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    Oil spill
    This view of Seldovia Bay, looking from Point Naskowhak toward Seldovia in the background, is part of Alaska ShoreZone, a catalog of high-resolution still and video images that provide bird’s-eye views of Alaska beaches. The photo was taken from a helicopter during June 2009, at low tide.-Image courtesy of Alaska ShoreZone.
    New technology helps prepare for spills, explore coastal...
    March 11, 2015 11:43 am

    On the last day of 2012, the oil-drilling rig Kulluk ran aground on Sitkalidak Island near Kodiak. The weather was…

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    Cook Inlet navigation: Is it really safe as can be?
    Cook Inlet navigation: Is it really safe as...
    October 22, 2014 12:08 pm

    Most people don’t think about the safety of marine navigation in Cook Inlet. They didn’t before the Exxon Valdez, and…

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    Are we better prepared for big Cook Inlet spill?
    Are we better prepared for big Cook Inlet...
    September 24, 2014 4:38 pm

    Crude oil tankers and non crude fuel barges transit Cook Inlet all year round, and no one is prepared for…

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    Protesters hold signs along the Homer Spit during meetings involving Exxon in the months after the spill.   -File photo
    Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
    March 19, 2014 5:41 pm

    On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound —  “fetched up,” in the words…

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    Exxon Valdez oil spill: 25 years later
    Exxon Valdez oil spill: 25 years later
    By Findlay Abbott • March 19, 2014 5:24 pm

    Truth is one of the first casualties of war, and in Alaska, truth was the first casualty of the Exxon…

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    After the spill: Sound ‘recovering’
    After the spill: Sound ‘recovering’
    March 19, 2014 5:18 pm

    BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG STAFF WRITER Twenty-five years after the Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound on March…

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    In May 1989, Roger MacCampbell, state park ranger, surveys the damage at Gore Point.-Photo by Tom Kizzia, Homer News
    Residents still carry spill’s hurt
    March 19, 2014 5:17 pm

    By McKibben Jackinsky Staff writer As word spread that the belly of the Exxon Valdez, a tanker carrying Alaska oil…

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    Using a piece of plywood and oil that washed up on the beach at Mars Cove for “ink,” Homer artist Mavis Muller created this sign to encourage cleanup volunteers at the cove.-Photos courtesy of Mavis Muller
    Exxon Valdez oil spill response spurs area residents...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • March 19, 2014 5:13 pm

    Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News’ 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s past. This…

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    Oil from the Exxon oil spill remains on Prince William Sound beaches. As proof, Harrison Metz, Coda Wood, Terry Gilliland and Austin Cline have a jar of the oil collected from Eleanor Island during August 2013.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    Fireweed students give fresh eyes to a 25-year-old...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • January 29, 2014 5:44 pm

    They might not have been born when it happened, but ask the fifth- and sixth-grade students at Fireweed Academy about…

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    Major spill response drill  held at Valdez oil terminal
    Major spill response drill held at Valdez oil...
    By Tim Bradner • June 19, 2013 12:55 pm

    A two-day oil spill containment and cleanup drill at the Valdez Marine Terminal took place June 12-13. Spill response crews…

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    Multi-agency team finds options to reduce oil spills in Cook Inlet
    Multi-agency team finds options to reduce oil spills...
    By Brian Smith • March 18, 2013 4:43 pm

    The Cook Inlet Risk Assessment Advisory Team recently identified eight oil spill risk reduction options it feels could be immediately…

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    Where were spill response vessels?
    Where were spill response vessels?
    January 24, 2013 4:15 pm

    In regarding the inability to address pollution from the Jakolof Bay incident, the public needs to be aware that even…

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    Cook Inlet advisory council recertified by Coast Guard
    Cook Inlet advisory council recertified by Coast Guard
    October 23, 2012 5:23 pm

    The Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council has earned U.S. Coast Guard recertification for another year. This certification allows CIRCAC…

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