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The Kenai Peninsula Orchestra holds a Garden Party fundraiser and Summer Music Festival starting at 2:30 p.m. Sunday…

Ohlson Mountain Mineral Springs H2O owners Mary Lou and William Strutz look on while employees Alex Stuart and Jake Worsfold clean and fill bottles. -Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Ohlson Mountain Mineral Springs H2O celebrates first year of serving water

For most of his life, William Strutz has enjoyed the fresh taste of spring water found on the…

Rent Highest in Kodiak, Anchorage Two-Bedroom apartments, 2010

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Alaska: Still expensive place to live

Recent figures dissected by economists with the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development show increases in the…

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Senior, disability service center cuts back travel

A Kenai Peninsula based senior and disability resource center will cut its travels in half, following a hit…

Nervis Rex performed at last year’s Concert on the Lawn, to the enjoyment of hoopers and dancers.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Concert on the Lawn:

Along with the Spit Run, the Ninilchik Rodeo and the Kenai Peninsula Fair, one of the lower peninsula’s…

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District 30 Democrats meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Homer Real Estate office, 1529 Ocean Drive. For…

Buccaneer Energy CEO Curtis Benson, seen during a June visit to the Alaska Journal of Commerce office in Anchorage, initially thought making a move to Alaska was “nuts,” but now the Houston-based company is arguably now the most aggressive explorer in

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Buccaneer bets big on Cook Inlet strategy

Alaska wasn’t on Curtis Burton’s radar screen when he helped start Buccaneer Energy in 2007, but it quickly…

Outdoors & Recreation

Dipnetters not allowed to keep kings

Dipnetters participating in the personal-use fishery at the mouth of the Kenai River are prohibited from retaining king…

Fishermen pick a net in a still from “We Can’t Eat Gold,” a film by Joshua Tucker and Giovanna Marcantonio.-Photo provided

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Pebble Mine film opens Thursday at KBC

“We Can’t Eat Gold,” a film about the proposed Pebble mine and its potential impact on Bristol Bay…

Kenai Peninsula salmon deserve better

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Kenai Peninsula salmon deserve better

There’s been a loud, angry and often uninformed debate over salmon habitat protection in the Kenai Peninsula Borough…

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Sandhill crane eggs have started to hatch. Please report any observations of sandhill crane colts (chicks) to Kachemak…

A July 4 groundbreaking ceremony in Seldovia marks the beginning of construction for a value-added processing plant that, once built, will be leased by the city to Seldovia Wild Seafood. Jay-Brant General Contractors of Homer is the lead contractor on the 100-by-60-foot building. Participating in the event were, from left, Ronene Gain, wife of Seldovia mayor Keith Gain; Vivian Rojas, Seldovia City Council; Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna; Tim Dillon, Seldovia city manager; Michele Bieri, Seldovia Wild Seafood; Geraldine Patrick, city council; U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski; Rep. Paul Seaton, R-Homer; Dean Lent, city coucil; John Colberg, city council; and John Torgerson, executive director, Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Seldovia marks ‘turning point’ with new venture

The Fourth of July wasn’t the only crowd-drawing attraction in Seldovia on Thursday. An impressive line-up of dignitaries…

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Southern peninsula celebrates the Fourth of July

With the Fourth of July falling on Thursday, that leaves a nice long weekend to celebrate the nation’s…