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1 of 3 incumbents unseated in HEA election
In an election that concluded Thursday, Homer Electric Association members chose between six candidates for the three open…
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Kenai firework ordinance fizzles
Legal fireworks in Kenai will remain confined to the 48 hours between Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 and…
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Federal proposal would cut support for Kachemak Bay Research Reserve
A publicly-funded science organization in Homer that aims to provide practical data to Kachemak Bay oyster farmers, boat…
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Kenai may extend firework usage
Whether to expand sale and use of fireworks will be tackled on the Kenai City Council’s Wednesday night…
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PRL Logistics seeks to buy Kenai-owned mansion
The Anchorage-based contracting and transportation company PRL Logistics is offering to buy a four-story, 7,556-square foot mansion on…
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AGDC shares new plans for LNG pipeline
Editor’s note: This story has been changed to clarify that realtor Katie Uei has based her sales price…
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Kenai Peninsula Historical Conference sheds light on Russian, Native history
Like the history it examined, the weekend’s history conference at Kenai Peninsula College was many things to many…
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Kenai-based airship may arrive in 2019
Possibilities that a new airship design may bring to Kenai include a $10 million hangar, science educational activities,…
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Meet and greet? Peninsula residents seek town hall forums with congressional delegation
Editor’s note: This story has been changed to remove a group inaccurately named as the organizer of an Anchorage town…
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Snow River dam project scrapped
Four weeks after federal regulators gave Chugach Electric Association a three-year permit to investigate the feasibility of putting…
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State prepares for Cook Inlet lease sale
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Oil and Gas will start taking bids in June for…
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Rock wall offers new ascent for peninsula climbers
Local climbers gained a new foothold on the central peninsula April 8 with the opening of an indoor…
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Permit may delay Sport Lake elodea killing
Elodea could be eliminated from Sport Lake near Soldotna before native vegetation emerges and before the summer crowd…
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Cook Inlet Energy unsuccessfully contests fine
The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s final decision to put a $446,000 penalty on Cook Inlet Energy…
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In Tyonek, surprise, relief over PacRim change of plans
After last week’s announcement that PacRim Coal is halting plans for a strip-mine in their region, some inhabitants…
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Hilcorp gas leak found, oil source still being investigated
Last weekend contracted dive crews from Homer visited Hilcorp’s underwater fuel gas pipeline in Cook Inlet’s Middle Ground…
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PacRim coal mine permitting suspension leaves some simmering debate
Although a plan to strip-mine coal from beneath the Chuitna River’s west Cook Inlet tributaries is done for…
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Kenai donates 5 lots to Habitat for Humanity
The central Kenai Peninsula chapter of Habitat for Humanity will build a house in Kenai every two years…
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Caelus seeks to invest locals in Smith Bay oil
Under Alaska’s current oil tax and incentive program, the state “is really a co-investor” in oil and gas…
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Responders stand down from oil leak
Responders to an oil release from a Hilcorp crude oil pipeline on the west side of Upper Cook…