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Make a plan to be prepared, give more

One of the best things about a new year is the clean slate it represents. It’s a great…

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Rig’s woes benefit city, borough

BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG STAFF WRITER Although Buccaneer Oil had intended last fall to have moved the jack-up rig…

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Furie seeks permit for new platform in Cook Inlet’s Kitchen Lights Unit

An independent oil and gas explorer has applied for an Army Corps of Engineers permit to build a…

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DEC suspends review of Buccaneer spill plan

The Alaska Department of Environ-mental Conservation on Monday suspended its review of Buccaneer Alaska’s amended application for the…

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Southcentral gas supplies tight; producers to the rescue?

The weather has been cold and natural gas supplies in Southcentral Alaska are very tight. Enstar Natural Gas…

Michael G. Wiley

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Michael G. Wiley

Clam Gulch resident Mr. Michael Gilbert Wiley, 71, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at his home in Clam…

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Endeavour’s delay fattens wallets of workers, city

Although Buccaneer Oil Alaska got from the city of Homer an extension to Dec. 8 to moor its…

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Troopers

Alaska Wildlife Troopers issued a summons to a 24-year-old Homer man for commercial fishing with a drift net…

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Parnell: Gas imports are ‘last resort’

Where Southcentral will get its energy in the near future was up for debate between the Anchorage mayor…

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Losses grow in Alaska’s fisheries disasters

ANCHORAGE, — Alaska’s Commerce commissioner says the disaster from poor king salmon returns was worse than first estimated.…

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Group challenges Buccaneer; public comments sought

Conservation and Native groups joined together Monday to submit a Request for Adjudicatory Hearing relating to the state’s…

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Cook Inlet oil, gas development focus of film, panel discussion

Some liken increasing oil and gas activity on the Kenai Peninsula and in Cook Inlet to a renaissance.…

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Cook Inlet advisory council recertified by Coast Guard

The Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council has earned U.S. Coast Guard recertification for another year. This certification…