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Women find place to discuss their roles in agriculture

While more women are turning up soil in the agriculture industry, they are unearthing a unique set of…

The artwork of Kachemak Bay Campus student Mirimia Kuzmin is featured on the 20-ounce bottles of water from Ohlson Mountain Mineral Springs H20.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Ohlson Mountain: all about the water

On Christmas Eve, when they could have been enjoying a day off, the small, dedicated crew of Ohlson…

The jack-up rig Randolph Yost arrived on the heavy-lift vessel Tai An Kou the evening of Wednesday, March 9. The jack-up rig was floated off the Tan An Kou on Saturday and put legs down at the Deep Water Dock. Furie Operating Alaska will use the jack-up rig to drill new wells in the Kitchen Lights unit off Nikiski. The rig is undergoing mechanical modifications and will be moved about April 1. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Seismic, exploration projects underway on Kenai Peninsula

Despite pessimistic oil and gas outlooks, two companies are conducting seismic data-gathering activities on the Kenai Peninsula this…

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Walker orders mariculture task force

Gov. Bill Walker issued an administrative order on Feb. 29 establishing a mariculture task force for shellfish and…

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‘GE’ salmon labeling bill requires third-party review

Sen. Lisa Murkowski introduced a bill on March 3 that would require all genetically engineered salmon to carry…

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Bagel Shop remodels, expands

Bagel Shop co-owner  Mikela Aramburu stands at the counter of the new espresso area in the addition to…

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TAPS value settled at $8B for 5 years

The next court battle over the value of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System won’t be for at least another…

Customer Kathy Hemstreet flips through flooring samples in the Spenard Design Center during the grand opening. Hemstreet has been visiting the new center over the last few weeks looking for ideas for the remodel of her home.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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New SBS design center eases remodeling stress

The new design center at Spenard Builders Supply on Lake Street is a result of practical thinking and…

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Apache to shutter Alaska operations

Apache Corporation, which has been exploring oil and gas resources in the Cook Inlet area, announced recently that…

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City’s deputy clerk named communications director for statewide association Melissa Jacobsen, deputy clerk for the City of Homer,…

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Smaller commercial salmon harvest forecast for Lower Cook Inlet

Commercial salmon fishermen in Lower Cook Inlet can expect about a quarter of 2015’s harvest in 2016, according…

Sen. Lesil McGuire proposes to use an annual draw equal to 5 percent of the rolling five-year average market value of the Permanent Fund, or POMV, from the Earnings Reserve to add $2 billion, and hopefully more in future years, to the General Fund in fiscal year 2017 beginning July 1. -Graphic, courtesy of Sen. Lesil McGuire's office

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Trustees hear plans for Fund

The plans before the Legislature to use the Permanent Fund’s investment returns to pay for government have much…

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Flight company ordered  to pay whistleblower pilot ANCHORAGE (AP) — An attorney for a Homer-based Bald Mountain Air…