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12/29/07 2:59p - Three members of the Alaska Legislature representing coastal areas of the Gulf of Alaska are upset with the Alaska Marine Highway System’s fiscal 2009 operating plan
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12/28/07 1:35p - Harnessing the untapped geothermal potential of Mount Spurr
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12/27/07 2:24p - When voters go to the polls next November they could decide the fate of a proposal to build a new crime lab
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12/27/07 11:28a - Alaskans eligible for the permanent fund dividend can apply online beginning January 1st
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12/26/07 4:42p - The state representative representing lower Kenai Peninsula is again pushing for changes to mining taxes
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12/26/07 1:51p - President Bush has signed the Fiscal 2008 Appropriations Bill which includes million of dollars for Alaska-based projects and programs
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12/24/07 1:05p - The International Pacific Halibut Commission has released preliminary catch limit recommendations for 2008
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12/24/07 3:13p - The new head of public outreach for the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council updated the Anchor Point Chamber Of Commerce last week on recent council actions
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12/21/07 6:14p - The Marine Advisory Program Agent in Homer is writing a training manual to help marine facilities prevent the spread of rats
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12/21/07 11:48a - The official unemployment rate in the Kenai Peninsula Borough took a large jump upwards
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12/20/07 6:09p - The Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board is reviewing the 1997 Kenai River Comprehensive Management Plan
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12/20/07 12:26p - The FCC has put in place stepped up requirements intended to protect telephone customers
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12/20/07 10:32a - Handel’s Messiah
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12/20/07 9:55a - The official White House Christmas tree features an ornament celebrating the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
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12/19/07 4:18p - Several fire fighting professionals held a hastily called a press conference Wednesday to address the high number of fire fatalities so far this year in Alaska
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12/18/07 1:25p - Organizations and individuals are collecting signatures statewide for several ballot initiatives – including the “clean water initiative”
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12/17/07 2:17p - Amy bollenbach is with the group Homer Citizens For Impeachment
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12/17/07 12:39p - Alaska senior citizens needing prescription drug coverage through the Medicare Part D Program or wishing to change their plan have until the end of the year to make that happen
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12/15/07 1:25p - The US Senate on Friday approved a $286 billion farm bill which includes language that could impact many Alaskan farmers, ranchers, and fishermen
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12/14/07 3:30p - The largest private foundation in Alaska last week announced that it is handing out $7,700,00 to 15 nonprofit organizations
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12/14/07 1:17p - The Homer City Council approved a resolution that could exempt the Homer Hockey Association from paying a portion of their city property tax liability
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12/14/07 12:24p - President Bush has signed into law “The Fair Treatment For Experienced Pilots Act”
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12/14/07 11:02a - Nuclear Iran is the subject of this commentary from Homer area resident Stan Anderson
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12/13/07 3:23p - The fiscal 2009 capital budget unveiled earlier this week by Alaska Governor Sara Palin includes funding for several projects and programs on the Kenai Peninsula
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12/13/07 12:51p - The Homer City Council heard testimony on global warming… including a presentation from a couple of high school students
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12/12/07 3:02p - Threats posed by global warming have resulted in a climate action plan that was accepted and approved by the Homer City Council monday night
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12/12/07 1:36p - A new system of warning sirens will be fully functional in the coming weeks
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12/11/07 6:26p - Maestro Mark Robinson conducts Handel’s "Messiah" locally
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12/11/07 3:23p - Planetary Matters with Palmer Bailey, "Mars"
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12/11/07 2:11p - Christmas bird counts are being held in the Soldotna and Homer areas
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12/10/07 3:21p - Thousands of Alaskans are expected to do at least some of their holiday shopping online for authentic native art
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12/10/07 2:05p - Governor Sara Palin has unveiled proposed state operating and capital budgets for fiscal 2009
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12/10/07 10:13a - Diane Benson interview
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12/01/07 2:07p - The Homer City Council is struggling with budget issues likely to result in changes to water and sewer rates
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11/30/07 11:34a - A new thriller from a Wyoming author is partially based in Alaska and deals with the troubling concept of terrorism on the world’s oil supply
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11/29/07 3:23p - There is another development in the ongoing saga of the certificate of need for the expansion at South Peninsula Hospital
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11/30/07 1:30p - A project of the John F. Kennedy School Of Government at Harvard University is currently accepting grant applications from American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and organizations
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11/30/07 - Link - Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
11/28/07 3:11p - The election season in Alaska is still many months away, but campaigning has already started for the lone seat in the US House of Representatives
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11/28/07 1:37p - A former Alaska lawmaker credited with exposing corruption in alaska politics is being honored Saturday at a special event held by the local environmental organization “Cook Inlet Keeper”
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11/27/07 12:28p - The Homer City Council spent a good deal of time on Monday listening to testimony about the Climate Action Plan
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11/26/07 4:36p - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that Alaska had 23 alcohol-related fatalities last year
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11/26/07 2:16p - The coast guard saved the crew of a Homer based fishing vessel early Monday morning
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11/26/07 1:41p -The 19th annual Homer Nutcracker Ballet opens Saturday afternoon
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11/26/07 10:55a - The Homer High School wrestling team hosted several area teams over the weekend in the Round Robin Rumble
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11/26/07 11:58a - Efforts are underway to fill the alaska contingent competing in the 2008 Arctic Winter Games
