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Owner Tim Wisniewski, left, and his son, Grant, have opened Homer Funeral Home on the corner of Main Street and the Sterling Highway. Their other southern peninsula location on Diamond Ridge also remains open.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Homer Funeral Home opens new location

Having begun serving the Homer area in 1976, Peninsula Funeral Chapels opened Homer Funeral Home on Diamond Ridge…

Program aims to get young people into crab fishery

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Program aims to get young people into crab fishery

Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers, an organization that represents about 70 percent of the fleet, has launched a program…

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450 inlet fishermen receive aid

More than 1,000 Alaska fishermen will share in $7.5 million worth of payments to mitigate the 2012 fisheries…

Senate, House candidates focus on fish topics in Kodiak

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Senate, House candidates focus on fish topics in Kodiak

KODIAK — Candidates to represent Alaska in the U.S. House and Senate weighed in on a variety of…

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Lt. governor candidates talk in Kenai

The three candidates running for lieutenant governor of Alaska outlined their platforms Tuesday during a public forum at…

Surrounded by a display of hardware, Chyrell Richardson is enjoying meeting a community need with her new Anchor Point business, “Nutz and Bolts.”-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Couple learns ‘nutz and bolts’ of owning their own business

By McKibben Jackinsky Staff writer No, Chyrell Richardson had never owned a business. No, she didn’t know a…

New plan helps Mat-Su sport fishing interests

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New plan helps Mat-Su sport fishing interests

While most drift fishermen are grumbling about the lack of quality fishing time in the Upper Cook Inlet…

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Aging work force requiring businesses to rethink strategy, keep older workers

As America’s Baby Boomer work force ages and approaches retirement age, businesses face a challenge: How do you…

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Haunted Hickory swaps food for fun and fright

The crew of the CGC Hickory will hold its annual Haunted Hickory and food drive at the Coast…

Autumn of 2014: Don’t ever forget it

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Autumn of 2014: Don’t ever forget it

Forty-two years of gardening in Alaska and I have never seen an October like this one. Yes, there…

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Juneau assembly studies raising tax on cigarettes

JUNEAU — The price of a pack of cigarettes in Juneau could increase if the City and Borough…

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Applicants sought for subsistence councils

The Federal Subsistence Board is accepting applications through Jan. 23 to fill seats on the 10 Subsistence Regional…

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Ravn Alaska honored as a top 49er company

ANCHORAGE – Ravn Alaska, Alaska’s largest regional airline, took 22nd place in the 2014 Alaska Business Monthly Top…