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Fishermen to feel budget cuts
By DJ Summers Morris News Service – Alaska Discussions continue on how to patch up the state’s $3…
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Flower Mill owner wants to make your day
Pots of poinsettias — the traditional solid red and white ones, as well as the newer variety known…
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New assisted living home opens on southern peninsula
For elders needing help with the basics of daily living, but not needing around-the-clock skilled nursing care, a…
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New vocational program connects offenders with local employers
Getting a job after incarceration and transitioning back to life outside is looking a little easier for inmates…
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UAF professor honored for peony research The Alaska Peony Growers Association has given University of Alaska Fairbanks Professor…
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State puts Taku ferry up for sale
JUNEAU — The Alaska Marine Highway is beginning the long process of selling the ferry Taku. On Jan.…
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New oil escort tugs get poor review before citizens’ council
A vessel design firm hired by a Prince William Sound environmental watchdog group is skeptical of the capability…
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Marijuana cash flies to Anchorage as state collects $145,800 for December sales
James Barrett flew to Anchorage this week with a suitcase of cash. Tuesday was the deadline for Alaska’s…
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Ratepayers to save millions under Railbelt utilities’ power sharing deal
A trio of Alaska’s largest electric utilities announced an agreement Jan. 30 to start operating more as one.…
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Chamber unveils Baycrest visitor kiosk
Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center board member Adrienne Sweeney cuts the ribbon at the formal opening…
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Fish board splits on Bering Sea Tanner season
There will be no bairdi Tanner crab season in the Bering Sea this year after the Alaska Board…
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S&P: Downturn in energy production hits budgets in 6 states
Six of the country’s major energy-producing states have slipped into recession after a sharp decline in production and…
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Walker says Alaska is in the ‘gravest fiscal crisis in state history’
Speaking to the Alaska Legislature Jan. 18, Gov. Bill Walker referenced the words of the director of the…