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- 11/25/08 - The quest to find more sources for domestic oil
and natural gas is moving beyond the traditional areas of exploration.
Plans are
in the works to possibly offer up part of Bristol Bay for companies to
explore.
Mike Mason
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- 10/27/08 - The Homer High School debate team live in the
studio of KBBI - 3/3
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to this visit
- 10/20/08 - Homer High School Debate Team visits 2/3
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to this visit
- 10/29/09 - Coffee Table - District 35 House candidates, Philip
Alderfer and Paul Seaton
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- 10/13/08 - The Homer High School debate team was live in the
studio for KBBI’s Monday evening news. Team members will be appearing
on air for the next 3 weeks to argue topics they will be taking into
competition this season. KBBI’s Kathleen Gustafson 1/3
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to this spirited debate
- 10/13/08 - Branchflower Report to the
Legislative Council regarding Ted Stevens Investigation - [Link]
- 10/02/08 3:10p - A new regulation will
require
many Alaskans to get something called the “Transportation Worker
Identification
Credential”. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 10/01/08 1:17p - The 2008 Homer Halibut Jackpot
Derby
has ended and KBBI’s Emily Schwing has the official results
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to this story
- 09/30/08
2:54p - Homer
based writer Nancy Lord has been chosen as Alaska State Writer
Laureate.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 09/24/08 1:58p - The new head of the ACLU in
Alaska
is making the rounds visiting attornies and others across the
state. Jeff Mittman visited Homer on Monday.
Mike
Mason
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- 09/30/08
10:47a - The Democratic challenger for
the
District 35 seat in the Alaska House of Representatives has picked up a
big
endorsement. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 09/29/08
1:54p - The US Department of Commerce
and
the Department of Education jointly released a report to congress
Monday which
forecasts a shortage in the number of people pursuing and obtaining
both higher
education and careers in fishery science in the
future.
The report comes a year after the
reauthorization of the Magnusson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act,
which calls for an increase in scientists with experience in fish
population
dynamics and stock assessments. KBBI’s
Emily Schwing
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- 09/29/08 2:15p - While many Alaskans
received
their Permanent Fund Dividend payment by way of direct deposit earlier
this
month, many are still waiting… but the wait’s about to
end. Remaining PFD checks go out in the mail on
Tuesday and residents should see them arrive in the next couple of
weeks. However, some scholars say there’s a
downside. KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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- 09/24/08
12:18p - Central
Peninsula Hospital has become the first hospital in the state to offer
new
digital mammography technology that delivers lower doses of radiation
to the
breast. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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to this story
- 09/23/08
4:50p - An independent oil exploration
and
production company based in Texas is considering its options for
developing an
oil resource located in Cook Inlet just off the coast from Anchor
Point.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 09/23/08 2:02p - The Kenai Peninsula United Way
Campaign for 2008 is underway with a goal of raising $750,000 to
support local non-profit organizations.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 09/19/08
9:28a - Commercial fishermen and women
are
being asked to take a survey in an effort to find ways to deal with the
escalating cost of gasoline and diesel fuel.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 09/18/08
3:31p - The two candidates for the
District
35 House seat outlined their priorities and positions during a
candidates forum
Tuesday in Homer. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 09/17/08
1:27p - The mayor of Homer has
resigned
and is withdrawing from his reelection
campaign.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 09/17/08 2:01p - Hurricanes are defined as
tropical
storms and tropical is something Alaska is not.
However, that doesn’t mean that Alaska doesn’t see it’s fair
share of hard-hitting weather, especially during the fall and early
winter. KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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- 09/15/08
11:38p – Those who are deaf or hard of
hearing on the Kenai Peninsula now have access to a new tool that could
make
long distance communication easier.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 09/15/08 11:09a - The Alaska Sealife Center
staff
successfully released 2 harbor seal pups back to the wild on Friday
afternoon. KBBI’s Emily Schwing was
there
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- 09/11/08
3:21p - The State of Alaska has found
the
cause of a bacterial infection that has impacted over 30 Alaska
residents. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 09/11/08
2:41p - A unique musical talent is in Alaska
for a short tour in support of her latest
CD. KBBI’s Mike Mason spoke with Rachael
Sage
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- 09/11/08
12:24p - The
State of Alaska held a lease sale, which included over 36,000 acres of
land on
the southern flank of Mount Spurr with the potential of developing a
geothermal
electricity generation project. KBBI’s
Mike Mason
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- 09/11/08
11:50a - There’s
a new source for news on the Kenai Peninsula. Editor
and publisher of the new Redoubt Reporter, Jenny Neyman
dropped the 6th issue of the paper off at newsstands in the central
portion of the peninsula on Wednesday.
KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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- 09/10/08 12:34p - The 2 candidates running for
the
position of Homer mayor appeared on KBBI’s Coffee Table program
wednesday
morning to discuss the issues. KBBI’s
Mike Mason
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- 09/09/08
1:36p - Despite the autumnal
equinox
being a little less than 2-weeks away, fall has arrived on the Kenai
Peninsula,
and with it comes a season of high winds and heavy rains, increasing
the threat
of potential flooding in the region.
KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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- 09/09/08 12:57p - The City of Homer has
explored
and rejected the idea of using hybrid vehicles as patrol
cars.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 09/09/08 11:22a - Over the past few weeks the
Homer
City Council has listened to 3 separate presentation related to the
proposed Pebble
Gold and Copper Mine near Lake
Illiamna.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 09/08/08
9:35p - For the past few
years the Alaska
Division of Forestry, the Kenai Peninsula Borough, local fire
departments and
interested citizens have been preparing community wildfire protection
plans for
areas on the Kenai Peninsula deemed to be at high
risk.
The latest round of plans are written and
waiting on final approval from the Division of Forestry and the Kenai
Peninsula
Borough. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 09/03/08
11:15p - The
University of Alaska announced Tuesday that the Chevron is giving it
$1,000,000. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 09/02/08
3:20p - Alaska
is a young state and that means there are quite a few people still
alive with
history in Alaska dating back to well before
statehood.
