The Kenai Peninsula Borough held Industry Appreciation Day last Saturday and awarded Homer’s NOMAR as the Outstanding Commercial Fishing Industry Support Business. Emilie Springer spoke with NOMAR’s Jen Hakala about the event and business award.
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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. -
Sabine Poux/KDLLThe 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. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLThe 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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