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Sisters ready to grow business 10 years after winning AFN competition

If three Sparck sisters from Bethel fulfill their ambition to grow their small ArXotica Inc. into a large…

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United Fisherman of Alaska advertising for new director

United Fishermen of Alaska, the largest commercial fishing industry representative group in the state, is calling for a…

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Cook Inlet Energy parent firm files for bankruptcy protection

KENAI — After more than a month of negotiations, Miller Energy Resources Inc. filed Oct. 1 for Chapter…

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Red swamp crawfish turning up in Alaska

Warming oceans have brought news of many new and invasive species in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. The…

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Report lays out buyout costs

Gov. Bill Walker’s proposal to increase the state’s share in the Alaska LNG Project could put Alaska on…

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AIDEA loan aids state’s first Krispy Kreme

It looks like Southcentral Alaskans will have a new way to get their sugar fix, thanks in part…

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Alaska Realtors holding convention at Land’s End  Members of the Alaska Association of Realtors are in Homer this…

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Walkers to speak at Senior Summit

Gov. Bill Walker and First Lady Donna Walker are the featured speakers at the Southern Peninsula Senior Summit,…

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Clinic answers legal questions for elderly

Area residents armed themselves with the legal information they’ll need as they age during an elder law clinic…

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Port Mac rail almost out of cash amid budget crunch

The Port MacKenzie rail line extension is nearly two-thirds complete, but there is currently no funding for future…

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Marijuana board accepts draft to ban cannabis clubs

The Alaska Marijuana Control Board accepted draft regulatory language on Sept. 24 that would ban cannabis social clubs,…

Margarida Kondak sells tickets for a turkey raffle at last Saturday’s end-of-season party at the Homer Farmers Market. Behind her, volunteers serve free soup, bread and desserts to shoppers.-photo by Annie Rosenthal

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Farmers Market Officially, it’s over, but there are still plenty of veggies

It’s not over. The Market is not done. Well, it may officially be over, but it’s not done.…

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Walker touts tax to push AK LNG

“I’m not trying to buy love. I’m trying to sell gas.” So declared Gov. Bill Walker in a…