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Kodiak Kingfisher Lindquist breaks four more records
Talon Lindquist took his record-breaking show to Juneau and did not disappoint. The Kodiak youth swimmer broke four more records and won all seven of his events at the Age Group Championships Friday and Saturday. He set new state marks for 11- and 12-year-olds in the 100-yard individual medley (1 minute, 0.14 seconds), the 200 IM (2:08.52) and in the 50 backstroke (27.62). He reset his own record in the 500 free...
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Old Harbor boys off to ACC Tournament
After a two-year absence from the Aleutian Chain Conference Basketball Tournament, Old Harbor is ready to prove it belongs. “I know what we are coming up against, I know the caliber of the teams and I know we have a better chance than what we have had in the past,” boys coach Geoff Bechtol said Tuesday afternoon from Old Harbor. Old Harbor will attempt to redeem its tournament performance from 2010, beginning to...
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State trooper report - Feb. 29, 2012
Saturday, Feb. 25 • At approximately 6:45 a.m. the Ouzinkie village public safety officer was notified of a possible assault. The VPSO initiated an investigation which resulted in the arrest of a 33-year-old female resident of the Ouzinkie. She was charged with one count of fourth degree assault/domestic violence (a class A misdemeanor) and one count of violation of release conditions (a class B misdemeanor). ...
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Kids plant seeds as nation reads
To the editor: On March 2, the teachers and education support professionals of Old Harbor School want to get the word out about the importance of children’s literacy. The National Education Association’s Read Across America is a year-round literacy project that encourages readers, both young and old, to celebrate reading. In Old Harbor, we’re getting into the reading excitement, too. Things will be kicked off wh...
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Island Trails Network unveils program to improve school access
KODIAK — Island Trails Network is joining a nationwide effort to encourage kids to bike and walk to school. Called Safe Routes to School, the program aims at identifying and improving trails and paths so kids can avoid using cars to get to class. “Recommendations will get moved forward into specific projects that we will look for additional funding to implement,” said consultant Michelle LeBeau, who is running the...
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Around Kodiak - Feb. 29, 2012
Seniors’ meeting Senior Citizens of Kodiak Inc. meets at 1 p.m. today in the Kodiak Senior Center’s multipurpose room. The meeting is open to the public.
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Tsunami debris floating across Pacific toward US
HONOLULU (AP) — Refrigerators, TVs and other debris dragged into sea when a massive earthquake hit Japan last March, causing tsunamis as high as 130 feet to crash ashore, could show up in remote atolls north of Hawaii as soon as this winter, with other pieces reaching parts of the West Coast in 2013 and 2014, experts say. Debris from the tsunami initially formed a thick mass in the ocean of Japan's northeastern c...
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Base development credit ready for floor vote
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Businesses and communities around Alaska are one step closer to getting economic incentives to develop areas around the state's military bases and facilities after the House State Affairs Committee cleared the bill on Tuesday. Its sponsor, Rep. Steve Thompson, R-Fairbanks, said HB316 is modeled after laws in Texas and Virginia that allow communities to label an area a "military facility zone...
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Gov: Senate bill doesn't address oil decline
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell said the Senate's work-in-progress proposal to cut oil taxes offers "no hope" for more investment and does nothing to stop the decline in oil production. Parnell, who is pushing a steeper tax cut of his own that's a nonstarter in the Senate, made the comments in an email alert to Alaskans on Monday, urging them to testify on SB192. The Senate Resources Committee is ...
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Coast Guard helicopter crashes off of Alabama coast
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says one crewmember is dead and three others remain missing following a helicopter crash in Alabama during a training mission. Spokeswoman Petty Officer 2nd Class Elizabeth Bordelon said an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crashed Tuesday evening in Mobile Bay, near Point Clear, Ala. The Coast Guard initially said one person had been rescued but a news release issued early today sa...
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