A Homer nonprofit is inviting the community for a Sunday skate cruise and jam on the Spit to celebrate Go Skateboarding Day and support plans for a permanent skatepark.
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The Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection says the so-called Grandview Fire was sparked by an escaped campfire and slowed when it hit a stand of hardwood.
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The event came as state senators 600 miles away considered a high-stakes tax cut for the project the developer says is crucial to making it economical.
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The state initially did not know what started the fire. But Alaska Division of Forestry spokesperson Emery Johnson said the state later determined it was caused by an escaped campfire.
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“We have tons of pictures of loons with fishing line wrapped around their beaks, their legs and their feet and their wings, and then they can't dive, and they can't feed themselves or preen or even take flight when it's time to migrate,” said Outreach Biologist Tamara Zeller.
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A Homer man died Wednesday in an ATV crash near Donalds Lane and the village of Voznesenka; the state of Alaska has advanced more than 400 projects to the next step in its grant application process for the Rural Health Transformation Program; and an attorney advising the state Legislature says the Division of Elections likely lacked legal justification for disqualifying Dan. J. Sullivan of Petersburg from running in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race.
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