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11/24/07 12:56p - Thirteen environmental organizations are taking issue with a proposed rule that would impact coal-mining operations across the country and alaska
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11/23/07 2:55p - The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly held another public hearing regarding a proposed ordinance making significant changes to the way roads are developed in and around new subdivisions
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11/21/07 2:22p - The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly met to decide the fate of several resolutions and ordinances
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11/21/07 1:26p - The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly heard a couple of presentations related to a proposed ferry project in Kachemak Bay
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11/20/07 2:44p - The Alaska Division Of Public Health has released the results from the 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey
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11/20/07 1:31p - The University Of Alaska Fairbanks is moving ahead with plans to build a state-of-the-art research vessel capable of handling rough weather and dangerous sea ice condition in Alaska waters
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11/20/07 11:33a - The Alaska Division Of Forestry is encouraging Kenai Peninsula residents to prepare for next year’s fire season
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11/19/07 11:57a - The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meets tonight in Soldotna
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11/16/07 4:46p - The alaska board of fisheries deliberated all day on thursday over several fisheries proposals
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11/16/07 2:25p - A unique play that focuses on the lives of refugees will be performed in Homer
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11/16/07 12:41p - The latest unemployment figures for the state
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11/16/07 12:11p - The Alaska Board Of Fisheries decided the fate of several proposals related to Lower Cook Inlet during their recent 3-day meeting in Homer
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11/15/07 7:08p - The Alaska Board Of Fisheries deliberated and decided the fate of several proposals related to Lower Cook Inlet during their meeting Thursday
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11/15/07 11:57a - Local phone service was the topic at Tuesday’s Homer Chamber of Commerce luncheon
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11/15/07 11:46a - The Alaska court system is looking at the possibility of building a new courthouse in Homer
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11/14/07 6:17p - The Alaska Board Of Fisheries is meeting in Homer to discuss several proposals intended to change fishing regulations for Lower Cook Inlet. Public testimony before the board began on Tuesday
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11/14/07 2:03p - The Homer City Council received an update during Tuesday night’s council meeting on a proposed ferry that is envisioned to run between Homer and Seldovia
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11/13/07 2:53p - The Alaska Board of Fisheries kicked off their 3-day meeting on Tuesday in Homer to address Lower Cook Inlet finfish issues
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11/13/07 11:30a - November is Adoption Awareness Month in Alaska. As part of the awareness activities being held across the state, the Department of Health and Social Services is holding a series of meetings and other events to spotlight the need for more participation in the State’s foster care and adoption programs
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11/13/07 10:16a - Planetary Matters - Find Venus in the morning sky
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11/12/07 3:42p - American Legion posts across the State of Alaska are encouraging high school and other students to apply for a myriad of scholarships
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11/09/07 4:15p - A blues musician with a monster reputation will kick off a short tour of Alaska
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11/09/07 2:54p - The Homer Farmer’s Market on ocean drive is officially out of season…. But one last organic grower has been setting for years on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings well into the fall. Rob Heimbach spoke with KBBI’s Kathleen Gustafson
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11/09/07 9:56a - Alaskans prepare to observe Veterans Day on Sunday
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11/08/07 3:29p - The total value of the salmon caught commercially during the 2007 salmon season is estimated at $374,000,000
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11/08/07 1:50p - The snow glacier dammed lake on the Kenai Peninsula has released
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11/08/07 11:18a - A major natural gas utility in Alaska has filed a request that could lead to an estimated 2% decrease in gas prices next year
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11/07/07 6:41p - An exploration geologist made a presentation Wednesday in Anchor Point regarding a unique project to explore for gold in Cook Inlet
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11/07/07 3:25p - The 24th Annual Rotary Health Fair will be held in Homer on Saturday
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11/06/07 12:40p - A Homer woman has won a major award for her work in providing services to the disabled across the gulf coast of Alaska
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11/05/07 3:16p - A first-of-its-kind college financial aid workshop will be held tonight on the Kenai Peninsula
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11/05/07 1:19p - The Alaska Supreme Court decided a case late last week that has been languishing in the court system since the late 1990’s
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11/02/07 1:49p - The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is in the midst of developing a new long range plan
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11/02/07 12:35p - Superintendent of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Donna Peterson made a trip to Anchor Point last Wednesday to give an update on the state of the school district
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Asia Freeman, director of the non-profit Bunnell Street Gallery, offers this preview of First Friday art gallery openings
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11/01/07 2:36p - A vocal group of Homer area residents has joined a growing segment of the nationwide population calling for the US House of Representatives to pursue impeachment of President George Bush
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11/01/07 11:37a - Last week a couple of men with the Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation made a presentation in Anchor Point regarding the Anchor River State Recreation Area
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10/31/07 4:22-p - A book originally published in 1994 chronicled an amazing story of nuclear weapons for peaceful purposes is now back in print. Alaskan author Dan O’Neill first published “The Firecracker Boys” in 1994. The book deals with an attempt to create a massive harbor on the northwest coast of Alaska
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10/31/07 2:39p - In years past old, used, and broken electronics equipment ended up being tossed out as garbage in local landfills. In years past electronics recycling events have been held in Homer and on Saturday a similar event will be held at the Central Peninsula Landfill
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10/30/07 4:11p - The Alaska House Of Representatives has taken the first step in implementing the recommendations of an education funding task force
