 10.
    Friend, foe of oil tax repeal effort square...
    By MATT WOOLBRIGHT • July 16, 2014 3:05 pm

    JUNEAU — The Juneau Chamber of Commerce’s weekly luncheon was much more crowded than usual July 10 with one of…

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    Residents talk Ballot Measure 1
    Residents talk Ballot Measure 1
    By McKibben Jackinsky • July 9, 2014 4:39 pm

    More than 25 people showed up for Tuesday’s “Ballot Measure No. 1: Referendum to Repeal SB 21” dialogue held at…

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    Lord wins literary award
    Lord wins literary award
    July 9, 2014 3:35 pm

    Homer writer Nancy Lord has won the Alaska Center for the Book 2014 Literary Award. The awards are presented annually…

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    Rasmuson awards grant to Alaska Humanities Forum for Tillion film
    Rasmuson awards grant to Alaska Humanities Forum for...
    July 9, 2014 3:34 pm

    As part of its latest round of grant awards, the Rasmuson Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Alaska…

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    Judge orders fishing group to pay part of lawsuit costs
    Judge orders fishing group to pay part of...
    July 9, 2014 12:08 pm

    A judge ruled June 25 that a commercial fishing group should pay part of the state of Alaska’s legal costs…

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    Voting language trial begins
    Voting language trial begins
    June 25, 2014 5:24 pm

    ANCHORAGE (AP) — A judge in Anchorage is conducting a trial in a voting rights lawsuit filed by several Alaska…

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    Voting ‘no on one’ will do much to help state’s business climate
    Voting ‘no on one’ will do much to...
    By Harmon Hall • June 25, 2014 5:19 pm

    As every business person knows, Alaska can be a tough place to do business. Much of what makes it such…

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    Bering Straits Native Corp. examining potential for new arctic port facilities
    Bering Straits Native Corp. examining potential for new...
    By Elwood Brehmer • June 25, 2014 1:08 pm

    The prospect of new port facilities in Western Alaska will rely heavily on arctic oil and gas development, according to…

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