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Got a hobby? Start a business

On the Kenai Peninsula, many residents have turned their hobbies into a successful, growing businesses. While transitioning from…

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Starting a business easier on peninsula

How easy is starting a business on the Kenai Peninsula in 2015? Due to improving technology and more…

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District hopes borough will fund to ‘cap’

The Board of Education will be asked to approve the 2015-2016 Kenai Peninsula Borough School District budget on…

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Lawmaker proposes eliminating film tax credit program

An Alaska lawmaker wants to eliminate the program that provides tax credits for films produced in Alaska. However,…

Chuitna Mine comments due by March 10

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Chuitna Mine comments due by March 10

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources has kicked off a short, 15-day comment period for people to weigh…

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State’s share of fed highway funding steady

JUNEAU — Major transportation projects are being put on hold, or remain in limbo, as the state of…

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BlueCrest, WesPac ink deal to develop Cosmo

BlueCrest Energy plans to resume drilling at the Cosmopolitan oil and gas deposit near Anchor Point this summer,…

The first production platform to be installed in Cook Inlet since the mid-1980s arrived in Kachemak Bay last September. The Furie Operating Alaska platform was completed in Ingleside, Texas, last summer, and began its journey from Corpus Christi to Alaska through the Gulf of Mexico and the Panama Canal on June 4, 2014. It will be installed over the company’s Kitchen Lights Unit No. 3 this year.-Photo courtesy of Furie Operating Alaska

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State geologists raise estimates for amount of gas in Cook Inlet

State geologists have increased the amount of natural gas they believe can be economically produced from known fields…

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Minimum wage now $8.75 an hour

JUNEAU — Alaska’s minimum wage increased to $8.75 an hour Tuesday, giving a pay increase to thousands of…

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Maw withdraws name as nominee for Board of Fish

Gov. Bill Walker’s shakeup of the Alaska Board of Fisheries is off to a rough start.  Montana Fish,…

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Alaska USA Mortgage official recognized

Anchorage — Alaska USA Mortgage Company Assistant Vice President Rhonda Johnson has earned the Excellence in Profession award…

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Fish and Game forecasts more kings on the Kenai River

If the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s preseason forecast for the early run of chinook salmon on…

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Chenault introduces bill for ammonia tax credits

On Monday, House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, introduced a bill to the state House of Representatives that would…