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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Chief Petty Officer Christopher/U.S. Coast GuardThe onsite joint command says it’s gone several days without seeing any sheen in the area. -
Courtesy photo./Kenai Silver Salmon DerbyThursday’s announcement comes on the heels of a lackluster sockeye season in the Kenai River, and as the river’s king fishery remains closed outright due to poor runs. -
Courtesy photo/Alaska Department of Environmental ConservationState officials say they still cannot trace the sheen to the nearby oil platform. -
Riley Board/KDLLThe 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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A Homer High School class that graduated about 30 years ago held another reunion last weekend; agencies responding to an oily sheen reported in Cook Inlet earlier this week are switching from response to monitoring mode; and Sen. Dan Sullivan and former Congresswoman Mary Peltola, the two leading candidates for U.S. Senate, vied for support from the petroleum industry Thursday at the Alaska Oil and Gas Association’s annual conference in Anchorage.
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