Just such a person recently visited the
Homer area and sat down with KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 09/02/08 1:48p - The Soldotna Rotary Club
is
teaming up with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District to help
students at
a few Soldotna area schools learn about digital
photography.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 08/28/08 1:35p - The regulatory commission of
Alaska
has declined to adopt a proposal to allow net metering in
Alaska.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 08/27/08 3:08p - The race for the US Senate
seat in
November’s general election will feature long time incumbent republican
Ted Stevens
facing off against democrat Mark Begich, who’s the mayor of
Anchorage. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 08/27/08 12:41p - Long
time incumbent US Senator Ted Stevens scored a clear victory in
Tuesday’s
republican party primary. The senator
received over 63-percent of the votes cast in the republican
primary.
KBBI’s Mike Mason spoke with Senator Stevens
about his win in the primary, his thoughts on the candidates for
president and
the positions outlined by his general election opponent--- anchorage
mayor mark
begich
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- 08/26/08 3:07-pm - The NOAA hips Rainier
and Fairweather
are back in Kachemak Bay. After a month of tracking the tides, they are
hard at
work using multi-beam sonar to update local nautical
charts.
KBBI’s
Emily Schwing
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- 08/26/08 3:39-pm - The Homer City Council got
an
earful about stepped up law enforcement from several concerned citizens
during Monday
night’s city council meeting. KBBI’s Mike
Mason
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- 08/25/08
2:51-pm - One Homer resident is dead and
another is charged with first degree murder after a shooting late
saturday
night. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 08/25/08 12:06-pm - The annual Kids Count
Alaska
data book has been released and it continues to show some alarming
trends. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 08/22/08 12:29pm - Every 10-years a census of
the
population in the country is undertaken by the US Census
Bureau.
Though 2010 is still well over a year
away, the planning efforts are getting started in
Alaska.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 08/19/08 3:33-pm - The Alaska Judicial Council
has
released a study entitled “Selecting and Evaluating Alaska’s Judges:
1984 to
2007”. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 08/15/08 3:08pm - This summer, biologists on
the
lower Kenai Peninsula have been studying some unlikely juvenile salmon
habitat. KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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- 08/15/08 2:43-pm - Kenai Peninsula Borough
Assembly
members are now subject to term limits.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 08/13/08
3:14-pm - Voters will decide the fate of
a ballot measure to provide public funding for campaigns in alaska when
they
head to the polls for the primary election on august
26th. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 08/07/08 3:23p - The Alaska marine
highway system
has released a draft schedule for the summer of
2009. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 08/07/08 12:14p - Congressman Don Young was in
Homer
on Wednesday for a public meeting with Homer city
officials.
KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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- 08/07/08 11:24a - A youth leadership conference
related to the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault will be
held next
month in Girdwood and organizers are looking for participants between
the ages
of 13 and 18. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 08/06/08
11:01a - A
new communications system for the coast guard could be coming to
Alaska. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 08/05/08
4:15p - The
North Gulf Oceanic Society is a non-profit research and education
organization
that conducts long-term research on marine
mammals.
This summer, they are focusing research on whales in the lower
Cook Inlet region of the Gulf of Alaska. KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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- 08/05/08 2:35p - The highest ranking
member of the
US Coast Guard made his first visit to Homer on Tuesday
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- 08/04/08 4:20p - The Homer City Council
discussed budget
priorities last week
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- 08/04/08 1:16p - The Homer City Council last
week
chose the Alaska based law firm of Birch, Horton, Bittner and Cherot to
take
over the responsibility of providing legal services
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- 08/04/08
11:42a - A
psychiatrist from the University of Colorado Health Science Center has
written
a travel book that chronicles her trip across 47 states including
Alaska. KBBI’s Mike Mason spoke with
Oreen Orion
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- 08/01/08 1:45p - The friends of the Homer
Public Library
have published a children’s book about Kachemak Bay.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/30/08
3:33p - The
Homer City Council passed an ordinance which makes some changes to the
disclosure of public records. KBBI’s
Mike Mason
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- 07/30/08 1:19p - A TV and video director in
Anchorage
has created a video sharing website specifically for the State of
Alaska. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/30/08 12:53p - The growth potential for
aquaculture in Kachemak Bay
is soaring, and the demand for shellfish is overwhelming for farmers,
who have
had a hard time growing enough oysters due to this summers cold weather
and a
bad batch of oyster seed. KBBI’s Emily
Schwing
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- 07/29/08 12:27p - When Alaska voters go to the
polls to vote in the primary election they will have several candidates
to
choose from. One of the 3
candidates for the democratic parties nomination for US Senate is Homer
resident Frank Vondersaar. KBBI’s Mike
Mason
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- 07/29/08 11:04a - A professor of biology with
the University
of Alaska system has recently published the results of some ground
breaking
research about crested auklets
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- 07/25/08 9:52a - A large number of sport
and
personal use fishing violations have occurred in the past week on the
Kenai Peninsula
and wildlife troopers have doubled their numbers to combat rogue
fishermen. KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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- 07/23/08 2:53p - A
cell phone provider that has traditionally served the Anchorage area
has
expanded its offerings to the Kenai Peninsula. KBBI’s
Mike Mason has the story.
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- 07/23/08 11:49a - The Alaska Department of
Transportation
and Public Facilities announced this week that all of the state ferry’s
will be
outfitted with a new system intended to conserve
fuel.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/22/08 6:17p - The state’s new commissioner
of
the Division of Public Safety is adamantly denying accusations that he
sexually
harassed a co-worker while serving as the chief of police in
Kenai.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/22/08 2:09p - South Peninsula Hospital in
Homer
is teaming up with health care providers to offer a “physical exam
night” at Homer
High School. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/22/08
1:21p - The
registration deadline for those who want to register to vote in time to
cast a
ballot in the state’s primary election is this Sunday
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- 07/22/08 10:52a - The Alaska Department
of Fish
and Game has decided to use a pesticide to eliminate northern pike in
Arc Lake
just south of Soldotna. KBBI’s Mike
Mason
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- 07/21/08 1:08p - The Kenai River Sportfishing
Association
is supporting the State of Alaska in a lawsuit against the Federal
Subsistence Board. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/21/08
2:56p - The
US Department of Education is giving the Kenai Peninsula College nearly
$2,000,000
in grant funding. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/21/08 6:52p - The Alaska Department of
Fish and
Game is taking steps to ensure that the sockeye salmon escapement goals
for the
Susitna and Yentna Rivers in upper Cook Inlet are achieved.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/21/08 6:05p - At least three dead
whales turned
up in the lower Cook Inlet area over the
weekend.
KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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- 07/21/08 3:55p - Dipnetters lined the
shores of
the Kenai river over the weekend as the subsistence fishery
peaked. Alongside a couple of hundred
other
fishermen, KBBI’s Emily Schwing fought the tides at the mouth of the
Kenai River
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- 07/18/08
3:24p - The Alaska
Department of Environmental Conservation is posting food inspection
reports
online. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/18/08 2:22p - A support organization
for
non-profit groups in Alaska has unveiled a new health insurance
program.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/18/08 11:34a - Four professionally
trained
opera singers will perform together on saturday
night. KBBI’s Emily Schwing visited with them
during a rehearsal at the Bunnell Street Art Center
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- 07/17/08
2:39p - The deputy campaign manager for
presidential candidate Barak Obama outlined the campaign’s strategy to
win Alaska. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/17/08
10:05a - When
Alaskans go to the polls in August to vote in the primary election they
will
also decide the fate of ballot measure number
4.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/16/08 1:49-pmIn early September the
International
Pacific Halibut Commission will hold a public workshop to discuss the
methods
used to determine how the halibut biomass is divided up into regulatory
areas. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/16/08 12:51p - Homer area
residents will likely see a small, modified
jet flying over Kachemak Bay starting at the end of the
week.
As part of a two-year project called Hydropalooza,
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be using the
jet to
update shoreline maps and nautical charts of Kachemak
Bay.
KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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- 07/15/08 6:45p - The Prince William Sound
Regional
Citizens Advisory Council is calling for the official censure of five
members
of the US Supreme Court. KBBI’s Mike
Mason
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- 07/15/08
2:46p - (Update) Several relics were recovered on Monday from the
oldest known
american shipwreck ever found in alaska
waters.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/15/08 2:17p - In Homer, licensed care
providers and counselors are
seeing an increase in the need for behavioral and mental health care
but state
officials haven’t noticed the trend yet.
Officials believe a number of things are contributing to the increase
in
the need for care across the state.
KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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- 07/15/08 12:20p - Relics were recovered
on Monday
from the oldest known American shipwreck ever found in Alaska
waters. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/12/08 1:22p - The Kenai Peninsula
Borough is
getting nearly a million dollars in grant funding from the US Forest
Service. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/12/08 11:46a - An anti-meth campaign
in Alaska
has won a national award for a television commercial that started
airing back
in 2006. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/11/08 3:30p - The Homer Council on the Arts
unveiled a new exhibition Friday which honors the work of renowned
Homer artist
Karla Freeman
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- 07/11/08 12:33p - The National Weather
Service has
formally requested that the Kenai Peninsula Borough participate in the
weather
service’s “Storm and Tsunami Ready
Programs”. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/10/08
4:23p - A group of Kenai Peninsula
residents who call themselves “Alaskans for Grocery Tax Relief Now” is
currently collecting signatures with the hopes of getting an initiative
on the
borough ballot in October. KBBI’s Mike
Mason
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- 07/09/08
6:47p - The most contentious
item taken
up by the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly during their meeting Tuesday
night
was an ordinance to change specific aspects of the current capital
spending cap
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- 07/09/08 1:48p - Sockeye salmon have
shown up
early in upper Cook Inlet this year.
Last Thursday’s opener brought in catches that were closer in number to
those expected at the peak of the season.
KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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- 07/09/08 3:19p - The
Federal Minerals Management Service is again gauging the oil and gas
industry’s
interest in leasing areas of Cook Inlet and Shelikof
Strait.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/09/08 12:59p - One of the world’s foremost
experts on bourbon is on the Kenai Peninsula for the next couple of
days. KBBI’s Mike Mason spoke with Fred Noe the
3rd for this story
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- 07/09/08 12:02p - A Seattle based
singer-songwriter, originally from Homer, has
penned what he calls an anti-Pebble Mine
anthem. KBBI’s Mike Mason spoke with Andrew
Vait and his band for this
report
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- 07/03/08 3:50p - Charts of Kachemak Bay will
get an
update over the next 2 years and the first part of the project is
underway. The NOAA vessel Fairweather
is tied up at the deep water dock in Homer through this weekend in
preparation
for a joint 2 year hydrographic survey project with its sister ship
Rainier. KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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- 07/01/08 1:57p - Work is now underway to
install a
new fiber optic cable that will link Alaska with the lower
48. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 07/01/08 3:56p - Homer Electric
Association is taking another step
toward fostering alternative and renewable
energy. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 06/30/08 1:27p - Concerns are being raised
about a
proposed airpark just outside of the Homer city
limits. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 06/28/08 12:53-pm Last
week’s Supreme Court ruling in the Exxon Valdez punitive damages case
has
prompted reaction from lawmakers, political candidates and commercial
fishermen. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 06/27/08 4:07p - Over 218,000 men in the US
will be
diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2008 and more than 27-thousand men
will die
from the disease. The Homer Safeway is
hosting a fundraiser in support of prostate cancer awareness and
research. KBBI’s Clark Chambers
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- 06/27/08 3:44p - Alternative and renewable
energy
projects around the State of Alaska will be sharing $5,000,000 in
grant. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 06/27/08 1:23p - Alaska governor Sara
Palin
visited Homer on Thursday to sign House Bill 25 into
law.
