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A standing-room-only crowd applauds June 12 as Kenaitze Indian Tribe Executive Director Jaylene Peterson-Nyren makes opening remarks during the first day of a three-day grand opening ceremony for the Dena’ina Wellness Center located in Old Town Kenai.-Photo by M. Scott Moon, Kenaitze Indian Tribe

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Kenaitze Indian Tribe celebrates opening of Dena’ina Wellness Center

Isis Fischer wanted to dance. She squatted, stamped her feet and arched her back, and stared at Rolly…

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Judge rules for ADFG in lawsuit over 2013 salmon management

ANCHORAGE — A state judge ruled in favor of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in the…

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Judge allows additional briefs in UCIDA lawsuit

ANCHORAGE — A federal judge ruled to allow additional information to be filed in the lawsuit regarding federal…

Buccaneer Energy’s Endeavour-Spirit of Independence jack-up rig is shown at Homer’s Deep Water Dock in March of 2013. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Adverse ruling in CIRI dispute pushes Buccaneer into May bankruptcy filing

Buccaneer Energy, an independent Cook Inlet explorer with high hopes but skimpy resources, saw those hopes come crashing…

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Commercial fishing groups, feds testify on salmon management

ANCHORAGE — A federal judge heard oral argument earlier this week in the lawsuit regarding whether Cook Inlet…

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Firefighters keep Tyonek blaze away from oil and gas facilities

Firefighters have kept the wind-driven Tyonek fire on Cook Inlet’s west side away from the Beluga gas field…

Above, Nancy Delkittie, left, and Jessica Hay process salmon at a fish camp. Top, a map shows Dena’ina country.-Photo by Robin La Vine, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

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Pratt Museum opens spectacular exhibit on the Dena’ina people

A word of advice when you walk into the Pratt’s newest exhibit: don’t say hello to the ladies…

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Progress reported in Tyonek fire fight

The wildfire in Tyonek spread to 350 acres as of Tuesday morning but fire crews made progress in…

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Cook Inlet lease sale nets $5.2 million for 35 tracts

Bidding was modest at the state’s annual Cook Inlet and Alaska Peninsula “areawide” lease sales May 7, with…

Thea Person snuggles with a baby goat in Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center’s outdoor amphitheater during Saturday’s Earth Day celebration.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Busy weekend, Homer style

Earth Day celebrations spreading from Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center, along Beluga Slough Trail and to Bishops…

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New fisheries group plots strategy

Resources for All Alaskans, a group formed to combat a proposed initiative to ban commercial setnet fishing in…

Carey Meyer, public works director, right, and Steve Delehanty, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge director, second from right, talk with Angie Otteson, parks maintenance director, about installing a Wendy Erd poem on the Beluga Slough Trail. Camp fee collector Bruce Babbitt is at left.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Celebrating Earth Day

Everyday is like thisthe short and long of forgetting:a man with a walking stick, a limp;his daughter in…

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Court hears oral arguments on setnet-ban initiative

ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance and the State of Alaska each made their case to an…