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Resolution pending for CIRI, Buccaneer gas dispute

A dispute between Buccaneer Energy, Cook Inlet Region Inc. and the state of Alaska over natural gas royalties…

Board of Fish members re-appointed by Legislature

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Board of Fish members re-appointed by Legislature

Three members of the Board of Fisheries were easily re-appointed to new three-year terms, although not all without…

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Appeal of setnet ban initiative to be heard Tuesday in Anchorage

ANCHORAGE — Oral argument in the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance appeal of Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell’s decision to…

Ron Hyde, CEO of PRL Logistics Inc., stands with wife, Suzy Hyde, in front of a map that was found during the company’s renovation of a Kenai Landing cannery. Hyde expects to begin operating out of the new Kenai branch in about a month.

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Logistics firm renovates old Kenai cannery

Months of renovations and $2 million later, PRL Logistics Inc. CEO Ron Hyde said he expects to be…

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Fish board to take up setnet petition

The Alaska Board of Fisheries will consider one of three recently submitted emergency petitions regarding Upper Cook Inlet…

This photo from the Homer News collection donated to the Pratt Museum shows fuel tanks, buildings and a car flooded on the Homer Spit after it subsided about 6 feet during the March 27, 1964, Great Alaska Earthquake.-Photo provided, Pratt Museum, Homer News collection

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1964 Homer News coverage told quake tales

In a normal news week in 1964, the announcement that the city of Homer’s incorporation vote had been…

Professional fish board proposed

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Professional fish board proposed

The Alaska Senate Resources Committee held a hearing Monday to discuss Cook Inlet salmon, and one idea came…

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Fishery stakeholders share concerns

Kenai Peninsula salmon fishery stakeholders addressed a variety of issues at a Senate Resources Committee hearing in Juneau…

Buccaneer Energy, an Australia-based independent company exploring for oil and gas in Cook Inlet, has suspended its CEO Curtis Burton, shown here in this undated photo. Burton has filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, claiming improper termination of his employment contract, Buccaneer announced in a March 6 press release.-Photo by Michael Dinneen, Morris News Service - Alaska

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Buccaneer Energy suspends CEO

Buccaneer Energy, an Australia-based independent company exploring for oil and gas in Cook Inlet, has suspended its CEO…

Buccaneer Energy, an Australia-based independent company exploring for oil and gas in Cook Inlet, has suspended its CEO Curtis Burton, shown in this undated file photo,  and asked that trading of its shares on the Australian stock exchange be suspended while a restructuring of the company’s finances is accomplished.-Photo by Michael Dinneen/Alaska Journal of Commerce

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Buccaneer Energy suspends its CEO in shakeup; Cook Inlet strategy may be under review

Buccaneer Energy, an Australia-based independent company exploring for oil and gas in Cook Inlet, has suspended its CEO…

Board of Fisheries fails to protect Kenai kings

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Board of Fisheries fails to protect Kenai kings

Mark Hamilton, president of the Kenai River Sportfishing Association (KRSA) recently opined that the Board of Fish (BOF)…

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Board of Fisheries acted fairly

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Alaska Board of Fisheries for its dedication during…

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Inletkeeper appreciates support

Cook Inletkeeper would like to extend a big thank you to the City of Homer Grants Program, administered…