Opinion
Editorial: Honor and grieve with the Coast Guard
On the theme of “Coasting Through Winter,” this weekend for the Homer Winter Carnival we celebrate the 50th…
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Editorial: Teaching moments
The recent controversy regarding videotaped encounters between Native Americans, Catholic high school boys and Hebrew Black Israelites on…
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After attacks on journalists, we remain defiant
We’re not going to grumble about our jobs as journalists. Yeah, the industry has been stressed lately, and…
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Vote ‘yes’ on Prop 1 for new cop shop
A few weeks ago the security alarm at the Homer News went off on a Saturday. We’ve always…
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Herring sizes down as season progresses
Herring fisheries are moving up the coast to Kodiak, Cook Inlet and the Bering Sea, after the Sitka…
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Halibut season gets off to rocky start
The 2018 halibut season got off to a late, rocky and confusing start when the International Pacific Halibut…
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ADF&G release Bristol Bay processing survey
ADF&G has released the 2018 Bristol Bay sockeye salmon processing capacity survey summary, and to the surprise of…
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Stand for Salmon moving forward
The controversial Stand For Salmon ballot initiative aiming for a place on the November 2018 state-wide ballot has…
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Board of Fish meets in Anchorage
The Alaska Board of Fisheries is holding a meeting for state-wide Dungeness crab, shrimp and other miscellaneous shellfish…
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US, Canada split on halibut quotas
The International Pacific Halibut Commission annual meeting ended last week with the two countries involved, the United States…
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NPFMC meets Feb. 5
The North Pacific Fisheries Management Council is preparing for its 237th plenary meeting beginning Monday, Feb. 5, continuing…
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Micciche bill would cut east-side setnet permits
Kenai Peninsula Sen. Peter Micciche has pre-filed Senate Bill 135 that aims to create a new administrative area…
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Fishermen get short reprieve on EPA discharge rules
Alaska’s congressional delegation has secured another short-lived extension to exempt smaller Alaska fishing vessels, under 79 feet, from…