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Buccaneer preparing to begin work at West Eagle

Pointing out Homer’s year-round ice-free deepwater port and its designation as a port of refuge, Homer Mayor Beth…

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Cook Inlet RCAC board meets in Homer Friday

The U.S. Coast Guard has approved Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council’s annual recertification, it announced in a…

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Dr. Sayer — going the extra mile

In this case, going the extra hundreds of miles is what Dr. Paul Sayer did when he heard…

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Coast Guard recertifies Cook Inlet RCAC

The U.S. Coast Guard has approved Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council’s annual recertification, allowing the organization to…

Reports are positive for Buccaneer Energy’s Cosmopolitan No. 1 site near Stariski. -Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Buccaneer pleased with results at Cosmo

Buccaneer Energy CEO Curtis Burton says he is very pleased with results so far on the company’s Cosmo…

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No major news from Buccaneer

Buccaneer Alaska Operations updated city officials and the public on the oil and gas company’s current southern Kenai…

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Teen killed in ATV accident A 15-year-old died in a Clam Gulch all-terrain vehicle accident Saturday. According to…

Buccaneer Energy CEO Curtis Benson, seen during a June visit to the Alaska Journal of Commerce office in Anchorage, initially thought making a move to Alaska was “nuts,” but now the Houston-based company is arguably now the most aggressive explorer in

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Buccaneer bets big on Cook Inlet strategy

Alaska wasn’t on Curtis Burton’s radar screen when he helped start Buccaneer Energy in 2007, but it quickly…

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Buccaneer board splits over Cook Inlet

Three new directors were named to the board of Australian independent Buccaneer Energy in a special July 2…

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Buccaneer finds oil, gas at Cosmo

Australia-based Buccaneer Energy has encountered oil and gas-bearing zones in its Cosmo No. 1 exploration well in Cook…

A group of local Girl Scouts depart Homer Harbor for a visit to the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge and Lake Clark National Park.-Photo provided

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Homer kids discover nature, themselves on grand adventure

Few Homer and Anchor Point youth have been charged by a brown bear, but that’s something 12 middle…

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Buccaneer prefers subsea system to develop its Cosmopolitan site

Independent oil and gas explorer Buccaneer Energy says it would prefer a subsea production system for the development…

This photo from the exhibit “Wind and Water: Beauty Portraits of Alaska Models” is on display at Fireweed Gallery.-Photo by Joshua Veldstra

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First Friday Events

Whether they come from reading Jack London novels, watching “Bering Sea Gold” or just hearing snippets of Sarah…