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10/30/07 1:59p - Halloween. That means kids of all ages moving from house to house dressed in their costumes looking for treats. KBBI’s Mike Mason has some tips to ensure a safe Halloween
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10/29/07 3:43p - An effort is underway in Soldotna to come up with a conceptual design for an expanded Soldotna Creek Park
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10/29/07 1:59p - Gordie Vernon Commentary - Customs in India
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10/29/07 1:59p - Gordie Vernon commentary - Customs in South Africa
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10/29/07 1:04p - The National Marine Fisheries Service has published a notice in the federal register regarding the proposed rule to designate critical habitat for the North Pacific right whale
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10/26/07 1:35p - Glen Phillips interview
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10/26/07 11:21a - The Commissioner of The State Department Of Health And Social Services has named 21 people to a new committee charged with finding solutions and coming to a consensus on a comprehensive package of certificate of need program reforms
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10/25/07 5:26p - The Homer City Council held a work-session earlier this week to examine water and sewer revenues
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10/25/07 1:51p - A major vocational school in alaska is getting a couple million dollars from the federal government to move forward with construction of a new facility dedicated to maritime safety
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10/25/07 12:42p - The special session of the Alaska Legislature to examine how best to rewrite the state’s oil taxes is getting complicated because of competing camps of lawmakers
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10/24/07 3:32p - A band touring almost constantly since their February record release will play two shows on the kenai peninsula over the next two days
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10/25/07 10:04a - During their meeting this week the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly chose to seat 3 recently reelected members who were in danger of losing their seats because of term limits
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10/24/07 11:14a - Local watchdog group, Cook Inlet Alliance, sponsored an informational forum last week on the proposed Pebble Mine. The forum focuses on the potential effects the mine may have on humans and fish
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10/23/07 6:24p - The Kenai Peninsula Borough has issued the annual “Situations and Prospects” report that outlines economic trends for 2006
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10/23/07 3:09p - The Alaska State Football Coaches Association has announced the small schools’ All State Team
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10/23/07 1:18p - Most cities across the country can boast a haunted house or two during the Halloween season. However, in Homer the haunted house is done onboard a coast guard cutter
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10/22/07 2:39p - The Red Cross of Alaska has made the decision to close the organization’s Kenai Peninsula office
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10/22/07 10:36a - A former medical doctor in the navy who has turned to mystery writing has published a new novel that examines the death of Napoleon Bonaparte. “The strange death of Napoleon Bonaparte” was written by Jerry Labriola despite the fact that there have been over 200,000 books written about the french leader. KBBI’s Mike Mason spoke with Dr. Labriola, who says for the most part the information in the book passed off as historical fact is just that
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10/20/07 4:21p - The special legislative session to look at how to rewrite the controversial petroleum profits tax started last week in Juneau
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10/19/07 11:19a - The latest unemployment figures for the State of Alaska were released late last week
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10/18/07 2:36p - A Homer writer will soon be given one of the most prestigious arts awards in Alaska
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10/18/07 12:34p - City Manager Walt Wrede gave his annual “State of the City” update Tuesday afternoon at the monthly Homer Chamber of Commerce luncheon
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10/18/07 10:15a - A new novel published last month deals with a myriad of issues related to international terrorism. “Red Sea” is the work of journalist Emily Benedek who has written several articles about airline security and other terrorism related topics. KBBI’s Mike Mason spoke with Benedek and asked her about airport security, 9/11 conspiracy theories, and why her book was written as a novel as opposed to a work of non-fiction
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10/17/07 4:38p - The director of the planning department for the Kenai Peninsula Borough provided detailed information on an ordinance being considered
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10/17/07 2:42p - The City of Homer is in the midst of a rewrite of its comprehensive plan
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10/16/07 4:07p - A Homer musical godfather of sorts passed away Monday after many years of ill health. KBBI volunteer Celeste Novak offers this remembrance of trombonist Howard Hedges.
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10/16/07 1:30p - A local group of snow-machine enthusiasts will be showing off a new Alaska produced DVD during screenings later this week in Homer
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10/15/07 4:37p - A press conference was held Monday where changes to the existing fish consumption guidelines in Alaska were rolled out for the assembled media
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10/15/07 2:21p - For the second year in a row the Soldotna Stars can claim the title of being the best small school football team in the State of Alaska
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10/12/07 12:46p - The 2007 Kenai Peninsula United Way campaign kicked off last month and will run through April with a goal of raising $700,000
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10/11/07 6:05p - Local water-quality watchdog group Cook Inlet Keeper is praising the efforts of ADF&G and DEC to protect the Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area
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10/11/07 2:11p - The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved an ordinance at Tuesday night’s meeting that makes changes to the way initiatives and referendum’s are handled in the borough
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10/11/07 12:12p - The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly met earlier this week and approved a series of ordinances accepting grant monies from the State of Alaska
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10/10/07 4:43p - If the weather cooperates and clear skies prevail the International Space Station will be visible Thursday, Friday and Saturday
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10/10/07 4:18p - The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly struggled during their meeting Tuesday night with how to deal with the 3 reelected assembly members who are apparently term limited out of office
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10/09/07 4:34p - The Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council has taken a formal position in opposition to the new general permit for oil and gas discharges into Cook Inlet
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10/09/07 2:02p - The Homer City Council finalized their capital improvement plan for the next several years during Monday night’s meeting.
