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Green groups sue over drilling
JUNEAU (AP) — A coalition of conservation groups sued the federal government Tuesday over its approval of oil spill response plans for an Arctic Ocean drilling program. The lawsuit does not seek to block Shell Oil from beginning to drill this summer as planned. However, the case could prevent drilling in future seasons, if the coalition succeeds in getting the approvals set aside, attorney Michael LeVine said. The...
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Senators to talk fuel prices today
JUNEAU (AP) — A group of state senators plans to meet today in Anchorage to discuss ways to reduce gas and heating fuel prices in Alaska. The group, which includes Sens. Bill Wielechowski, Joe Thomas and Lyman Hoffman, plans to hold meetings over the coming months and look at various approaches to reducing costs. It is asking that members of the public with concrete suggestions on cutting costs come forward with t...
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2 small fires give Kodiak firefighters a busy weekend
Area fire departments had a busy Saturday as two small fires damaged homes on different ends of Kodiak. The first occurred shortly after midnight Saturday morning when Bayside Fire Department responded to a fire in Jackson Mobile Home Park. When firefighters arrived, they found a fire outside a home at the intersection of Jackson Lane and Metrokin Way. Bayside Fire Chief Bob Himes said firefighters extinguished t...
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U.S. