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    Filing opens for local elections
    Filing opens for local elections
    By Michael Armstrong • August 6, 2015 9:40 am

    Candidate filing periods opened this week for Homer City Council seats and Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, Board of Education and…

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    Halibut King Charters, owned by Gordon Terpening and Fred Hicks, was one of about half a dozen charter operations on the Spit when this photo was taken in the late 1970s.  Pictured are, in the top row, Jim Nardelli and Gordon Terpening; in the middle row just below the halibut, Barbara Buzzelli and Bridget Ferguson; and in the bottom row, Renee Hicks, Fred Hicks and Diane Spence-Chorman.-Photo by Kim Terpening
    Beyond halibut:
    By Miranda Weiss • August 6, 2015 9:36 am

    Fish cutters at Coal Point Seafoods notice there’s less halibut coming into the 23-year-old fish processing business on Thursdays. Clad…

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    The percent of taxable property has fallen from 61 percent in 1990 to 35 percent in 2015.-Shana Loshbaugh
    Borough plans tax code review
    By Shana Loshbaugh • August 6, 2015 9:28 am

    Alaska’s economy and demographics are changing. Declining revenues have serious long-term implications for local government. Underlying causes — the oil…

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    Four charged in alleged oyster poaching
    Four charged in alleged oyster poaching
    By Michael Armstrong • July 30, 2015 11:35 am

    Alaska State Troopers on July 24 charged a fourth person in an alleged theft of about $200 in oysters from…

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    Sockeye harvest tops  ’14 as Bristol Bay run  nears state’s forecast
    Sockeye harvest tops ’14 as Bristol Bay run...
    By DJ Summers • July 30, 2015 10:31 am

    Bristol Bay’s late-arriving sockeye run has contributed to a healthy commercial harvest of more than 47.6 million sockeye statewide, though…

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    UA appoints new president
    UA appoints new president
    By The Associated Press • July 30, 2015 10:28 am

    ANCHORAGE — The University of Alaska Board of Regents has named a new university president after a monthslong search for…

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    New director announced for Division of Elections
    New director announced for Division of Elections
    By BECKY BOHRER • July 30, 2015 10:26 am

    JUNEAU — Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott has chosen a new director for Alaska’s Division of Elections. Mallott asked for and…

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    ‘Last Frontier’ reality show members charged with 2014 hunting violation
    ‘Last Frontier’ reality show members charged with 2014...
    By Michael Armstrong • July 30, 2015 10:24 am

    Two members of the Discovery Channel reality TV show, “Alaska: The Last Frontier,” have been charged with using a helicopter…

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    Council knocks off 26-item punch list
    Council knocks off 26-item punch list
    By Michael Armstrong • July 30, 2015 10:19 am

    With an agenda rivaling a contractor’s punch list of things to do before freeze up, the Homer City Council at…

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    NONPROFIT NEEDS
    NONPROFIT NEEDS
    July 30, 2015 10:18 am

    The Kevin Bell Arenaneeds stacking chairs with sled bases as skating aides during public skates.  Contact: info.kevinbellarena@gmail.com   The R.E.C….

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    Ellen Field, niece of marine educator Carmen Field, gets covered in sea stars near the tip of the Spit during a minus tide.-Photo provided
    Summertime Spots to See the Spit’s Wild Things
    July 30, 2015 10:17 am

    Tip of the Spit • Flat-bottomed sea stars litter the beach and dangle from pilings during very low tides •…

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    Building design moves forward
    Building design moves forward
    July 30, 2015 10:07 am

    Recognizing some citizen reluctance to the idea of funding a public safety building that could cost as much as $30…

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    Homer feels Tuesday’s quake
    Homer feels Tuesday’s quake
    By Staff report • July 30, 2015 10:04 am

    A magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred Tuesday around 6:30 p.m had its epicenter on the west side of Cook Inlet…

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