Despite the excitement over the
governor’s visit, the mood in Homer was a bit somber following a
Supreme Court Decision,
which drastically cut the Exxon Valdez punitive damage award by nearly
90%. KBBI’s
Emily Schwing
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- 06/27/08 12:22p - Alaska Governor Sarah
Palin was
in Homer Thursday to sign House Bill 25 into
law. KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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- 06/26/08 6:43p - A new housing program for low
income residents has been implemented on the Kenai
Peninsula. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 06/26/08 1:23p - A concert will be held
tomorrow
night in Seldovia that will feature a couple of singer songwriters from
the
southwest and a band that last played in 1997.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 06/27/08 10:42a - The only seawall in
Homer is
once again the subject of some discussion and some controversy within
the
governing body of the City of Homer.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 06/25/08 4:20p - The Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic
is 25 years old this year, and the clinic’s board, staff, and
supporters will
celebrate. KBBI’s
Mike Mason
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- 06/25/08 2:53p - A musical blast from Homer’s
past
will be held tonight at Alice’s Champagne
Palace. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 06/25/08 12:35p - Today’s Supreme Court
ruling on
the Exxon Valdez punitive damages settlement was a blow to many who
were hoping
for significant financial relief from the 1989 disaster. KBBI’s Emily
Schwing
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- 06/24/08
3:03p - The Alaska Department of
Transportation
and Public Facilities is taking steps to help airlines, shipping
companies, and
others dealing with escalating costs.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- This
week is invasive weeds awareness week across the State of
Alaska. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 06/23/08
12:35p - The Kenai Peninsula Borough
Assembly
introduced an ordinance in respect to capital projects costing greater
than $1,000,000
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- 06/23/08 11:54a - June is typically the
month in
which Alaska’s major mammal species give birth and Stellar sea lions on
Chiswell
Island are no exception. Researchers
at the Alaska Sealife Center have been observing the sea lions by way
of the
world’s only live sea lion rookery video
feed. KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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- 06/23/08 10:49a - Over 270 Christian volunteers
are
on the Kenai Peninsula this week working to improve the homes of many
disadvantaged residents. KBBI’s Mike
Mason
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- 06/20/08
2:48p - The Alaska Supreme Court has
struck down an ordinance that limits the size of large retail and
wholesale
buildings in Homer. KBBI’s Mike
Mason
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- 06/20/08 12:07p - A memorial scholarship fund
has
been created in memory of long-time local artist, Alex
Combs. Combs, who passed away at the age of 88,
was a renowned Alaskan artist and devoted teacher with a passion for
continuing
adult education in the arts. KBBI’s Emily
Schwing
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- 06/20/08 10:55a - The latest data shows a
fairly
significant drop in the unemployment
rate.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 06/19/08 6:41p - The US Coast Guard is
cautioning against
making false “May Day” calls. KBBI’s
Mike Mason
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- 06/19/08 12:52p - The small Kachemak Bay
community
of Seldovia will play host to a wide range of musicians for the annual
Seldovia
Summer Solstice Music Festival which begins Friday night and runs
through Saturday
night. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 06/18/08 2:27p - The State of Alaska is
moving
forward with geothermal exploration and development at Mount
Spurr. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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- 06/17/08 4:20p - Wildlife officers with the
Alaska Department
of Fish and Game have been busy over the past few weeks responding to
incidents
involving bears. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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to this story
- 06/17/08 3:34p - Alaskan bluegrass band,
Bearfoot
is in Homer this week to host their 6th annual summer music
camp. KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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to this story
- 06/17/08 11:16a - The Alaska Department of Fish
and
Game is praising residents in southcentral Alaska for discretion
regarding
moose calves. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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to this story
- 06/16/08 11:44-AM - Planetary Matters
with Palmer Bailey - Summer Solstice
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to this story
- 06/16/08 1:46p - The US Supreme court is
offering
no decision on the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound
and
whether to uphold billions of dollars of punitive
damages. Now a sociology professor says spill
litigation may be responsible for unusually high psychological stress
levels in
one of the towns hit hardest by the spill.
KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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to this story
- 06/16/08 1:14p - Homer Electric Association
proposing
a restart of the Healy Clean Coal Plant, which has sat idle since
2000. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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to this story
- 06/16/08 9:51a - Homer residents and
their dogs
gathered in the high school parking lot for the 9th annual strut
your mutt event. KBBI’s
Emily Schwing
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to this story
- 06/13/08 3:02p - The
Alaska Public Offices Commission heard arguments last Wednesday related
to a
complaint filed by Homer resident Frank Griswold against the City of
Homer and its
mayor
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to this story
- 06/12/08 5:23p - A new musical dinner theatre
comedy will open in Homer
Friday night. Sally Oberstein is the
writer, director and producer of “Old Songs and Duct Tape”.
KBBI’s Emily Schwing
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to this story
- 06/12/08 6:02p - For the last eight days, Jerry
Carlson, his son and
his three grandsons have been walking along the Sterling Highway
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to this story
- 06/12/08 4:12p - The Coast Guard Cutter Roanoke
Island stationed in Homer has a new commanding officer returning from
tour of
duty in the Middle East. Mike Mason attended the change of command
ceremony
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to this story
- 06/12/08 12:30p - June 12th is International
Couch Surfing
Day and there are events and celebrations scheduled for places ranging
from Anchorage
to Warsaw, Poland. KBBI’s Mike Mason reclined with two of the
organizers of Couch Surfing International and filed this report
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to this story
- 06/11/08 4:36p - The largest utility in Alaska
is
examining options for building a natural gas pipeline from northern
Alaska to
south central Alaska. Mike Mason
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to this story
- 06/12/08 10:35a - Each year the Annie E. Casey
foundation releases state-by-state information on the health of
American’s
children. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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to this story
- 06/11/08 10:43a - Kachemak Emergency
Services is recruiting
volunteers to train for fire, emergency medical and general support
positions.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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to this story
- 06/10/08 3:49p - The annual Kachemak Bay
Writers Conference,
which began on Friday, wrapped up Tuesday
afternoon. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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to this story
- 06/10/08
11:30a - The
next phase of expansion at Suth Peninsula Hospital is underway and it
will
require some changes in the way people access the hospital.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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to this story
- 06/09/08 12:45p - Upper Cook Inlet salmon
fishermen
and women are gearing up for a few big openings in the coming weeks.
KBBI’s Emily
Schwing
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to this story
- 06/07/08 2:49p - An avid outdoorsman from
Homer
has put together a hiking book focused solely on the Kenai Peninsula.
KBBI’s
Mike Mason
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to this story
- 06/06/08 5:09p - A Superior Court Judge
in Anchorage
handed down a decision in an eminent domain case brought forward by the
City of
Homer
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to this story
- 06/06/08 11:53a - Residents of the Kenai
Peninsula
and the Kodiak area may find themselves eligible for a low interest
home improvement loan
from the US Department of Agriculture. KBBI's Mike Mason
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to this story
- 06/01/08 5:50p - Hope Community Resources
provides
residential services to developmentally disabled Alaskans. KBBI’s Clark
Chambers
met with a client, her mother and her caregiver for this report.
