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Shell clears big hurdle for drilling in Arctic
ANCHORAGE — Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic drilling program has cleared a major bureaucratic hurdle to begin drilling for…
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Report: Alaska’s population down after 26 years of growth
ANCHORAGE — An aging baby boomer population and a stagnate birthrate have caused Alaska’s population to fall for…
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Anchorage-based firm plays role in fiber optic project
ANCHORAGE — Marine surveying will start again this summer near Alaska’s coastal communities in a wide-reaching effort to…
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Homer chamber of Commerce InBrief
‘Get To Know Homer’ training set for May 20 The Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center will…
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Corps of Engineers, Kenai to share cost of bluff erosion study
After two days of meetings in Kenai City Hall between Kenai administrators and regional and national officials from…
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3 companies bid on 7 inlet leases
Bidding was modest in the state’s annual Cook Inlet areawide lease sale held May 7, a symptom of…
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AIDEA approves $30 million deal for Cosmo development
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority has given approval for a $30-million financing package that will allow…
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Fishermen concerned by Young’s MSA changes
Congressman Don Young, never a friend to environmentalists but never before a foe of fishermen, is coming under…
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HEA seeking to stabilize rates
Homer Electric Association customers should see rates stabilize in the near future, general manager Bradley Janorschke said at…
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School board approves superintendent contract
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education unanimously approved Sean Dusek’s three-year superintendent of schools contract Monday evening.…
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‘Get To Know Homer’ training set for May 20
The Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center will host the annual “Get to Know Homer” summer tourist…
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Board of Fisheries seat open again after Ruffner rejection
Gov. Bill Walker has yet another appointment to make to a shorthanded Board of Fisheries, and this time…
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Group continues its effort to get setnet ban on ballot
JUNEAU — A proposed voter initiative to ban setnets in urban parts of Alaska is making its way…