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Cruise company drops Fairbanks rail in new schedule

Cruise tour passengers going to Fairbanks will not be riding a Holland America Princess train to the city…

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Ready or not, health care changes coming

Ready or not, certain changes to the health care market are on the way, and small businesses will…

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Alaska hosts railway convention

FAIRBANKS (AP)  — People from across the country are expected in Fairbanks next month for the opportunity to…

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Farmers’ Market

People are starting to get antsy.  The hours of daylight are getting noticeably shorter. The fireweed has gone…

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Work approved in Kenai refuge

Apache Corp. and Alaska-based independent NordAq Energy have been given federal approvals for exploration and development work in…

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Parnell OKs regulatory efficiency guidelines

Gov. Sean Parnell on Monday signed Administrative Order (AO) 266 establishing Regulatory Efficiency Guidelines for state agencies. The…

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Three business workshops offered by SBA on Sept. 16

The Alaska Small Business Development Center offers three different workshops Sept. 16 at the Homer Chamber of Commerce…

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Nonprofits receive grants to navigate insurance exchanges

Federal grants of $599,918 have been awarded to two Alaska nonprofits to provide assistance and counseling to Alaskans…

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Coast Guard to test new arctic oil spill tech

The U.S. Coast Guard will test advanced technologies including unmanned aerial and undersea vehicles for monitoring an oil…

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AVTEC plans nation’s first ice navigation program

The White House is setting arctic policy. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is investigating locations for an…

Phyllis Cooper, South Peninsula Hospital Foundation President; Jan Goehringer, SPH Auxiliary Secretary and room designer; and Bob Redmond, SPH chaplain, pose in the hospital’s new Reflection Room. There will be an open house for the public to view the Reflection Room from noon-2 p.m. Sept. 8.                       -Photo provided

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Hospital creates Reflection Room

South Peninsula Hospital might have modern patient rooms, a birthing center, a Long Term Care home, state-of-the art…

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Farmers’ Market

By KYRA WAGNER FOR THE HOMER NEWS Have you got your zucchini picked out for this weekend? It’s…

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Kenai kings barely meet goal; record set for salmon catch

The Kenai River kings seem to have met their escapement goal after all, but it was still the…