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Alaskans need to unite against Navy exercises
I was one of the many local citizen activists who rose up in response to the catastrophic 1989…
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Ranger Roger retires
The history of Alaska State Parks Chief Ranger Roger MacCampbell’s career mirrors that of lower Kenai Peninsula state…
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Are we better prepared for big Cook Inlet spill?
Crude oil tankers and non crude fuel barges transit Cook Inlet all year round, and no one is…
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Senate panel hears Exxon Valdez funding measure on spill anniversary
JUNEAU — On the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Senate Judiciary Committee took up…
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Remembering Prince William Sound
I wrote this song, Water and Oil Don’t Mix, (watch video below) for the approaching 25th year anniversary…
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound — “fetched up,” in…
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After the spill: Sound ‘recovering’
BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG STAFF WRITER Twenty-five years after the Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound…
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Residents still carry spill’s hurt
By McKibben Jackinsky Staff writer As word spread that the belly of the Exxon Valdez, a tanker carrying…
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Exxon Valdez oil spill response spurs area residents into action
Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News’ 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…
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Fireweed students give fresh eyes to a 25-year-old disaster
They might not have been born when it happened, but ask the fifth- and sixth-grade students at Fireweed…
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Major spill response drill held at Valdez oil terminal
A two-day oil spill containment and cleanup drill at the Valdez Marine Terminal took place June 12-13. Spill…
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Memoir follows loss, decline of orca group in Prince William Sound
For writers, books don’t appear whole out of thin air. Instead, like orca whales sliding underwater, they can…