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Another big sockeye run predicted for Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay is expecting another whopping sockeye salmon run, the third consecutive year of above-average harvests. Alaska Department…
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Governor rolls out proposal to turn Permanent Fund into money factory
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker’s administration is preparing to roll out the most radical change to the state’s…
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Navarre proposes uniting 3 hospitals under 1 umbrella
The Healthcare Task Force zeroed in on the hospitals at its meeting last week. At its third meeting,…
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Homer Farmers Market awarded USDA funding
The board of directors for the Homer Farmers Market announced this week it has received an award of…
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Emporium celebrates ‘incredible’ opening
The empty building that once buzzed with Alaska Wild Berry Products jam-, jelly- and candy-making energy was humming…
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Numbers tell sad story of season
The numbers are in and Upper Cook Inlet salmon fishermen have been griping about their season for a…
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Appeals filed in water rights case
JUNEAU (AP) — Business and industry groups have appealed a state agency decision to grant a water reservation…
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Alaska’s fishing fatalities dropping
JUNEAU — The deadliest catch is getting a lot less deadly. Earlier this month, the U.S. Coast Guard…
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HEA briefs members on upcoming changes
On Oct. 15, in the last of several membership meetings around the Kenai Peninsula, representatives from Homer Electric…
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Here comes the boom: Peninsula business offers crane certification
The whole lot smelled of diesel, mud, rubber and rain. Brandon Leary, a crane operator for Crowley Maritime,…
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Corporation to hear pitches addressing climate change
JUNEAU — The Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. has committed to hearing investment pitches from companies and projects working…
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Fred Meyer grocery tax now turned off
Although the ordinance allowing a sales tax to be collected in Soldotna on non-prepared food items was repealed…
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Division of commercial fisheries gets new director: Scott Kelley
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has selected Scott Kelley as the new director for the Division…