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Public safety blotter - June 28, 2012
Thursday, June 21 • At 12:22 a.m. a phone call was received reporting a man sleeping or passed out on the sidewalk on West Rezanof Drive. He was gone when an officer arrived. • At 12:36 a.m. a woman on West Marine Way was advised to remove spray tinting to her taillights. If contacted again, she will be cited. • At 8:55 a.m. an officer removed debris from the roadway at Thorsheim Street and Mill Bay Road. • At 924...
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Plane found wrecked in glacier is identified
ANCHORAGE (AP) — The wreckage of a military plane found this month on an Alaska glacier is that of an Air Force plane that crashed in 1952, killing all 52 people aboard, military officials said Wednesday. Army Capt. Jamie Dobson said evidence found at the crash site correlates with the missing C-124A Globemaster, but the military is not eliminating other possibilities because much investigation still needs to be d...
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Feds OK election map
JUNEAU (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday gave its approval to Alaska’s new redistricting plan, clearing the way for the map to be used in this year’s elections. The decision came in the midst of a federal lawsuit filed to keep state election officials from implementing the plan until the Justice Department weighed in — and a day before a scheduled hearing on the matter before a three-judge panel. The...
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Brady Post accepts his first-place trophy from Josh Harris during the awards ceremony for the inaugural Kodiak Precision Rifle Competition on Sunday, June 24, 2012 in the Golden Anchor. Tom Bowes is seen in the background. (James Brooks photo)
Kodiak's best shooters gather for inaugural precision rifle competition
Kodiak learned an important lesson last weekend: Don’t mess with Brady Post. The Coast Guard C-130 mechanic and one-year Kodiak resident outshot 27 of Kodiak’s best marksmen to win the inaugural Kodiak Precision Rifle Competition. “I was really surprised,” Post said Sunday night during the competition’s awards ceremony at Coast Guard Base Kodiak. Before he hoisted his two-foot trophy, however, he had to run and sh...
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2,000-mile Wet Dog jet ski race gets state permission
A 2,000-mile personal watercraft race across Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska has the go-ahead from the state of Alaska. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources issued the permit to Alaskan Wet Dog Race organizer John Lang on May 22 after it spent five months reviewing public comments. There were initial concerns that 1,000 watercraft and their support vessels would cause environmental damage. Public...
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Sexually transmitted disease rates falling across Alaska after epidemic
As the state of Alaska recovers from an outbreak of sexually transmitted disease, Kodiak is staying comparatively clean. “Pretty much the rates are low in Kodiak; they’re almost the lowest in the state for chlamydia,” said Susan Jones, a nurse consultant with the state’s epidemiology section. That’s despite an Alaska gonorrhea infection rate that was 135 percent of the national average in 2011, the latest year fo...
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Roller wash
Rock Island Rollers teammate Tamara Dameron washes a car during a fundraiser car wash Saturday in the Wells Fargo parking lot. The Rock Island Rollers are Kodiak’s roller derby team.(Derek Clarkston photo)
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Seahawks coming to Kodiak for camp
The NFL is coming to Kodiak — at least for a day. Four Seattle Seahawks players and two cheerleaders will be in Kodiak Saturday for a football camp put on by the Kodiak Football League. “For the Seattle Seahawks to come down here and spend their time to show how much football means to the community of Kodiak and how much they want to help really makes me feel good,” KFL vice president Rich Walker said. The play...
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Dan Farsovitch and his son Trevor work on planking a boat. (Image courtesy of Eagle Rock Boat Repair)
Kodiak business spotlight: Kodiak shipwright returns for summer
Dan Farsovitch developed a love for boats at a young age. He grew up in Akhiok and frequently watched his grandfather build wooden boats by hand. “I was pretty intrigued with that,” he said. “When I was working in a cannery I started out as a helper with the carpenters. They liked me, so they started teaching me the trade.” Today, Farsovitch runs Eagle Rock Boat Repair, a company that repairs and restores wooden v...
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State trooper report - June 27, 2012
Saturday, June 23 • At approximately 3 a.m. Alaska State Troopers received a report of a disturbance that was about to occur at a party at a residence on Spruce Cape Road. While on the telephone it became apparent that the disturbance had escalated and gunshots were fired. When Troopers and Kodiak policeofficers responded to the home, they located Justen Nixon, 28 of Kodiak, who had suffered multiple gunshot wound...
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