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Ordinance would merge two borough departments

Facing decreased revenue from the state, the Kenai Peninsula Borough has proposed merging the Capital Projects Department with…

Don and Sherry Stead will open Grace Ridge Brewing today — just in time for the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival. The Steads, who have been working for about a year to get the Ocean Drive brewery up and running, were working on the interior’s finishing touches earlier this week.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Grace Ridge Brewing makes Shorebird debut

Don Stead will realize his dream of owning a brewery with his wife Sherry when Grace Ridge Brewing…

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HEA briefs members on hot topics

Issues discussed in Homer Electric Association’s annual members meeting, held May 4 at Kenai Central High School, include…

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Shell gives up nearly all its leases in Chukchi Sea

The only company to drill an exploratory oil well in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea following a 2008 federal lease…

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Business in brief

No bids for Cook Inlet oil and gas leases No bids were opened for state oil and gas…

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State seeks more info on Prudhoe work plan

The state Division of Oil and Gas wants significantly more information from Prudhoe Bay field operator BP and…

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Moda Health leaving Alaska individual health market in ’17

JUNEAU — One of the two companies offering individual health insurance policies for Alaskans announced Monday that it…

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Credit legislation hearings canceled as negotiations continue

It has been three weeks since legislation to scale back Alaska’s oil and gas tax credit program took…

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Marijuana Control Board changes policy to speed slowed licensing process

The Marijuana Control Board enacted a policy decision April 27 that will hurry along the licensing process that…

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Board advances in-store pot use

JUNEAU — The Alaska Marijuana Control Board has voted unanimously to ask the public to comment on draft…

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Homer chamber announces events

Ptarmigan Arts will host this month’s Homer Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours. The event will be from…

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Salaries spotlighted as session continues

Most state employees will give up some, but not all, pay increases in the latest round of union…

Jamin Bultman works of North West Signs shows custom printed vinyl lettering and detailing on a Bay Weld boat. Unlike other vinyl lettering that would take two layers to make the boat name, North West Signs can print multiple colors in one image. At right, a compass rose printed in vinyl with a marine chart pattern is on the floor of the sign office.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Bay Weld branches into sign business

Founded in 1974, Bay Welding Services and Bay Weld Boats has developed a reputation for building sturdy, seaworthy…