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Two business workshops offered this month

The Alaska Small Business Development Center will host two workshops this month at the Homer Chamber of Commerce.…

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Coast Guard offers free safety exams to fishermen

ANCHORAGE (AP) — The Coast Guard is offering free dockside safety exams to fishermen in Bristol Bay communities…

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Council votes for new restrictions on bycatch

JUNEAU (AP) — The Gulf of Alaska trawl fleet faces new restrictions, as fisheries managers seek to limit…

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$425 million LNG trucking project on its way

Gov. Sean Parnell signed a bill May 29 committing the state to finance $362.5 million of a proposed…

Many involved in the process to secure funding for a new home for Ninilchik Emergency Services break ground on the project in a ceremony Saturday morning. From left are Konrad Jackson, assistant to Rep. Kurt Olson; Rep. Paul Seaton; Dr. Roy Boone, a Ninilchik Emergency Services board member; Mike Chihuly, fire chief of Ninilchik Emergency Services; Sen. Peter Micciche; Rep. Mike Chenault; Willard Bowman, a Ninilchik Emergency Services board member; Gina Wiste, EMS chief of Ninilchik Emergency Services; and Steve Vanek, a Ninilchik Emergency Services board member.-Photo provided

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Ninilchik Emergency Services expands to new site

With the ground finally thawing, Ninilchik Emergency Services held the official groundbreaking at the site for its new…

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Pebble Partnership official shares progress on project

Business leaders from the central Kenai Peninsula heard from the Pebble Ltd. Partnership during a joint Kenai and…

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Farmers’ Market

This weekend’s Homer Farmers’ Market will be the fourth one this season. That’s one month of markets already.…

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Buccaneer prefers subsea system to develop its Cosmopolitan site

Independent oil and gas explorer Buccaneer Energy says it would prefer a subsea production system for the development…

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Manager sought for port project

The Municipality of Anchorage is in the market for a project management team to oversee the stalled Port…

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Alaska timber communities worried about repayment demand

JUNEAU — A federal demand for repayment of funds has Alaska timber communities worried that a program that…

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Juneau carpenters union closes

JUNEAU — A local Juneau carpenters union has closed after more than 70 years, part of a nationwide…

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Moose salvage program shrinks operations

A well-utilized dead moose retrieval program is in jeopardy after the organization that runs the program was denied…

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BP announces new investment plans

JUNEAU — BP Alaska plans to bring two new drill rigs to the North Slope by 2016, part…