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Senate passes bill to raise school age limit
JUNEAU (AP) — A proposal requiring that most students stay in school until they turn 18 passed the Senate Wednesday. The bill by Sen. Bettye Davis, D-Anchorage, would require Alaska children to attend school from ages 6 to 18. Current law requires attendance from ages 7 to 16. Davis said her goal is to ensure that learning starts early and that parents have something to fall back on should their kids want to drop ...
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Kingfishers off to Wash.
A quartet of Kodiak Kingishers took off for the Lower 48 Wednesday. Talon Lindquist, Nathan Schauff, Dyton Schauff and Luke James are participating in the Northwest Age Group Sectionals beginning Friday at Federal, Wash. The four swimmers had to qualify for the three-day meet. Lindquist has set 12 short-course and five long-course state records for the 11-year-old and 12-year-old division already this season. ...
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Ryan Jacob blows to propel a sail car he built during the Science and Engineering Expo Tuesday night, March 27, 2012 in Kodiak Middle School. The expo was sponsored by the Kodiak school district's Kodiak Extended Learning Program. (James Brooks photo)
At Kodiak Middle School engineering expo, fun and confidence
KODIAK — While the screams and shouts of delighted elementary school students filled the Kodiak Middle School gym, Arielle Himelbloom sat quietly in the school's nearby cafeteria. With the din of younger kids leaking into the cafeteria, Himelbloom confidently explained her plan to spread recycling bins throughout the middle school. Her proposal — and the gymnasium's din — was all part of the Kodiak Island Borough ...
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Interior Department considers drilling leases in Shelikof Strait
The Department of the Interior is asking oil and gas companies if they are interested in an oil and gas lease sale in the Shelikof Strait. The request comes as the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas holds a state sale of leases on the Alaska Peninsula. The Shelikof Strait is part of the Interior department’s Cook Inlet Planning Area, which includes all water more than 3 miles offshore and between 57 degrees north lati...
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Kodiak Chamber, others raise concerns with proposed winter ferry schedule
KODIAK — During a Tuesday conference, The Kodiak Chamber of Commerce voiced concern that the Alaska Marine Highway System’s proposed winter ferry schedule could affect the fishing and tourism industries in Kodiak. The marine highway held a series of conference calls with state regions to allow people to express opinions about the proposed 2012-2013 ferry schedule, and on Tuesday it was Kodiak’s turn. Because the f...
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Gary Barnes examines a container of roasted coffee beans Tuesday afternoon, March 27, 2012 in his new location on Mill Bay Road. In the background is his coffee roaster, purchased by Harborside Inc. in a deal that also hired Barnes to be the company's roastmaster for its coffee shops. (James Brooks photo)
Kodiak business spotlight: Harborside buys coffee roasting company in search of the perfect blend
In the basement of the Harborside Fly-By coffee shop is a bag from Burundi. Next to it is one from Nicaragua and a sack from Indonesia. The bags of coffee have come from around the world, but all have gathered in Kodiak at the new home of the Great Alaskan Bean Company, which has been purchased by Harborside Incorporated. Gary Barnes, who has roasted coffee beans on Kodiak since 1995, is staying on as roastmaster...
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Sunshine is returning to the north with the spring equinox. (Ned Rozell photo)
Alaska Science Forum: Spring equinox tips the light northward
My thermometer here in Fairbanks is stuck on single digits today, but the height of the sun and a quick online check informs me that this is indeed the spring equinox. We will experience daylight for half the day, which was beyond imagining when the sun was two fingers above the Alaska Range in December. In many places, including the green foothills of New York’s Adirondack Mountains where I grew up, this equinox ...
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Old Harbor likely to get ferry service
KODIAK — Old Harbor is in the process of becoming a ferry stop on the Alaska Marine Highway System’s schedule, although the date of its first service is still not known. “Servicing as many communities as possible is what the Alaska Marine Highway System is about,” marine highway spokesman Jeremy Woodrow said. “They are ready to receive service and we’re looking into it.” The details are still being worked out, but...
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Jasmine Oliver bumps a volleyball at Monday evening’s open gym at Kodiak High School. Oliver, with the help of the City of Kodiak Parks and Recreation Department, is organizing a women-only league that begins Monday. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Women’s volleyball gaining power
On Monday evening, the Kodiak High School gym was filled with more than 40 volleyball-loving women. “It is exciting to see this many women interested in volleyball,” said Jasmine Oliver. Oliver is helping organize a first for Kodiak — a women-only volleyball league. The two-month league begins April 2 and is associated with the City of Kodiak Parks and Recreation Department. Interested players can sign up at the ...
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Coast Guard aviators head to Sitka from Kodiak to learn lessons from helicopter crash
KODIAK — Members of Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak are flying south to Sitka today as part of the Coast Guard’s response to a fatal July 2010 helicopter crash. Members of Air Station Sitka will host Kodiak air crews for a joint meeting with Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, commander of the 17th Coast Guard District. The meeting comes at the direction of Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O’Hara, vice commandant of the Coast Guard. In ...
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