Alaska Department of Fish and Game managers have closed part of Kachemak Bay to commercial salmon fishing; the Alaska Department of Transportation has identified a low bidder for the Tustumena ferry’s replacement; and a man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to murdering a Homer woman who went missing in 2019 was sentenced to 87 years in prison Wednesday.
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