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to this story
- 06/05/08 1:15p - When Alaskans go to the polls
to
vote in the August primary they will have several candidates to choose
from for
the US Senate seat up for election.
One of the newest candidates is Republican Vic Vickers from Anchorage
who has decided to challenge Ted Stevens for his seat in the
senate.
KBBI’s Mike Mason
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to this story
- 06/05/04 10:33a - A climatologist with
the
geophysical institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has
recently
published a book detailing “The Climate of
Alaska”. KBBI’s Mike Mason spoke with
Martha Shulski
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to this story
- 06/04/08 12:00 Noon - The Kenai Peninsula
Borough’s
assessing department has begun another round of field review’s and
reappraisals
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to this story
- 06/04/08 4:45p - The Kenai Peninsula Borough
Assembly finished up work on the fiscal year 2009 budget
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to this story
- 06/03/08 1:34p - The US Fish and Wildlife
Service
has issued a draft management document which will guide the direction
of the Kenai
National Wildlife Refuge for the next 15 years
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to this story
- 06/03/08 3:15p - The Federal Department of
Energy
handed down a decision Tuesday which deals with the fate of the liquid
natural
gas facility in Nikiski
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to this story
- 06/02/08 4:05p - The mayors of Anchorage,
the Kenai
Peninsula Borough and the Mat-Su Borough are asking for assurances from
the
legislature that a spur line to south-central Alaska will be part of
the larger
natural gas pipeline project
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to this story
- 06/02/08 3:28p - Alaska lost another
captured sea lion
over the weekend. A California sea lion
named Axel died at the Alaska Sealife Center in Seward
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to this story
- 06/02/08 3:21p - An event at the Homer
Public Library
on Friday night kicked off the new “Art in the Library”
program. KBBI’s Emily Schwing attended
the event
and filed this report
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to this story
- 06/02/08 12:02p - Monday was the deadline
for candidates to file to run for the state
legislature. Over the next few weeks KBBI and
KDLL
news will talk with all of the candidates about their positions and
priorities. We begin with Dick Waisanen,
who is running for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the District
33 seat
in the state legislature. Waisanen will
face Republican Incumbent State Representative Kurt Olson from
soldotna. KBBI’s Mike Mason
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to this story
- 06/02/08 2:10p - Monday was the deadline
to file
to run for the state legislature. KBBI’s
Mike Mason filed this preview of the race to represent district “35” in
the
state house
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to this story
- 05/30/08 3:31p - The 2008 commercial
salmon
fishing season is underway in Resurrection Bay
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to this story
- 05/30/08 2:19p - The 2007 Kenai Peninsula
United Way
campaign raked in over $835,000 which will be used to support 26
non-profit
organizations
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to this story
- 05/28/08
11:36a – David Cuddy interview
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to this interview
- 05/29/08 3:55p - A small group of
scientists and
researchers are gearing up for another season of data collection on
Alaska’s Bering
Glacier
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to this story
- 05/29/08 1:30p - The Kenai Peninsula is
known for
it’s majestic beauty, abundant wildlife and world-class fishing. Many
areas are
open to king salmon fishing including the Anchor River on the lower
Kenai
Peninsula
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to this story
- 05/28/08 2:51p - Recently
approved federal funding will allow scientists and researchers across
Alaska to
continue or start research projects… including a couple that could
impact Kachemak
Bay and Cook Inlet
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to this story
- 05/27/08 11:57a - A new guidebook helps
residents
and visitors view the wildlife that the
Kenai Peninsula has to offer
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to this story
- 05/25/08 3:05p - When Governor Palin
signed the State’s
capital budget for 2009 on Friday she likely impacted the fate of the
proposed
wind farm on Fire Island
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to this story
- 05/24/08 1:54p - On Friday Alaska
governor Sara Palin
vetoed around $265,00,000 of the state’s $3,600,000,000 capital budget
for Fiscal
2009
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to this story
- 05/24/08 11:52a - The Homer Soil and Water
Conservation District is spearheading a mapping project in Homer
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to this story
- 05/24/08 1:57p - The first biography of
Alaska
governor Sara Palin was published earlier this month
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to this story
- 05/22/08 7:04p - Firefighters battling
the Homestead
Fire on the Kenai Peninsula have the fire almost fully contained
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to this story
- 05/22/08 2:21p - The Kenai Peninsula Borough
Assembly
approved an ordinance which allows expansion of one of the few
available drug
and alcohol treatment programs
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to this story
- 05/22/08 12:16p - The 300 acre Homestead Fire
burning
since Monday night near Happy Valley is now 60% contained
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to this story
- 05/22/08 11:00a - The Memorial Day weekend is
traditionally the start of the visitor season on the Kenai Peninsula,
and one
of the most popular destinations is the Anchor River
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to this story
- 05/21/08 1:30p - The executive director
of the Kenai
Watershed Forum was honored Tuesday by the Kenai Peninsula Borough
Assembly
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to this story
- 05/21/08 11:39a - The Homer Community
Food Pantry
is low on food, which may be linked to the rising cost of food and
commodities
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to this story
- 05/20/08 3:50p - Firefighters with the Alaska
Division
of Forestry, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and other agencies are
working to
contain a wildfire in the Happy Valley area
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to this story
- 05/19/08 1:39p - The Kenai Peninsula
Borough is
fixing a flaw in the 911 system
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to this story
- 05/19/08 11:29a - ACS is placing
the 4th undersea fiber optic cable connecting Alaska with the lower
48
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to this story
- 05/15/08 3:17p - Musicians will play and
travel
the state during May
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to this story
- 05/15/08 11:23a - The Annual
Soldotna Safety Day
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to this story
- 05/14/08 3:33p - The partnership
looking at developing the Pebble gold and copper
deposit updated the Homer City Council Monday
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to this story
- 05/13/08 3:37p - The
Blood Bank of Alaska has issued an urgent call for blood donors
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to this story
- 05/13/08 2:36p - Homer Eelectric Association is
exploring
renewable energy projects
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to this story
- 05/12/08 2:56p - The Kenai Peninsula has
new road
standards thanks to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly
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to this story
- 05/12/08 10:46a - The 16th Annual
Kachemak
Bay Shorebird Festival wrapped up over the
weekend. KBBI’s Emily Schwing offers this audio
postcard
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to this story
- 05/10/08 3:08p - Weather forecasters are
predicting above normal fire danger
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to this story
- 05/09/08 1:29p - A retired wildlife
biologist
plans to expand studies of sandhill cranes on the lower Kenai Peninsula
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to this story
- 05/09/08 3:31p - The Alaska Community
Foundation promoting
individual giving
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to this story
- 05/08/08 3:06p - Monitoring stream
temperatures
across the entire Cook Inlet basin
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to this story
- 05/08/08 1:44p – Palmer Baily, “Planetary
Matters”
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to this installment
- 05/06/08 3:59p - Kachemak City resident Dan
Lush commentary