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10/08/07 3:05p - Over the next 6 weeks the majority of team members will be chosen to represent Alaska in the next Arctic Winter Games
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10/08/07 1:39p - Residents in the Kenai and Soldotna areas now have another choice when it comes to local telephone service
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10/08/07 11:13a - The final phase of the expansion and renovation of Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna should be done by May of next year
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10/05/07 4:35p - The election canvass board for the City of Homer has finalized the results from last Tuesday’s municipal election
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10/05/07 3:16p - October is domestic violence awareness month. KBBI’s Mike Mason has this story about some of the resources available to abuse victims on the Kenai Peninsula
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10/05/07 11:48a - The Environmental Protection Agency region that covers Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington has a new strategy that will be used to guide the agencies
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10/04/07 4:28p – First Friday Preview with Asia Freeman
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10/04/07 2:29p - A large independent oil and gas company that first entered Alaska in 2002 is assessing a potential oil resource in Cook Inlet
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10/04/07 9:56a - A renowned basketball team that plays what is called “streetball” will be in alaska friday and saturday to challenge a team of “alaska celebrities” in what is being called the “life, health, and prosperity jam”
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10/03/07 4:11p - South Peninsula Hospital in Homer is lacking a state mandated permit
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10/03/07 10:23a - The West Coast Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer reports a magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred Wednesday morning about 55 miles northeast of Kodiak. (no audio)
10/02/07 4:43p - A public “kick-off” workshop held last week officially began the next phase of the development of the city of Homer’s plans to construct a new city hall and a town square
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10/02/07 2:03p - Commentary from longtime Alaskan and sometime Homerite Gordy Vernon who spent much of this year traveling oversees. Vernon visited several countries including India
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10/02/07 10:58a - The US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge and the Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges will host a play Saturday night in honor of the late Rachel Carson
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10/01/07 3:03p - October is National Mental Illness Awareness Month. Commentary by Chris Laing
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10/01/07 12:11p - Four Alaskan artists have been awarded fellowships administered by the Alaska State Council on the Arts
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09/28/07 1:57p - Kenai Peninsula Borough voters will decide the fate of the current unlimited property tax exemption given to senior citizens
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09/28/07 10:14a - Global climate change is one of the most talked about, written about, and debated topics of our time. A Canadian author has recently published a book on global warming specifically written for kids between the ages of 9 and 13. KBBI’s Mike Mason spoke with Jan Thornhill about her book and the difficulties of making the topic accessible to kids. Thornhill says the book includes basic information on scientific principals that can translate to kids classroom activities
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09/28/07 11:04a - Pat Porter interview
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09/27/07 6:30p - When voters in the City of Kenai go to the polls next week they will be tasked with choosing 2 city council members
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09/27/07 2:03p - On Wednesday Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor John Williams addressed the weekly Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce luncheon
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09/26/07 1:40p - Beth Wythe Interview
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09/26/07 4:44p - Homer voters will be asked whether to approve or not approve an increase in the cities sales tax rate in next week’s election
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09/26/07 7:10p - The decision by Agrium Incorporated to close their fertilizer plant in Nikiksi has prompted state action
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09/25/07 6:34p - Agrium Incorporated announced Tuesday that it will be closing the kenai nitrogen facility
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09/25/07 1:25p - The 4th annual Homer Documentary Film Festival Begins on Friday
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09/25/07 10:18a - Penny Vadla interview
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09/24/07 4:27p - A large crowd turned out last week to get an update on the unusual mortality event that was declared last year for the sea otter population in lower Cook Inlet
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09/24/07 3:06p - Doug Stark interview
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09/24/07 11:32a - A Homer women was arrested Friday for allegedly assaulting an Alaska state trooper
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09/24/07 10:29a – Linda Murphy interview
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09/22/07 5:03p – “Sammy” Crawford interview
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09/22/07 4:32p - Hundreds of people turned out Saturday afternoon at the Homer harbor to celebrate the 20th birthday of the research vessel Tiglax
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09/21/07 3:53p – The latest unemployment numbers from the State Department of Labor show that once again the unemployment rate in the Kenai Peninsula Borough has dropped
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09/21/07 2:43p – Lane Chesley Interview
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09/21/07 10:54a- Gene Dyson interview
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09/20/07 5:10p - Bryan Zak interview
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09/20/07 3:41p – Accusations related to furnishing the newly expanded portion of South Peninsula Hospital in Homer were leveled against the administration of Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor John Williams during Tuesday night’s borough assembly meeting in Homer
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09/19/07 1:03p - Peter Micciche interview
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09/19/07 3:19p – Bill Smith interview
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09/19/07 4:46p – A Homer man has agreed to settle a fishing violation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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09/18/07 11:21a - Ed Oberts interview
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09/17/07 2:01p - The research vessel for the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge is 20-years old and a celebration and open house for the vessel will be held Saturday in Homer
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09/13/07 7:32p – A couple of events will be held on Saturday in Alaska to raise money for the fight against Alzheimer’s
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09/12/07 6:18p - The global warming task force set up by the City of Homer has completed work on a draft climate action plan that they will unveil to the public on Saturday
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09/12/07 2:48p - After several years of effort the community of Anchor Point is finally getting a health clinic
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09/11/07 4:18p - The administration and city council of the City of Homer has started the process of selecting the projects that they will submit to the state and federal governments in the hope of getting funding
