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Kodiak girls have shot at NLC second seed
First-year Kodiak girls basketball coach Stephanie Dandliker never envisioned her team could be the second-best team in the North Division of the Northern Lights Conference. The Bears, though, can seal the North’s No. 2 spot with a sweep at Palmer High School today and Saturday. Tonight’s game tips at 7:45 p.m., while Saturday’s starts at 2 p.m. Kodiak can also clinch second with a split against Palmer and a Col...
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Obituary: Andres Malinit
Andres Malinit passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Funeral will be at Kodiak Mortuary Saturday, Feb. 25, from noon to 3 p.m. Dessert repast at Kodiak Senior Center 3 to 4 p.m.
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Public safety blotter - Feb. 23, 2012
Wednesday, Feb. 22 • At 2:42 a.m. an officer checked suspicious circumstances on Shelikof Street. All OK. • At 3:14 a.m. an officer advised two people on Alimaq Drive they cannot camp; left on request. • At 7:05 a.m. a male turned in a stray cat at Kodiak Police Department; officer took it to the shelter. • At 8:37 a.m. a phone call was received reporting a dog and her two puppies were dropped off at the shelter a...
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Kodiak boys basketball team in running for third
It’s hard to believe that after beginning the season with six straight Northern Lights Conference losses, Kodiak’s boys basketball team has a chance to move out of the North Division cellar. But that is the case when Kodiak hosts Palmer in a pair of NLC games today and Saturday. Tonight’s game begins at 7:30 p.m., while Saturday’s tips at 4 p.m. A Kodiak (2-6, 8-12) sweep of Palmer (4-4, 13-10) would give the B...
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Fukushima radiation far from harmful in Kodiak, but higher than Chernobyl
KODIAK — Kodiak radiation levels from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown exceeded those immediately following the Chernobyl meltdown, according to a report to be published in the March 6 issue of Environmental Science and Technology. A measuring station at the Kodiak Island Fairgrounds was one of three in Alaska that detected radioactive fallout from the Japanese disaster triggered by the earthquake and tsunam...
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Kodiak resident Lloyd Benton helped dig a tunnel from West to East Berlin to access a Soviet communication system during the Cold War. (Mike Rostad photo)
Kodiak Tapestry: The secret past of Lloyd Benton
Not all spies carry explosive gadgets, drive futuristic cars and look like James Bond. Most appear to be everyday guys. And they are. I’ll bet very few who know Lloyd Benton, longtime Kodiak resident, are aware that at one time in his life he was a secret agent. In fact, his wife, Val Benton, didn’t know until a story came out in U.S. News and World Report in January 2003. Benton’s mission was not as sensational a...
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Kodiak Electric Association refinances $10 million debt
KODIAK — The Kodiak Electric Association board of directors voted Thursday to refinance about $10 million in cooperative debt, saving $850,000 per year. President and CEO Darron Scott said the move is part of a campaign by KEA to take advantage of low interest rates. “We’re taking advantage of all we can right now,” he said. The refinancing cost about $15,000 — negligible when compared to the savings. KEA’s larges...
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Murkowski: ANWR will happen — but not soon
JUNEAU (AP) — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Thursday that drilling will happen in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but people shouldn’t hold their breath waiting for it. That’s one of the messages the Alaska Republican presented during her annual address to the state Legislature. The U.S. House cleared a bill last week that would open a portion of ANWR for exploration and drilling, but Murkowski said strong en...
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Coast Guard blotter
Sunday, Feb. 19 • A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a 52-year-old man from the fishing vessel Island Enterprise about 15 miles southwest of St. Paul after it was reported he was suffering from a possible heart attack. The man was transferred by the rescue crew in stable condition to commercial services in St. Paul for further transport to Anchorage.   • An Air Station Kodiak ...
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Alexis Tunstall has her picture taken during the Kodiak Middle School Science Fair as she explains her project — how far a solar-powered insect can move under different light conditions — to judge Alex Olivera on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 in the school library. (James Brooks photo)
Kodiak Middle School names science fair winners
KODIAK — Kodiak Middle School held its annual science fair Tuesday morning in the school library. After intense deliberation, judges Switgard Duesterloh, Aaren Ellsworth, Bill Gaeumen, Alex Olivera, Julie Matweyou and Lei Guo selected the following winners: In the chemistry and social sciences division, Alexis Tunstall won first place with her project on solar power: “How far can my solar-powered bug move under di...
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