on climate change and sustainable living
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to this commentary
- 05/06/08 2:49p - seminar on home construction
financing
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to this story
- 05/06/08 12:52p - The Homer Electric
Associationhas
a new member of its board of directors
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to this story
- 05/05/08 4:49p - Students from Fireweed
Academy simulated
a mission to Mars at the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska
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to this story
- 05/05/08 1:47p - A machinery technician
with the
coast guard cutter Hickory is honored as active duty enlisted person of
2007
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to this story
- 05/05/08 9:50a
- Youth at least 18-years old with a personal dedication to helping
others are receiving instruction in a discipleship training school
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to this story
- 05/02/08 11:50a - Recent state surveys
show there is
enough tanner crab in Kachemak Bay to allow some limited tanner crab
fishing
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to this story
- 04/30/08 4:36p - A decision on listing
the Cook
Inlet population of beluga whales under the endangered species act will
have to
wait several more months
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to this story
- 04/30/08 1:50p - The
City of Homer will likely have to find another attorney
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to this story
- 04/29/08 3:20p - The Homer City Council
introduced
an ordinance Monday night, which if approved, would create a residency
incentive credit program
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to this story
- 4/9/08 - About 20 people gathered at the Homer Boys and Girls
Club last night (Tuesday), to discuss ways to save the club's summer
program, which is currently on the chopping block. Casey Kelly was
there and filed this report.
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to this story
- 4/9/08 - A longtime fish fight between competing interests in
Cook Inlet has now reached the state legislature. A resolution passed
the Alaska Senate on Monday that would create a Cook Inlet Salmon Task
Force. But critics say legislators should stay out of it, and let
biologists decide. Casey Kelly reports.
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to this story
- 04/07/08 3:55p - Governor Sarah Palin last week
vetoed a number of projects that the legislature put into a
supplemental spending bill, which she signed on
Thursday. However, for the most part, the projects weren’t vetoed
outright.
Rather, the governor requested that they be moved to a different budget
bill. Casey Kelly has more on how local projects fared.
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to this story
- 04/04/08 1:01p – Women of Distinction
named
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to this story
- 04/05/08 12:45p – Sustainability
Commentary
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to this story
- 04/04/08 4:22p - The current contract
between many
members of the Alaska State Troopers and the State of Alaska is set to
expire
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to this story
- 04/03/08 6:23p - During their meeting
earlier this
week the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved a resolution that
could lead
to some property tax relief
- Listen
to this story04/03/08 3:20p - Homer
has long been considered a community that appreciates art
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to this story
- 04/03/08 12:41p – Commentary by Jim
Hornaday
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to this story
- 04/03/08 11:17a - The dryer in your home
or
business could pose a fire hazard
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to this story04/02/08 3:24p - The State of
Alaska has
approved
the “certificate of need” for the next phase of expansion at Ssouth
Peninsula Hospital
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to this story
- 04/01/08 5:08p - The Alaska Miners
Association spoke
in Anchor Point about the state’s growing mining industry
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to this story
- 04/01/08 2:42p - Do you know where to find sea
otter scat in Kachemak Bay? If so, scientists
and researchers wants to hear from you
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to this story
- 03/31/08 3:02p - The mayor of Soldotna,
who is
running for Borough mayor, has picked up the paperwork to begin a
referendum
movement on the Kenai Peninsula to limit property
assessments.
KBBI’s Mike Mason spoke with Dave Carey,
who also is the president of the Homer Electric Association Board of
Directors. Carey says a leader
should find out
what the people want before taking a position. Soldotna mayor Dave
Carey has announced
his intention to run for the borough mayor seat currently held by John
Williams. The borough mayor’s job
will be up for
election this October.
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to this interview
- 03/31/08 2:18p - The Alaska Department of
Labor
recently released some surprising statistics regarding the number of
non-residents who work in the Kenai Peninsula Borough
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to this story
- 03/31/08 10:55a - The
Alaska Department of Fish and Game has again issued an emergency order
changing
the way sport-fish guides conduct business
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to this story
- 03/29/08 3:14p - The Senate Finance
Committee released
the latest version of the State’s capital budget for fiscal year 2009
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to this story
- 03/29/08 1:29p - The Homer City Council
took
action that will likely lead to construction of a new water treatment
plant
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to this story
- 03/27/08 7:18p - Another safety measure will
soon
be brought online in Cook Inlet to ensure the safe transit of oil
tankers
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to this story
- 03/28/08 1:49p - A
public meeting in Homer to explain the assessing process within the
Kenai Peninsula
Borough turned rowdy last week
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to this story
- 03/27/08 4:10p - The Bunnell Street Gallery
hosted performances
of a critically acclaimed one act play
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to this story
- 03/27/08 1:49p - A public meeting in Homer to
explain the assessing process within the Kenai Peninsula Borough got
out of
hand Wednesday
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to this story
- 03/26/08 3:46p - The city bond
question on Tuesday was soundly rejected by about a 2 to 1 margin
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to this story
- A
wildlife enforcement officer on the Kenai Peninsula is asking residents
and
visitors to be aware both brown and black bears begin looking for food
anywhere
they can get it
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to this story
- 03/25/08 12:15p - With the onset of
spring, one of
the oldest non-profit organizations on the Kenai Peninsula is gearing
up for
another busy year of leading tours and education kids
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to this story
- 03/24/08 3:08p - A couple of old friends
went out
fishing on Sunday in Kachemak Bay, and one of them won over $16,000 for
catching
a large king salmon
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to this story
- 03/24/08 1:12p - The unemployment rate on
the
kenai peninsula jumped up sharply last month
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to this story
- 03/21/08 1:45p - Homer voters will decide
the fate
of a ballot question. The city is
seeking voter approval to issue up to $8-million dollars in bonds to
build a
new city hall and town square
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to this story
- 03/21/08 2:41p - The Homer News sponsored
a forum on
the upcoming special city election to approve or deny authority to
issue
general obligation bonds for a new city hall and a town
square
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to this story
- 03/21/08 10:27a - Many Homer area
residents
joined people across the globe in observing the 5th anniversary of
the war in Iraq
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to this story
- 03/20/08 4:29p - Alaska’s Climate Impact
Assessment
Commission has presented its final report
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to this story
- 03/20/08 12:06p - The kenai
peninsula-prince
william sound area superintendent of alaska state parks spoke regarding
budget
issues and projects on the Kenai Peninsula
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to this story
- 03/20/08 9:44a - A Kenai Peninsula
wrestling coach
has written his second book about wrestling in Alaska
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to this story
- 03/17/08 4:06p – Planetary Matters – The
workings
of the stars and planets have fascinated mankind since the beginning of
time.