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09/11/07 10:48a - A ceremony was held Tuesday at which the Alaska VA Healthcare System and the State Department of Military and Veterans Affairs signed a memorandum of understanding intended to respond to the needs of veterans as they return from their National Guard and active duty deployments overseas
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09/10/07 2:31p - A complicated and often confusing billing system used at South Peninsula Hospital is changing
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09/10/07 12:58p - The annual Oktoberfest season in Alaska officially kicked off Saturday night in Homer
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09/08/07 12:54p – A possible instance of illegal high seas fishing was stopped last week thanks to action by the US Coast Guard, the Japanese Coast Guard and the People’s Republic of China Fisheries Law Enforcement Command
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09/07/07 12:28p - The sandhill cranes that call Alaska home during the summer months are starting to head south for their winter migration
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09/06/07 3:20p - The leading cause of mental retardations in the United States… including Alaska… is fetal alcohol syndrome. Recent statistics show that each year 5,000 babies in the US are born with FAS. To spotlight the importance of not drinking alcohol while pregnant this Sunday has been declared International Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Day
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09/06/07 1:13p - A Homer tradition is being revived thanks to a local brewery and the non-profit Alaska Brewers Guild
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09/05/07 4:32p – A new non-profit preschool, Kachemak Kids Early Learning Center, is set to open up shop in Homer
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09/05/07 1:22p - The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly took action Tuesday night to improve some roads in the borough
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09/05/07 12:44p - The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly took action Tuesday night to refinance a bond issue, make some road improvements, and begin the process of accepting several grants
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09/04/07 6:30p - The Kenai Peninsula Borough is responding to market demands by making it easier for junk vehicles to be disposed of
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09/04/07 1:02p - A group of individuals and organizations have come together to create what is being billed as the first “Homer Sustainability Forum”
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08/18/07 1:45p - The daughter of a well-known Kenai Peninsula doctor who died in 1991 is chronicling the life of her family in a series of books. Naomi Gaede Penner has written the book “Prescription for Finding Home”
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09/01/07 5:18p - A woman who splits her time between the Kenai Peninsula and Nevada has edited her father’s diaries into a new book. The diaries were written during time serving with Admiral Richard Byrd during the second Byrd expedition
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08/31/07 4:43p - State and federal health officials are warning Alaskans about shipments of ground beef
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8/31/07 1:45p - The Seldovia Native Association will hold public meetings in September to discuss the proposed Kachemak Bay Ferry Project
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8/31/07 11:24a - The working of the stars and planets has fascinated mankind since the beginning of time. Today we have another installment of “Planetary Matters”, an exploration of stars, planets, asteroids and other objects that can be seen from earth with Palmer Bailey of the Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College. Bailey focuses on an expected meteor shower
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08/30/3:26p - A unique musician who’s been on the road since march has been in Alaska for the past couple of months playing original electronic music. KBBI’s Mike Mason sat down with J-Wail
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08/30/07 1:36p Kenai City voters go to the polls in early October and will decide the fate of a $2 million dollar bond to spur the development of a bluff erosion control project along the Kenai River
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08/29/07 4:28p - A proposal before the Board of Fisheries in November would eliminate a couple of effective but possibly unethical fishing practices at the fishing lagoon on the Homer Spit
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08/29/07 1:42p - When voters in the city of Kenai go to the polls in early October they will decide the fate of a bond question that would help pay for improvements to library services
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08/28/07 1:33p - The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has issued the book of proposed changes to fishing regulations that will be considered by the board of fish during it’s series of meetings held from this October through March of next year
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08/27/07 12:38p - The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has closed the fall brown bear hunting season on the Kenai Peninsula
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8/27/07 - Former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Mike Gravel, who represented Alaska in the senate from 1969 through 1980, was in Alaska earlier this week doing some fundraising and making a policy speech to Commonwealth North. KBBI’S Mike Mason spoke to Senator Gravel about several topics ranging from a natural gas pipeline to the current ethics cloud hanging over the Alaska congressional delegation. Gravel began by discussing the possibility that he might be the only presidential candidate to visit Alaska.
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08/25/07 - Stars and planets have fascinated mankind since the beginning of time. Palmer Bailey teaches astronomy at the Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College. In this Planetary Matters he focuses on an upcoming lunar eclipse
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08/24/07 6:18p - The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly has appropriated over $14-million dollars to the next phase of expansion at South Peninsula Hospital
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8/24/07 2:14p - Residents of the Kenai Peninsula Borough can now participate in a program intended to make prescription drugs more affordable
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08/23/07 3:26p - Efforts to assess reed canary grass as a possible problematic invasive species on the peninsula
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08/23/07 1:32p - The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly introduced an ordinance that would make changes to the way initiative’s and referendum’s are handled in the borough
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08/23/07 12:03p - The Better Business Bureau is warning homeowners in Alaska to be wary of mortgage foreclosure “rescue” companies who promise to save their homes
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08/22/07 1:42p - The state medical examiner has determined the cause of death for 18-year old Sheldon Purcell of homer who died in the early morning hours of July 29th
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08/22/07 11:51a - Kasitsna Bay Research Laboratory construction and renovations include a new dock, research labs, and classrooms. KBBI’s Clark Chambers
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Tuesday 8/21/07 Conservation officials in Alaska have been getting out in front of the invasive plant problem before it spreads out of control
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Tuesday 8/21/07 A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held Thursday afternoon in Soldotna for the new $3-million dollar mining and petroleum training services facility
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8/20/07 Monday - Commentary from longtime Alaskans and sometime Homerite Gordy Vernon, who recently returned from several months traveling oversees, including India
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8/20/07 Monday - Public school students across the Kenai Peninsula will head back to class this week. The start of the school year comes on the heels of the announcement earlier this month of the schools who did and did not meet adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Act
