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After repaving project, signs of change
Motorists in Kodiak should now have a better idea of where they are. That’s because the new street signs on Rezanof Drive are noticeably bigger. The larger signs are part of the current resurfacing project on Rezanof Drive, and were put up in adherence to new code regulations. “The main scope of our project for signs is making them larger for better visibility for longer distances so you can see the roadways,” st...
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June dry but no record for Kodiak
Kodiak didn’t set any weather records in June, but it wasn’t far off. According to figures released Thursday by the Alaska Climate Research Center, the archipelago’s largest city received just 14 percent of its normal rainfall last month. In an average June, Kodiak gets 5.9 inches of rain. This June, it received 0.8 inches, barely above the all-time driest June on record. In June 1997, Kodiak saw 0.67 inches of ra...
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A participant in Kodiak’s Fourth of July parade rides through downtown Kodiak with his dogs after the parade as the onion domes of Holy Resurrection Orthodox Cathedral are seen behind him.
Fourth parade goes off under dry skies
On a day that began and ended with the bang of fireworks, it was the annual Fourth of July parade that stole the show in Kodiak. With no organized fireworks on hand for the second consecutive year, the annual parade put on by the American Legion took center stage. Leading the show was grand marshal High Cummins, a Korean War veteran who served as grand marshal and oversaw the festivities from a pickup truck on poi...
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Help comes in for Kodiak shelter, library
Three Kodiak groups will receive grants totaling $1.1 million from the Rasmuson Foundation. The Rasmuson Foundation awarded $500,000 to the Brother Francis Shelter, $100,000 to the Kodiak Area Native Association and $500,000 to the city of Kodiak for its new library. On June 27 the Rasmuson Foundation’s board of directors met for a biannual meeting where the board approved $9.6 million in funding to nonprofit orga...
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Heavy equipment moves dirt in Old Harbor during the first phase of the Old Harbor runway expansion project. (Photo courtesy Cynthia Berns-Lopez)
US military will help Old Harbor with airstrip
The government program that grounded a landing craft on a Kodiak island will next year bring a new airstrip to Old Harbor. The airstrip is a key part of Old Harbor’s economic revitalization plan, but it wouldn’t happen nearly as fast without the help of the military’s Innovative Readiness Training program, which sends soldiers on missions to remote parts of the United States to prepare them for similar jobs overse...
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On Monday at Harborside Fly-By, Dake Schmidt and Kadie Walsh hold a new calendar they put together that features Dake’s photographs. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Kodiak arts: Photographer makes common sights special
People love puffins — this is what photographer Dake Schmidt has learned through his years of photographing Kodiak wildlife and scenery. “When it all started as an idea in my head; I thought bears would be it,” Schmidt said. “But it’s not. People go psychotic for puffins.” Schmidt’s photographs are printed on canvas and feature unique images of Kodiak wildlife or scenes on the road system. “I lot of it is what I ...
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Kodiak union adjusts after leader’s cancer death
Kodiak’s International Longshore and Warehouse Union is undergoing leadership changes after its previous leader, Allen Parker, lost his battle with cancer. The ILWU is a union that gives members job opportunities in warehouses or on the docks. The ILWU has 150 members statewide, including 14 in Kodiak. Members are given jobs working containers and moving cargo across Kodiak’s docks. The jobs are not full-time, an...
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Internet sends a Pitbull to Kodiak
A prank unleashed on the Internet will soon send Miami rapper and entertainer Pitbull to Kodiak. At least, that’s what pranksters David Thorpe and Jon Hendren from the online comedy website Something Awful hope. The two initiated an #exilePitbull campaign on Twitter to get him sent to a remote location, and it has since spread like wildfire. Pitbull and Energy Sheets are partnered in a marketing promotion with Wal...
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CG plans taxiway paving
The U.S. Coast Guard is taking advantage of work at Kodiak State Airport to do some renovations of its own. On Monday, the Coast Guard District 17 office in Juneau opened bids on a project to repave Taxiway A, the route used by Coast Guard aircraft between Air Station Kodiak and the runways of the state airport. Richard Garrison, contract specialist for the project, said only one bid was received — a $1.54 million...
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Brian Himelbloom pulls out shellfish collected on Kodiak's beaches for a study done on PSP toxins, on July 2. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Shore warning: Don’t eat shellfish
Local scientists are advising Kodiakans to avoid eating local shellfish to prevent paralytic shellfish poisoning during the upcoming holiday week. PSP is extremely dangerous and even a small amount can cause paralysis or death. “It’s inherently risky to harvest shellfish,” said marine advisory program agent Julie Matweyou. “It could be risky throughout the year, but summer is of most concern.” PSP cases tend to p...
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