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House panel moves Parnell’s pension proposal
JUNEAU — The House Finance Committee advanced Gov. Sean Parnell’s plan for addressing the state’s pension obligation Tuesday,…
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Department of Energy seeks methane proposals
ANCHORAGE (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy is looking for research proposals that could advance what’s known…
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Today is chamber mixer
This month’s Homer Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event is hosted by Bald Mountain Air Service. It…
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Pesticide applicator classes scheduled
Alaska Certified Pesticide Applicator classes will be held in Kenai April 28, 29 and 30. The Cooperative Extension…
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Chenault pushes for minimum wage bill
JUNEAU — House Speaker Mike Chenault on Thursday said legislative passage of a bill to raise Alaska’s minimum…
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Group wants to export crude oil from Skagway
JUNEAU — Alaskans know Valdez as the state’s oil port of choice, but an independent Yukon oil producer…
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Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association hoping purchase of hatchery will revitalize fishery
Pink salmon fishing in Lower Cook Inlet could soon be revitalized as the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association finalized…
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Begich discusses state’s economic future
Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Begich said he remembers driving through the Kenai Peninsula five years ago, shortly after…
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Appeal of setnet ban initiative to be heard Tuesday in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE — Oral argument in the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance appeal of Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell’s decision to…
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Bright sockeye harvest in forecast
An off-year pink cycle is expected to dramatically reduce the salmon harvest in 2014, down 47 percent from…
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ConocoPhillips to resume LNG shipments from Nikiski plant
ConocoPhillips is restarting its liquefied natural gas plant on the Kenai Peninsula and will resume shipments of LNG…
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Homeric Traders opens with regular hours starting on Friday
Beginning Friday, Homeric Traders is open for business from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The new business,…
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House panel hears from fish board nominees
The House Fisheries Committee held a short hearing on Gov. Sean Parnell’s appointees to the Board of Fisheries…