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08/18/07 4:19p A host of candidates for city and borough offices will be on the ballot in October when residents across the Kenai Peninsula head to the polls
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8/17/07 July unemployment figures for the State of Alaska
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08/17/07 9:56a Federal energy regulatory commission finds that the State of Alaska has been making progress towards getting a natural gas pipeline
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Wednesday 8/15/07 -A volcano located on the Alaska Peninsulanear Cold Bay has started erupting. Listen to this story
Wednesday 8/15/07 - The latest expansion project at South Peninsula Hospital is complete but plans to open the new part to the public next month could be put on hold. Listen to this story
Thursday 8/9/07 - A lightning strike in late July started a fire that has grown to 500 acres Listen to this story
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Tuesday 8/07/07 The State of Alaska administration has formally come out against the proposed listing of the Cook Inlet Beluga whale as an endangered species
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Monday 8/6/07 - Voters in the Kenai Peninsula borough will get the chance in October to decide the fate of term limits for members of the borough assembly and the school board
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Monday 8/6/07 - The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released detailed information on the health of children across the country, including alaska
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Friday 8/3/07 Bela Fleck Interview
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Friday 8/3/07 A best-selling author is in Alaska this week talking about electricity generation using coal
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Friday 8/3/07 A prominent Alaska based reggae band will play in Homer and KBBI’s Kathleen Gustafson has this preview
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Thursday 8/2/07An award-winning journalist has written a new book with an interesting premise
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Thursday 8/2/07 - The much debated Pebble Mine Project near Iliamna has received a huge infusion of capital
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Thursday 8/2/07 - Asia Freeman’s preview of what’s scheduled for this upcoming First Friday
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Wednesday 8/1/07 - A Homer City Councilman subject to a pending ethics complaint has decided to resign his seat
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Tuesday 7/31/07 - Arctic explorer Eric Larsen stopped in Homer last week
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Tuesday 7/31/07 - Tesoro Alaska announced Monday they will keep a tractor tug in cook inlet year round for tanker safety
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Monday 7/30/07 - The state's population is expected to increase
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Monday 7/30/07 - A local teenager died early Sunday morning after attending a large teen party outside of Homer
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Friday 7/27/07 - A strong run of sockeye salmon to the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers has resulted in increased fishing opportunities
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Friday 7/27/07 - The Alaska Commission on Post Secondary Education and the Alaska Department of Law are advising Alaskans to be wary of high-pressure campaigns related to federal Stafford Education Loan consolidation
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Friday 7/27/07 - The annual KBBI Concert on the Lawn is this weekend at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer. The weekend of music wraps up Sunday night with the Canadian band “The Clumsy Lovers”
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Friday 7/27/07 - A renowned arctic explorer will be in Homer Friday to give a free presentation regarding the impacts of global warming on polar bears and the sea ice in the Arctic
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Thursday 7/26/07 - A Washington DC based political watchdog group filed a 14-page ethics complaint on Wednesday with the US Senate regarding US Senator Lisa Murkowski
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Wednesday 7/25/07 - The Homer City Council approved the Mayor’s appointments to the Homer Planning Commission during Monday night’s meeting, which will allow the planning commission to get back to work
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Monday 7/23/07 - The annual NOAA report on fisheries of the united states shows an overall increase in seafood consumption last year
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Monday 7/23/07 - The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development has released the June unemployment data for the state
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Monday 7/23/07 - The National Marine Fisheries Service held a public hearing on the proposed listing of the Cook Inlet beluga whale population as endangered
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Monday 7/23/07 - A military system intended to locate submarines at long range is again drawing the ire of environmental groups
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Friday 7/20/07 - A presentation was made last week in Homer about the Aleutian Islands military campaign during World War II
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Friday 07/20/07 - Opinions differ over a proposal to list Cook Inlet Beluga Whales as endangered
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Thursday 7/19/07 - U.S. senator Lisa Murkowski has answered charges that she received a sweetheart deal when buying land on the Kenai River
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Thursday 7/19/07 - A Kodiak teenager was recently given a $191,000 grant to develop a portable slaughterhouse
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Thursday 7/19/07 - Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation
Thursday 7/19/07 - A controversial decision to allow residents of the Ninilchik area a subsistence priority in the Kenai River drainage will once again be before the Federal Subsistence Board later this year
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Wednesday 7/18/07 - The City of Homer has taken ownership of 275 acres of undeveloped land just northwest of the Homer city limits. The land contains about a 4th of the heavily used Baycrest ski trail system
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Tuesday 7/17/07 - Alaska Storm Track Monitoring Site
Tuesday 7/17/07 - A study has been completed to determine the most viable way to provide biomass energy to the village of Port Graham
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Tuesday 7/17/07 - "Planetary Matters" The workings of the stars and planets have fascinated mankind since the beginning of time.
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Tuesday 7/17/07 - A Homer area developer is accusing a sitting Homer city councilman of violating ethics codes
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Saturday 7/14/07 - A dispute has developed between a prominent Kenai Peninsula Borough politician and an Anchorage radio talk show host
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Monday 7/09/07 - Alaskan residents and visitors are advised not to eat a particular brand of snack food
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Monday 7/09/07 - Alaska’s lone congressman, Don Young, has successfully inserted a navigational risk assessment for Cook Inlet into legislation being considered in congress
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Monday 7/09/07 - Visiting students are working to rehabilitate homes and structures in the central Kenai Peninsula area
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Monday 7/09/07 - Fire managers with the Kenai National Wildlife refuge plan to move forward with the Lily Lake prescribed fire project sometime between today and next Monday
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Saturday 7/07/07 - A potential threat to human health has been spotted in coastal Alaskan waters
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Friday 7/6/07 - Recent cooler temperatures and rain have assisted firefighting efforts on the Caribou Hills fire
