Homer Chamber of Commerce completed their 2026 boat raffle, a tradition of the Chamber for 77 years and announced an Anchorage resident as winner. Emilie Springer provides more details from the Chamber’s executive director Brad Anderson.
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State officials say they still cannot trace the sheen to the nearby oil platform.
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The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation says the sheen was not visible during flyovers around noon Tuesday or from an oil cleanup ship sent to the site.
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The lawsuit is being argued in federal court and alleges, among other things, race-based discrimination, retaliation, breach of contract and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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The contracts are subject to approval by union members and the school board.
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Multiple agencies are responding to a plane crash near Seldovia, according to the Alaska News Source; state officials, the U.S. Coast Guard and one of Alaska’s leading oil and gas producers are investigating the cause and source of a large oily sheen on the west side of Cook Inlet; and Homer Chamber of Commerce completed their 2026 boat raffle, a tradition of the Chamber for 77 years and announced an Anchorage resident as winner.
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