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Kodiak should look at how Fairbanks handles garbage
To the Editor: I read with interest Wednesday's article on the Kodiak landfill and the Advisory Board's questions and concerns related to extending the landfill's functional life. I was, however, particularly struck by Borough government reasons cited for opposing a re-use site, which seem to center around the presumed need for an employee to "prevent people from breaking the pay by weight system through re-use ab...
Oct 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Long-awaited airport plan goes public
The FAA is asking for Kodiak’s input as it puts the final touches on a seven-year-old plan to upgrade Kodiak State Airport. On Friday, the FAA released a draft environmental statement for the runway safety area improvements project at Kodiak airport. The report details how the airport will build overrun areas — places to stop out-of-control aircraft — without harming environmentally sensitive areas such as the Bus...
Oct 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kodiak pet owners get their dogs ready for the "Paws for Peace" walk, in Kodiak on Oct. 20. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Dogs enjoy 'Paws for Peace' walk
The dogs put their best paws forward as they and their owners walked to support peace on Saturday morning. Around a dozen dogs and 20 people participated in the Kodiak Women's Resource and Crisis Center's tenth annual "Paws for Peace" walk. The walk started in 2002 as part of the Kodiak Women's Resource and Crisis Center's push for domestic violence awareness month, and has since become an annual get together for ...
Oct 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fish Factor: Alaska fish prices rise, crab prices fall on global markets
Alaska salmon sales had lots of ups and downs this summer, but held their own overall in a tough market awash with farmed fish. The wild salmon catch goes to market in many forms such as canned, fresh or frozen, fillets and roe. The state Revenue Department/Tax Division provides quartile reports on first wholesale prices for all of Alaska’s salmon forms by species and region. Its report covering May — August show...
Oct 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kodiak spikers 2 and done
Despite losing both matches during Saturday’s Dimond-Service Tournament, Kodiak volleyball coach Amy Willis was more than pleased with her team’s performance on Friday. In Friday’s pool play, Kodiak nearly upset defending 4A state champion Dimond before falling 25-18, 25-22. Dimond went on to defeat Chugiak in Saturday’s championship game. “We had great moments. They came out really strong against Dimond. It was ...
Oct 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Akhiok man accused of strangling woman
An Akhiok man has been accused of strangling a woman. Roy Rastopsoff, 33, faces one count of second-degree assault, a class B felony. According to court documents, the incident took place Oct. 14 when Rastopsoff allegedly choked a woman until she passed out. The Akhiok village public safety officer received a call from the intoxicated woman just before 6 a.m. During the investigation, the village public safety off...
Oct 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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South tops Service in title game
South Anchorage upset defending champion Service 28-19 in the large-school state championship football game Saturday at Tom Huffer Sr. Stadium in Chugiak. This is the Wolverines’ second state title and first since 2006. South Anchorage lost to Service in last year’s title match. Service (9-2) hadn’t lost to an Alaska opponent since 2010 and had won the past six meetings against South (9-2). Service led 19-14 at...
Oct 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Borough manager pick says thanks, but no thanks; borough assembly re-starts search
The Kodiak Island Borough has spent six months and thousands of dollars hiring its next manager. On Thursday night, that effort evaporated after it was revealed that borough assembly's pick, Erick Strahl of Menominee, Mich., has declined the contract offered by the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly. The decision was a surprise announcement; the assembly had been scheduled to approve Strahl's hiring after months of in...
Oct 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Garbage-trashing bears arouse residents' ire at borough assembly meeting
The Kodiak Police Department has used flashbangs and rubber bullets to ward off wandering bears in urban Kodiak this fall. On Thursday night, a handful of Kodiak residents threw verbal flashbangs at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly as they asked assembly members to permit fines on people who fail to appropriately protect their garbage. "It sounded like a war zone this weekend," said city resident April Eads abou...
Oct 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kodiak’s Sammye Jones stands on the pool deck Monday at the Kodiak Community Pool. The senior Jones has been a key member of the Bears’ swimming and diving team her entire career. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Jones has emerged as one of the state’s top breaststrokers
In sports, the name of the second-place finisher is often forgotten. In swimming, it’s often the person in second place who puts a team in position to finish first. Kodiak’s Sammye Jones fits into that category. The senior is not flashy and is often an overlooked piece to the Bears’ success. While teammates Ila Hughes, Tahna Lindquist and Jori Lindquist grab the headlines, Jones quietly goes about her business an...
Oct 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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