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Friday 7/6/07 - A new law goes into effect this week clarifying motorists’ responsibilities when seeing a traffic stop or law enforcement activity on Alaskan roadways
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Friday 7/6/07 - The State of Alaska has decided to extend its free food worker card program through the end of the year
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Thursday 7/5/07 - Hundreds of Homer area residents and visitors turned out Wednesday for the annual 4th of July parade in Homer
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Thursday 7/5/07 - Homer has long been considered a community that appreciates art. That appreciation manifests itself during the First Friday art gallery openings held on the first Friday of each month. Asia freeman---the director of the non-profit Bunnell Street Gallery--- prepared this review of what’s scheduled for this upcoming First Friday
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Thursday 7/5/07 - Grant funds worth more than $600,000 dollars are being dispersed to several local governments, non-profit organizations, and citizen watershed groups across the state of Alaska
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Thursday 7/5/07 - Alaska Office of Management and Budget
Thursday 7/5/07 - The State of Alaska is seeking the public’s help to determine potential changes to the state’s water quality standards
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Thursday 7/5/07 - Alaska Division of Water
Tuesday 7/03/07 - A naval warship pulled into Kachemak Bay Tuesday morning. KBBI’s Mike Mason met the ship dockside for this report
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Tuesday 7/03/07 - Late last Friday night in downtown homer a woman reported being raped. Details of the incident have not been released. However, South Peninsula Haven House director Peg Coleman discussed issues of public safety and rape awareness with KBBI’s Kathleen Gustafson
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Tuesday 7/03/07 - The hooks will be flying Thursday at one of the state’s most popular fishing destinations
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Monday 7/2/07 - The Caribou Hills fire that scorched over 55,000 acres on the Kenai Peninsula is still burning but is 76% contained
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Monday 7/2/07 - A NASA astronaut aboard the international space station will be speaking with kids from across the Kenai Peninsula this Saturday
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Monday 7/02/07 - The die-off of sea otters in Cook Inlet has gone unexplained for several years. Some clues are being examined
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Saturday 6/30/07 - The price of electricity and the threat of continued global warming has caused more and more companies to explore cleaner power technologies
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Thursday 6/28/07 5:00pm - The Caribou Hills fire is now 66% contained and the total acreage is holding at just over 55,000 acres in size
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Thursday 6/28/07 - Greenpeace has returned to homer. KBBI’s Mike Mason has the story
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Thursday 6/28/07 - The caribou hills fire is now 66% contained, and the fire is holding at just over 55,000 acres in size
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Wednesday 6/27/07 4:00am - Efforts are underway to distinguish the Kenai Peninsula as a separate and distinct destination for visitors to the state of Alaska
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Wednesday 6/27/07 11:30am - The huge Caribou Hills fire that has been burning for over a week in the interior of the western Kenai Peninsula is now 61-percent contained
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Tuesday 6/26/07 2:21PM - Recent cooler, wetter weather has allowed firefighters battling the 55-thousand acre Caribou Hills fire to make quite a bit of progress towards containment
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Tuesday 6/26/07 9:00am - The 55,000 acres wildfire on the Kenai Peninsula continues to burn despite recent cooler, wetter weather. Fire behavior was minimal on Monday, and crews apparently made good progress toward containment
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Monday 6/25/2007 (updated 3:10p) The massive wildfire that has been burning on the Kenai Peninsula since last week continues to burn despite recent cooler, wetter weather
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Monday 6/25/07 12:27pm - The massive wildfire that has been burning on the Kenai Peninsula since last week continues to grow
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Monday 6/25/07 - The Caribou Hills fire that has been burning on the Kenai Peninsula for just under a week grew just 3,000 acres on Sunday and is now officially 55,000 acres in size
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Friday 6/22/07 - The massive caribou hills fire that has been burning on the Kenai Peninsula since Tuesday is now well over 20-thousand acres in size and is still growing. Firefighters are currently assessing the damage in the Ninilchik 40 subdivision and the Caribou Hills Recreation Area (updated 10:40am)
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Friday 6/22/07 - The Caribou Hills fire exploded last night and is now well over 20-thousand acres in size. The fire destroyed numerous homes east of Ninilchik Thursday night
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6/20/07 - Firefighters from across the state are converging on a wildfire that is burning in the Caribou Hills on the Kenai Peninsula (updated)
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6/20/07 - Firefighters from across the state are converging on an over 18-hundred acre wildfire that is burning in the Caribou Hills on the Kenai Peninsula
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6/20/07 - Issues regarding health care in the State of Alaska will be tackled by a special planning council created by Governor Palin
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6/19/07 - A small commercial airplane crashed on an island in Kachemak Bay Tuesday morning (updated)
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6/19/07 - A small commercial airplane crashed on an island in Kachemak Bay this morning

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6/19/07 - This past weekend at the Anchor Point Raceway, the Homer Racing Lions hosted races 3 and 4 of the Alaska State Motorcross Championships. KBBI’s Kathleen Gustafson attended the 2nd day of the 2-day event for this report

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6/19/07 - The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge plans to conduct a prescribed fire project on Thursday not to far from the community of sterling

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6/19/07 - The first legal challenge to a re-issued permit allowing oil and gas facilities to discharge waste materials into Cook Inlet was made last week by the “Trustees for Alaska”

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6/18/07 - The growing trend locally and nationally to move toward natural forms of health-care got a boost in Homer last month thanks to action by the South Peninsula Hospital board of directors

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Efforts to stop development of a large coal mine on the west side of Cook Inlet took a unique turn last week

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The latest state unemployment figures show many unemployed Kenai Peninsula residents are back to work with the summer visitor season

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The City of Homer has received and approved the comprehensive annual financial report and audit

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A conference and trade show intended to spotlight the food and agricultural products made in Alaska wrapped up Thursday in Soldotna

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Both the State of Alaska and the Environmental Protection Agency consider The Kenai River and Wasilla's Big Lake impaired water-bodies

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The Kachemak Bay Writers Conference, which began on Friday, wrapped up Tuesday. The keynote presenter was best-selling author Amy Tan who’s most widely known books are “The Joy Luck Club” and “The Kitchen God’s Wife”. KBBI’s Mike Mason attended a workshop headed by Tan for this report.