Today, the constellation Orion
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to this story
- 03/17/08 3:09p - An appeal was filed
Monday challenging
a decision to not consider the Chuitna River watershed as unsuitable
for surface
coal strip mining
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to this story
- 03/17/08
12:14p - The executive director
of the International
Pacific Halibut Commission was in Homer walking the docks and speaking
with
many of those involved in the halibut fishery. Bruce Leaman
stopped by the KBBI studios and answered a few
questions
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to this story
- 03/15/08 2:45p - Homer Electric Association has
submitted a request to the Alaska Regulatory Commission to raise their
base
rate
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to this story
- 03/14/08 1:40p - An effort is underway in
Juneau
to move the Alaska Department of Fish and Game office from Soldotna to
Anchorage
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to this story
- 03/13/08 11:47a - US Senate candidate
Frank
Vondersaar
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to this story
- 03/12/08 6:47p - The Homer City Council
approved a
resolution on bluff erosion along Kachemak Drive
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to this story
- 03/12/08 3:47p - Spruce bark beetle
mitigation was
discussed in Anchor Point in order to make homes and communities safer
from
wildfires
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to this story
- 03/11/08 4:46p - The Homer unit of the
Boys and Girls
Clubs of the Kenai Peninsula is not offering the regular summer program
this
year
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to this story
- 03/11/08 1:58p - The Homer City Council
decided Monday
night to begin the process of helping bail out the homer hockey
association
from financial difficulties
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to this story
- 03/10/08 1:28p - Pier One Theatre in
Homer is
sponsoring their 3rd Drama Slam
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to this story
- 03/08/08 1:02p - The Alaska Department of
Fish and
Game has forecast the 2008 commercial salmon harvest
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to this story
- 03/06/08 2:47p - The president of the
University
of Alaska system joined the administrators of the Kenai Peninsula
College in a
visit to Homer
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to this story
- 03/05/08 2:19p - Property owners on
the Kenai
Peninsula are receiving their property assessments
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to this story
- 03/04/08
4:07p - An energy and housing
specialist
will be on the Kenai Peninsula later this week to hold workshops aimed
at
lowering home energy costs
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to this story
- 03/04/08 1:10p - The Kenai Peninsula
Borough School
District voted Monday night to keep in place the current space
allocation plan
between the Fireweed Academy Charter School and the West Homer
Elementary School
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to this story
- 03/04/08
10:59a - The Kenai
Peninsula Borough School
District Board of Education met Monday night in Homer
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to this story
- 03/03/08
1:52p - Many of the local
scholarship
opportunities have deadlines that are fast approaching
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to this story
- 03/03/08 12:25p - Love in the Name
of Christ,
which has been serving the Kenai Peninsula for the past 20-years, is
exploring transitional
housing for the homeless
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to this story
- 03/01/08 1:49p - The Alaska
Christian College in
Soldotna has taken another step towards full accreditation from The
Association
for Biblical Higher Education
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to this story
- 02/29/08 4:21p - The Bunnell Street
Gallery is
hosting several performance art pieces originally shown at the Out
North Theatre
in Anchorage
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to this story
- 02/29/08 2:59p A unique effort to get
pieces of
art back in circulation will be held throughout the month of March at
the Homer
Council on the Arts building on Pioneer Avenue
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to this story
- 02/28/08
3:03p - A unique effort to keep moose from lingering on the sterling
highway has been scheduled
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to this story
- 02/28/08 1:20p - An LA based 3-piece band touched
down in Anchorage on Wednesday for a series of shows in Alaska
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to this story
- 02/27/08 4:34p - Residents along Kachemak
Drive voiced
opposition to an ordinance giving the city authority to install a water
main
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to this story
- 02/27/08 1:38p - Escapement goals, yield
concerns
and monofilimaent were discussed at the Upper Cook Inlet Drift
Association
meeting in Homer
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to this story
- 02/26/08 3:35p - The Homer Hockey
Association is
facing a financial crisis and is looking for some help from local
government
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to this story
- 02/26/08 11:53a - Despite the pleas from
many area
resident the Homer City Council turned down a resolution asking
congress to
investigate the alleged crimes of President Bush and Vice President
Dick Cheney
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to this story
- 02/25/08 12:08p - The commissioner of the
Alaska Department
of Health and Social Services has approved a certificate of need
application to
create a dialysis center in Soldtona
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to this story
- 02/23/08 1:50p - A meeting was held last
week to
update the public on the design of the proposed new Homer City Hall and
Town Square
Project
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to this story
- 02/22/08 1:51p - Homer Area Resident
Peter Nagle
Has Prepared This Commentary, Which Touches On Several Subjects Related
To The
Power Of Law Enforcement
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to this commentary
- 02/21/08 2:49p - Several electric
utilities are
exploring the costs and benefits of a unified power system
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to this story
- 02/21/08 11:40a - A small independent oil
and gas
company has some favorable news to report about a possible oil
development on
the lower Kenai Peninsula
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to this story
- 02/19/08 10:58a - Women are being offered
strength
training classes in their own communities
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to this story
- 02/18/08 3:23p - A huge crowd
braved blizzard
like conditions on Saturday for the grand opening of the new wing of
South Peninsula
Hospital
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to this story
- 02/18/08 11:49a - The newly
constructed and
remodeled section of South Peninsula Hospital was officially unveiled
during a
grand opening ceremony
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to this story
- 02/14/08 1:10p - Again a pan of ice has
impacted an oil
tanker while docked in Nikiski.
