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    Prince William Sound
    Alaskans need to unite against Navy exercises
    Alaskans need to unite against Navy exercises
    By David Lynn Grimes • June 11, 2015 10:54 am

    I was one of the many local citizen activists who rose up in response to the catastrophic 1989 Exxon oil…

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    Rodger McCampbell
    Ranger Roger retires
    By Michael Armstrong • April 22, 2015 5:21 pm

    The history of Alaska State Parks Chief Ranger Roger MacCampbell’s career mirrors that of lower Kenai Peninsula state parks. Among…

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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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    Senate panel hears Exxon Valdez funding measure on spill anniversary
    Senate panel hears Exxon Valdez funding measure on...
    By BECKY BOHRER • March 26, 2014 2:31 pm

    JUNEAU — On the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Senate Judiciary Committee took up a resolution…

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    Remembering Prince William Sound
    Remembering Prince William Sound
    By Sally Wills • March 20, 2014 2:46 pm

    I wrote this song, Water and Oil Don’t Mix, (watch video below) for the approaching 25th year anniversary of the…

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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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    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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    Eva Saulitis-Photo by Jon Leibling
    Memoir follows loss, decline of orca group in...
    By Michael Armstrong • March 27, 2013 1:04 pm

    For writers, books don’t appear whole out of thin air. Instead, like orca whales sliding underwater, they can be elusive,…

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    • Winter king tournament postponed
    • Meet your neighbor: Red Bird Kitchen
    • Homer Epic lives up to its name
    • Halibut and black cod fisheries get off to slow start
    • Point of view: Peninsula teens need comprehensive sexual health education

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