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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has issued an emergency order to allow sport harvest of more king salmon in the Kenai River
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A Homer woman has contributed to what is known about mercury levels in residents of a couple of Alaskan coastal communities
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The Alaska Volcano Observatory has downgraded the status of the Fourpeaked Volcano on the Alaska Peninsula
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For the first time since the early 1990’s, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is beginning the process of assessing the economic impact of sport-fishing in Alaska
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The Alaska Judicial Council has released survey scores on 10 judicial candidates for the Kenai superior court
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KBBI commentator and long time Alaskan Gordy Vernon is traveling overseas since January. Vernon checks in from Bangladesh with a story he calls “the guidebook to the inferno”.
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Some new regulations have been rolled out for boaters who use the Kenai River
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“Alaska’s playground” is the new tagline chosen to market the Kenai Peninsula
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The Cook Inlet regional citizens advisory council recently updated the homer city council on some of the work it’s been doing in and around Cook Inlet
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A tense situation has developed in the City of Homer regarding the policies and procedures for leasing city land on the homer spit
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A major permit related to oil and gas facilities in Cook Inlet has been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency
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An Alaska based bluegrass band will conduct a bluegrass camp for kids
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The Homer Fire Department has taken ownership of a “fire safety house” intended to help train families what to do in case of an actual home fire
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Another attempt to lower the existing property tax rate was turned down Tuesday night by the Homer City Council
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Hundreds of Alaska National Guard members were called upon last summer for a tour of duty in the Middle East. The deployment was the largest since World War II
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A critically acclaimed non-fiction book that focused attention on the plight of the Cook Inlet beluga whale has been released in a paperback edition
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The Kenai Peninsula College is putting in place a pilot program that will allow resident and non-resident students to pay the same price for tuition
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Planning is underway to clean up a beach facing the Gulf of Alaska that collects tons of marine debris
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A father and son from cape code have made a cross country journey in a small airplane in order to deliver “save the whale” artwork to a meeting next week in Anchorage
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An Alaska fisheries expert weighed in earlier this month before a congressional committee on the potential impacts of global warming on Alaska fisheries
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A private landowner in the Kenai area will be implementing a restoration and mitigation work plan to restore damaged wetlands
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The state of Alaska is slated to get around $3.25-million dollars from a Cook Inlet Basin oil and gas lease sale
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A prominent fisheries professor from Alaska was invited to testify earlier this month before a u-s senate subcommittee on the topic of the effects of climate change and ocean acidification on living marine resources. Gordon Kruse is the president’s professor of fisheries for the u-a-f school of fisheries and ocean sciences
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A nationwide effort to promote the reading of literature has come to the Kenai Peninsula
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Alaska has vast amounts of energy resources and many of them are considered “renewable”. KBBI’s mike mason has this story about the potential geothermal and hydroelectric potential still untapped in Alaska
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Alaska is currently at a crossroads regarding it’s energy future. While the state has abundant fossil fuel resources many residents and conservationists are urging an increased reliance on renewable energy
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7th graders at Homer Hiddle School held a hobby fair Thursday. KBBI’s Kathleen Gustafson attended the fair for this report on just a few of the hobbies represented…. Beginning with the raider’s cheerleading squad
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The city council in Homer is considering a unique way to fund the building of infrastructure related to recreation
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A workshop focusing on the topic of invasive weeds was held Thursday in homer
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The City of Homer and specifically the Homer police department have kicked off a public awareness campaign to improve pedestrian safety
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Voters will decide the issue of changing the current unlimited property tax exemption for senior citizens
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The Homer City Council passed an emergency ordinance to fix problems with the police communications
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A couple of Kenai Peninsula roads that are in pretty bad shape will get repaved in the coming weeks
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Though the Alaska volcano observatory has had some monitoring equipment on Fourpeaked Volcano for several months now the volcano was not labeled as a monitored volcano until Thursday.
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The results are in from the recent Homer Electric Association election, and there will be a new member on the co-op’s board of directors.
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The Anchor Point Chamber Of Commerce hosted a world renowned lecturer during their weekly luncheon Wednesday afternoon
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4/30/07 A lodge in Seldovia burned to the ground Sunday night.
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4/30/07 The students at the Razdolna school on the Kenai peninsula got the chance Monday to see their own artwork that was on display all last month at the homer council on the arts.
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4/25/07 Schools and universities across the country are reevaluating how to prepare and respond to emergencies in the wake of the mass shooting on the campus of Virginia Tech
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4/25/07 Former Alaska lieutenant governor Fran Ulmer will take over as the interim chancellor of the university of Alaska beginning on May 7th.
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4/24/07 The growing concern about global warming over the past several years has resulted in more and more automobiles using greener technologies. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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4/23/07 A nationwide effort to address the national decline in literary reading is coming to the Kenai Peninsula. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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A new tourism report finds that an estimated 1.63-million out of state visitors traveled to Alaska last year between may and September. KBBI's mike mason
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Summer 2006 Visitor Information
A unique effort to spur further student success in Alaska was presented Tuesday to the university of Alaska board of regents. KBBI's Mike Mason
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Entries are being accepted through July for a competition intended to foster new designs in fishing gear to reduce marine bycatch. KBBI's Mike Mason
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The much anticipated double lung transplant for Max Haggerty of Homer happened over the weekend. KBBI's Mike Mason speaks with Max's Father, Mako Haggerty
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Max Haggerty suffers from cystic fibrosis. Updates are being posted to the web site WeLoveMax.org
One of the most popular areas in the state for snowmachining is set to close for the season next week. KBBI's Mike Mason
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Beginning in early June the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services will start dispensing more than 20-thousand doses of a drug that can prevent cervical cancer in women. KBBI's Mike Mason
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Both the state of Alaska and the National Marine Fisheries Service have stepped in to try and keep halibut charter fishermen in Alaska from continuing to catch too many fish. KBBI's Mike Mason
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