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Kodiak ESS wins rural schools hoops title
Kodiak Emerging Small Schools is having some sports year. After winning the archipelago’s rural schools volleyball title earlier in the year, the team, comprised of rural school players from across Kodiak, added another title last Friday. Kodiak ESS’s boys basketball team clinched the district’s lone berth into the Peninsula Conference Championships with a 49-42 win at Old Harbor. It will be ESS’s first appearan...
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Around Kodiak: Feb. 21
The Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak hosts an energy conservation workshop from 9 a.m. to noon today. Intended for building industry professionals, attendees will learn how homes respond under seasonal and operating conditions. The meeting will be repeated 7-9 p.m. tonight in the Koniag Building. The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly holds a special meeting at 11:30 a.m. in the borough assembly chambers to approve bonds for ...
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Alaska State Troopers: Feb. 21
Saturday, Feb. 16 At 10:01 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a disturbance at a home near Kodiak. Investigation revealed a 55-year-old man assaulted a family member. The man was arrested and transported to the Kodiak Jail, where he was held without bail pending arraignment. He faces one charge of fourth degree assault.
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Man faces assault charge
A 33-year-old Kodiak man is facing a felony assault charge for allegedly injuring a woman. Roy Rastopsoff is facing one count of third-degree assault after allegedly committing fourth-degree assault while having two or more assault convictions. The crime is a class C felony punishable by up to five years in jail and a maximum $10,000 fine. He was arraigned in Kodiak district court on Feb. 8. According to court do...
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Achievers: Feb. 21
Ayaka Ikawa, Annie Looman, Robyn Burnside and Grant Lorenson have been named the Elks students of the quarter for the second quarter of the year at Kodiak High School. • Ayaka, a freshman at Kodiak High School, is the daughter of Hiroyuki (Hiro) Ikawa and Og Youn (Diane) Hwang. This multilingual student, gifted musically and academically, is a pleasure to have in class. Ayaka plays violin in the KHS Chamber Orche...
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Investments will add to debt
To the Editor: It is interesting how certain words have fallen out of fashion among certain politicians. One word you will not hear very often is the word "spend". In last week’s State of the Union speech, President Obama used the term “invest” instead. He talked about new programs whose total cost would run into hundreds of billions of dollars and yet these investments would not add to our debt. Perhaps it is lik...
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A sign hanging outside the Mecca Lounge advertises the Mocha Girls concert on Friday, in Kodiak on Feb. 20. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Famous Filipino musical group comes to Kodiak
An all-girl Filipino singing and dancing group will perform in Kodiak this weekend. The Mocha Girls, a five-member group popular in the Philippines, will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at the Mecca Lounge. This is the second North America tour for the Mocha Girls. They toured the U.S. and Canada in November and December 2012. DJ Marc Ignacio of Island Style Entertainment organized the group’s trip to Kodiak. “One of my ...
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KMS wrestling wins two titles at Palmer Tourney
The Kodiak Middle School wrestling team produced two champions during a pair of tournaments in Palmer on Friday and Saturday. Joshua Nummer (110 pounds) and Gabriel Nummer (114) captured titles at the Palmer Junior Varsity Tournament. Kyle Pearce (98), Abriel Babasa (118) placed second in the JV tournament, while Nicholas Doerksen (98) and Marianna Roy (148) were third. Simon Swanson (98) was fourth. In the Pal...
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Playbook: Feb. 21
Friday, Feb. 22 Boys basketball: Kodiak vs. Wasilla at Kodiak High School. C squad, 4:30 p.m.; junior varsity, 6 p.m.; varsity, 7:30 p.m. Girls basketball: Kodiak vs. Wasilla at Wasilla High School. C squad, 3 p.m.; junior varsity, 4:30 p.m.; varsity, 6 p.m. Swimming: Alaska Age Group Championships at the Kodiak Community Pool, 9 a.m.
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Investigators claimed Wells faked an alibi
James Michael Wells was arraigned in the U.S. District Court in Anchorage on Tuesday for the 2012 murders of Coast Guardsmen Richard Belisle and James “Jim” Hopkins. The affidavit, written by FBI Special Agent Elizabeth Oberlander and released Tuesday, says Wells carefully planned the murders and faked an alibi by claiming he had a flat tire. The document suggests his motive for the murders stemmed from problems a...
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