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TRANSITIONS Special to the Peninsula Clarion When Agrium USA closed its fertilizer plant in Nikiski last year, it spelled an end to more than 160 long-term jobs and incomes that were an important part of the Kenai Peninsula Borough's economy.

Ex-Agrium workers job search ongoing

Tamara Bronner works in the ammonia plant control room at Agrium's now-closed Nikiski fertilizer plant in 2006. At one time, the plant employed about 235 people.
Photo By M. Scott Moon
Tamara Bronner works in the ammonia plant control room at Agrium's now-closed Nikiski fertilizer plant in 2006. At one time, the plant employed about 235 people.
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