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Around Kodiak: Oct. 30
First Alaskans Institute is seeking two to four Native or rural Alaskans for a 14-week fellowship in Juneau from Jan. 10 to April 14. Fellows will work five days a week and be provided with a housing stipend, round-trip ticket to and from Juneau, and biweekly pay. For more information and to apply to the program, visit www.firstalaskans.org.
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Blaine Spellman shows a group of people at the invasive species lecture an example of a leaf from an invasive plant, in downtown Kodiak on Oct. 29. (Nicole Klauss photo)
State summit on pesky plants meets in Kodiak
Pesky plants aren’t just a problem in Kodiak. People from across the state will be in Kodiak this week to attend the Alaska Invasive Species Conference. The annual conference starts today and runs through Thursday. This is the first time Kodiak has had the opportunity to host the conference, which usually alternates between Anchorage and Fairbanks. "We started a three-year rotating schedule because we want to ge...
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Northern Air Cargo ends service to Kodiak
A longtime visitor to Kodiak State Airport is calling it quits. This month, Northern Air Cargo announced it is ending its twice-weekly freighter service to Kodiak due to lack of interest. On Friday, Alaska Airlines announced it will temporarily run a Boeing 737 freighter to pick up the slack. “Essentially, the two freighter flights will be scheduled for Wednesday and Saturday between Jan. 9 and Feb. 27,” said Bobb...
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Kodiak qualifies 14 individuals to state
Kodiak will send 14 individuals and six relay teams to the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska 2012 Swimming and Diving State Championships. The two-day state meet begins Friday at Bartlett High School Pool in Anchorage. Sophomore Tahna Lindquist is ranked first in both the 200-yard individual medley (2:08.01) and the 500 freestyle (5:07.20), while sophomore Ila Hughes is the No. 1 seed in the 100 free (52.43). For...
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Michael Barber
New public defender comes on duty
There's a new lawyer in Kodiak, and he's here to serve as defender of the accused. Michael Barber recently moved from Anchorage to Kodiak to take over as public defender for Suzanne Rapoza, who accepted a position on the East Coast as a supervisor at a large public defense office. Barber has been in Kodiak for around two weeks and has already jumped in and picked up Rapoza's cases. "It's just getting used to new c...
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A crane erects the new wind turbine next to the Kodiak Island Borough office building Wednesday, Oct. 24. The turbine was dedicated Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and will be the centerpiece of a new Kodiak High School class. (Kodiak Island Borough School District photo)
School district wind turbine project complete
A 55-foot residential-scale wind turbine now stands just outside the Kodiak Island Borough building on the side closest to Kodiak High School. On Friday afternoon, the Kodiak Island Borough School District held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new turbine. Members of the school district, Kodiak Electric Association, U.S. Coast Guard, Kodiak Island Borough and the Wind for Schools project were in attendance. The s...
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Kickin' for money
Kodiak High School dance team members kick during the team’s kickathon fundraiser Friday evening at Kodiak High School. Two teams kicked for 30 consecutive minutes. The first team recorded 1,902 kicks, while the second team tallied 1,653 kicks. (Derek Clarkston photo)
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Kodiak dazzles at Region III Championships
Kodiak put on a dazzling display of power at Saturday’s Region III Swimming and Diving Championships. The Bears won 16 of 24 events, broke four region records, added a pair of team titles and swept the season-ending awards at the Kate Kuhns Aquatic Center in Homer. Kodiak’s girls won every event but the 100-yard butterfly and easily rolled to their sixth straight Region III title with 121 points, 50 more than ru...
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Fish Factor: Sea otters wiping out shellfish stocks in prime areas
Sea otters and the Arctic are two focal points for Alaska’s top fishing group at both state and federal policy levels. United Fishermen of Alaska is the nation’s largest industry trade group representing nearly 40 organizations. At its recent annual meeting, UFA outlined several of its policy watches prior to the legislative session; the group also gave out awards and made a job offer. UFA is working closely wit...
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As Halloween nears, bear safety is important trick
Kodiak bear activity is on the downswing, but as kids head out for Halloween, an effort is on to step up safety during a particularly active bear year. “We want to be proactive; we want to make sure we do everything we can to keep people safe,” said Larry Van Daele, the top bear official for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Kodiak. Van Daele and several members of the Kodiak Interagency Bear Safety Group ...
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