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Ready or not, health care changes coming
Ready or not, certain changes to the health care market are on the way, and small businesses will…
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AVTEC plans nation’s first ice navigation program
The White House is setting arctic policy. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is investigating locations for an…
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Keystone of freedom is you, the individual
A keystone in architectural terms is the very last piece put in place by the mason at the apex…
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State issues permit for Nikiski oil-waste site
The State of Alaska last week approved a permit to allow a Texas-based waste disposal company to store…
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Transformation of Homer landfill nears completion
Thirty years since the Kenai Peninsula Borough converted the Homer landfill to a baling-landfill facility, the site will…
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In Brief
Teen killed in ATV accident A 15-year-old died in a Clam Gulch all-terrain vehicle accident Saturday. According to…
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Another hearing set on water-sewer rate changes
A proposed new water-sewer rate schedule is back on the table for the Homer City Council. At its…
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Sunday officially Hammond’s Day
Next Thursday Homer will be the host of the Governor’s Picnic when Alaska’s 10th governor, Sean Parnell visits,…
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Council considers new rates on Monday
A proposed new water-sewer rate schedule comes back for reconsideration at 6 p.m. Monday for the Homer City…
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TOTE’s conversion to LNG on track
Almost a year after announcing it would convert two of its vessels to liquefied natural gas, officials with…
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Let’s scrap the income tax, IRS now with Fair Tax bill
You may have noticed there’s a scandal surrounding the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS has acknowledged the targeting…
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Water-sewer rate changes fail — back for reconsideration
To an observer at Monday night’s Homer City Council meeting, it might have looked like a tennis match…
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Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies seeks artists for ‘S.O.S.’ show
The Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies seeks artists for its “S.O.S.” marine debris art show. “Debris Dangles: From…