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to this story
- 02/13/08 3:42p - A couple of commercial
mead
makers from Alaska, including one from Homer, took home awards during a
recent
international competition
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to this story
- 02/13/08 2:28p - Greenhouse gas emissions
threaten
the future of alaska’s salmon
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to this story
- 02/12/08 1:20p - Many frustrated, and
perhaps even
angry, Homer residents and business owners turned out Monday to voice
their
displeasure with January’s water and sewer rate hikes
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to this story
- 02/12/08 12:50p - The Kenai Peninsula
College is
looking at developing a degree program for physical therapy assistants
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to this story
- 02/11/08 1:50p - A renowned World War II
gun
preservation expert is helping the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife
Refuge preserve
the guns left on Kiska Island in the Aleutian Chain
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to this story
- 02/11/08 12:35p - The Better Business
Bureau for
Alaska, Oregon And Western Washington is warning residents of several
recent
scams
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to this story
- 02/06/08 3:40p - An ordinance addressing
subdivision
road construction in the Kenai Peninsula Borough failed Tuesday
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to this story
- 02/05/08 11:41a - The 12th annual
winter x games were held in aspen colorado and featured athletes from
across
the globe competing in a variety of events. The lone Alaskan competing
in the
snowmobile freestyle competition was Dane Ferguson of Anchorage
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to this story
- 02/04/08 2:05p - The University of Alaska
Anchorage
is the recipient of a generous donation of $200,000 dollars from
Icicle Seafoods
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- 02/01/08 3:51p - Lieutenant Governor Sean
Parnell has
approved new regulations for boats and motors on the Kenai River
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- 01/31/08
2:03p - The details of the
proposed
fiscal year 2009 Kenai Peninsula Borough School District budget were
outlined
during a budget forum in Homer
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- 01/30/08 1:57p - The Prince William Sound
Regional
Citizens Advisory Council has joined the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens
Advisory
Council in filing a friend of the court brief in the Exxon Valdez
punitive
damages case that is now before the US Supreme Cour
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- 01/26/08 2:06p - The long wait is just
about over
for the newly constructed section of South Peninsula Hospital in Homer
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- 01/26/08 1:36p - Several new bills were
introduced
recently for consideration by lawmakers in the ongoing legislative
session in Juneau
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- 01/25/08 1:49p - Several meetings were
held in Homer
on Thursday to outline the latest design concepts for the proposed new
Homer
city hall within the undeveloped area of central Homer known as Town
Center
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- 01/24/08 11:35a - Internationally
renowned guitar
player/singer/songwriter Randall Williams is in Alaska playing shows in
Anchorage, Homer and Seldovia
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- 01/15/08 4:23p - The Homer City Council
considered
and postponed an ordinance to provide
better water service to residents along Kachemak Drive and East End Road
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- 01/15/08 2:28p – Planetary Matters with
Palmer
Bailey of the Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula
College. Once again Bailey is focusing on the
planet Mars
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- 01/15/08 1:49p - Another hurdle has been
cleared for
a new contract between the Kenai Peninsula Borough and South Peninsula
Hospital
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- 01/14/08 3:13p - Kenai Peninsula Borough
Assembly
member Milli Martin speaks about issues on which she and other assembly
members
have been working
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- 01/14/08 12:40p - The Kenai Peninsula
College has a
new communication system for emergency situations
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- 01/10/08 8:53a - Alaska high school
seniors have a
variety of scholarship opportunities including scholarships from a
company
famous for it’s burgers
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- 01/10/08 8:23a - The Kenai Peninsula
Borough Solid
Waste Department is changing the way waste is handled at several
transfer
facilities
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- 01/09/08 4:02p - The manager of the Kenai
National
Wildlife Refuge on the Kenai Peninsula has opened about 60% of
the refuge for use by snowmachiners
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- 01/09/08 3:07p - The Russian Old Believer
communities on the Kenai Peninsula are mourning for the five killed in
Saturday’s
plane crash on Kodiak Island
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- 01/08/08 6:25p - Commentary from Homer
City
Manager, Walt Wrede
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- 01/08/08 4:28p - The Alaska House and
Senate are
busy getting ready for the start of the legislative session in Juneau
next
tuesday. To get a feel for some of the issues that will be addressed
during the
90-day session KBBI’s Mike Mason spoke with District 34 State
Representative Mike
Chenault from Nikiski
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- 01/08/08 2:04p - The public comment
period ends Thursday
for the draft version of the statewide long range transportation policy
plan, “2030:
Lets Get Moving”
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- 01/08/08 10:56a - The National
Audubon Society
and the American Bird Conservancy updated the watch list of imperiled
birds
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- 01/07/08 7:41p - A Kenai man has
entered a guilty
plea in federal court to the charge of wire fraud
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- 01/07/08 3:36p - The next session of the
Alaska
legislature will get started next
week.
The prospect of a 90-day session has drawn criticism and concern from
many area lawmakers but district Q State Senator Tom Wagoner
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- 01/08/08 9:03a - A republican state
senator representing
a portion of the Kenai Peninsula is introducing legislation later this
month to
help Alaskans cope with high energy prices
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- 01/07/08 2:10p - A small commercial
airplane crashed Saturday afternoon after take off from Kodiak
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- 01/04/08 4:09p - Several state
legislators have pre-filed bills and resolutions in advance of the
legislative
session
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- 01/03/08 2:56p - Sara Palin and
executives from Conoco Phillips and Marathon Oil are supporting a
2-year
extension of the federal export license for the liquefied natural gas
plant in Nikiski
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- 01/03/08 11:14-AM The cable and satellite
television channel which airs coverage of the Alaska legislature has a
new
name and expanded programming
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- 01/02/08 3:47p - A large contingent of
the halibut
charter operators across Alaska are supporting a change to the way
catch limits
are determined for southeast Alaska
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- 01/02/08 9:54a - The Regulatory Commission Of
Alaska approved new rules deregulating the commercial refuse hauling
industry
across much of the railbelt
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