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Honoring the Coast Guard
Kodiakans applaud Saturday night in the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center during the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce's annual Coast Guard Appreciation Dinner as master of ceremonies Rick Vahl reads the names of the Coast Guard sailors in attendance. The event, which has taken place each year for almost 30 years, is Kodiak's annual gala to recognize the Coast Guard. "We are not just a Coast Guard city," said Kodiak Mayor ...

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Kodiak High School tennis player Ahiyoshi Whitmore hits a return during a practice Oct. 1 at Baranof Park. Whitmore was one of eight players who represented Kodiak at the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska 2012 Tennis Championships on Friday and Saturday in Anchorage. (Derek Clarkston photo)

Kodiak tennis wins three matches at state
Kodiak's tennis team posted three victories at the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska 2012 Tennis Championships over the weekend in Anchorage. Joyce Bachini and Amy Whitmore won a thrilling opening-round girls doubles match, while Icy Basa won two girls singles consolation matches. "I say we did very well," Kodiak coach Steve Johnston said. "I'm very pleased with the performance of the team." Bachini and Whitmore, ...

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Fish council carves halibut slice for charters
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted 10-1 Friday morning to revise a halibut catch share plan that aroused alarm from charter fishing guides last year. The proposal recommended by the council sets catch limits using a 2008 plan that divided Alaska’s halibut quota between charter and commercial fishermen. That plan was to be implemented this year, but a backlash from charter fishermen across the state...

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Fish Factor: Fall crab fishing season begins this month
October is national seafood month — and it marks the start of one of the busiest months for Alaska’s fishing industry. The state’s biggest crab fisheries get under way in the Bering Sea on Oct. 15 — the Bristol Bay red king crab catch will hold steady at 7.8 million pounds, while the snow crab harvest has taken a dip to 66.3 million pounds, down from about 80 million pounds last season. The St. Matthew Island blu...

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Public Safety Blotter: Oct. 8
Thursday, Oct. 4 • At 12:21 a.m., a man was arrested on Thorsheim Street for a warrant. • At 2:30 a.m., a woman reported several people were pounding on her neighbor's door on Simeonoff Street. They were gone on arrival. • At 2:44 a.m., an officer removed debris from the roadway on Baranof Street. • At 2:45 a.m., an officer was on foot patrol on Simeonoff Street. • At 3:04 a.m., an officer gave an open container a...

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KHS spikers second at Grace
Kodiak's volleyball team finished second at the Lady Grizzly Invitational Volleyball Tournament Saturday at Grace Christian School in Anchorage. Kodiak lost to host Grace Christian 16-25, 26-24, 15-13 in the championship match. The Bears beat Homer and Monroe to advance to the title match, while Grace worked its way through the consolation bracket to claim the title. Kodiak won all 10 of its sets in pool play a...

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Lowbush cranberries are a beautiful but underrated wild berry that makes great jams, jellies and sauces.
(Marion Owen photo)

Garden Gate: Highbrush cranberry is an overlooked berry
What smells like dirty socks but tastes like a cranberry? If you guessed highbush cranberry, you’re right. Despite its cranberry name and uniquely tart flavor, the highbush cranberry is totally unrelated to the Thanksgiving favorite. So why should you be interested in these berries? First of all, they are ripe for the picking, and you can find them growing in shady, damp areas around Kodiak, near alder thickets an...

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Koniag shareholders applaud Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 in the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium at the Koniag Inc. annual meeting as Roy Madsen shares a remembrance of Elder Lucille Davis, who died in late September and was featured on the cover of the Koniag annual report.
(James Brooks photo)

Koniag shifts strategy, slashes dividend
Kodiak’s regional Native corporation is slashing its dividend and executing a major reorganization as it adjusts to a slimmer federal budget and growing resistance to federal contracting with Native corporations. Koniag Inc. CEO Will Anderson unveiled the news Saturday during its annual meeting in Kodiak. Koniag’s annual dividend will drop by more than half — from $10.65 per share to $3 per share — as the company ...

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Security cameras could be monitoring Kodiak harbors soon
Security cameras could be coming to Kodiak harbors thanks to new wireless Internet systems installed last year. The Wi-Fi access, provided by local company Coastline Computers, allows the city of Kodiak to offer Internet to fishermen for a fee. In a Friday meeting, the Kodiak ports and harbor advisory board discussed whether or not it would be cost-effective and helpful to install security cameras in St. Paul and ...

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Mecham sentenced to five years in jail for street racing death
One of the men involved in a street racing incident that led to the death of Austin Van Long will spend five years in jail. William Mecham, 20, pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and second-degree assault on Friday morning. Both charges are class B felonies. On the night of Oct. 20, 2011, Mecham and Markryan Portillo were driving across Fred Zharoff Memorial Bridge in what police say was a high-speed...

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