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Around Kodiak: June 13
• The Kodiak Refuge Visitor Center will be having a new program for kids between the ages of 6-12 at the Kodiak Refuge Visitor Center every Thursday from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. from June through August. The program is called Wildlife Investigation Learning and Discovery. Kodiak Refuge Visitor Center seasonal Rangers Rory Psotka and Dana Lindauer will be the rangers leading the weekly programs throughout the summer. • Th...
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Salmon surge continues as Buskin River sockeye bag limit is raised
This summer’s surge of salmon isn’t just hitting the Karluk and Afognak rivers; it’s coming to Kodiak, too. On Wednesday morning, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced it has raised the daily bag limit for sockeye salmon from two fish to five. Fishermen are still limited to salmon 20 inches or longer and can only have five fish in their possession at one time. The raised bag limit is the latest sign of ...
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Playbook: June 13
Friday, June 14 Baseball: Kodiak Post 17 vs. Wasilla, 6:30 p.m. at Baranof Field.
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One man’s hobby: Soaring with the eagles
Summer is the time for daydreaming. Lie back in the warm grass and open your eyes, watching the eagles circle above. As you lie on Pillar Mountain, a red bird with a 10-foot wingspan joins them, circling and looping in the breeze above the mountain. Remove your sunglasses and you see that it’s not a bird — it’s a glider. It’s the daydream of 48-year-old Andrew Airways mechanic Chris Badessa. For the past 11 years,...
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The landing craft Polar Bear, with a drilling rig aboard, takes seafloor measurements near Pier 3 on Friday, March 29, 2013 in Kodiak harbor. The seafloor measurements taken by the Polar Bear will be incorporated into plans for the new Pier 3. (James Brooks photo)
Pier 3 project faces sandy dilemma
As the city of Kodiak gets down and dirty with its effort to build a new Pier 3, problems have emerged from the muck at the bottom of Kodiak's port. In a Tuesday night presentation to the Kodiak City Council, engineer Kenton Braun said the city will soon have to decide whether it wants to scale down the pier or add 10 percent to its $33 million price tag. "Soil strength plays into this a lot," Braun explained. Whe...
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Photo courtesy of Lindsay Knight Kodiak’s Special Olympics powerlifting team poses for a photo after Saturday’s state games in Anchorage. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Special Olympic athletes earn medals at state
Kodiak’s Special Olympics powerlifting team hoisted three overall gold medals at the state summer games that concluded Sunday in Anchorage. Shantele Mantalaba, Amy Canavan and Anthony Rohrer all won gold medals for their total pounds lifted in the squat, bench press and deadlift. Mantalaba deadlifted 220 pounds, squated 138 and benched 94. Canavan lifted 231 pounds in the deadlift, 105 in the squat and 94 in the...
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State can’t find interim ferry to fill Tustumena’s absence
The state has struck out in its search for an interim Tustumena replacement. The Alaska Marine Highway System has confirmed that only one company responded to the state’s plea for interim ferry service between Kodiak and Homer. With the ferry Tustumena in dry dock until the end of July, only the ferry Kennicott will stop at the Emerald Isle during the peak of tourist season. With the Tustumena unavailable, the sta...
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Public Safety Blotter: June 12
Friday, June 7 • At 1:32 a.m., an officer was on foot patrol on Marine Way. • At 2:10 a.m., a caller requested an officer’s presence as they ask a disgruntled employee to leave. All was OK and there was no incident. • At 3:23 a.m., an officer was on foot patrol on Chichenof Street. • At 7:05 a.m., an officer was on foot patrol on Marine Way. • At 7:26 a.m., a caller reported receiving a threatening call. Officers ...
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Permit process slow with small staff
For the next few weeks, the Kodiak Island Borough’s community development department will be stretched thin. The department was already down a full-time employee after Bud Cassidy left earlier this year to take over as borough manager. It will now be down two full-time employees with the departure of acting director Duane Dvorak. The staffing shortage is expected to slow the process of issuing residential and deve...
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Grad student Joanna Young drills a hole into the Susitna Glacier for a weather station and a melt stake to be installed in April 2012. (Regine Hock photo)
Alaska Science Forum: Measuring glacier wastage
Every summer, Alaska’s glaciers melt and send vast quantities of water gushing through silty gray rivers, past towns and villages and finally into the sea. Some glaciers calve directly into the ocean, instantly losing car-sized chunks of ice and wowing boats full of tourists. The world’s melting glaciers are boosting ocean levels 0.71 millimeters a year, accounting for roughly one-third of total sea level rise, a...
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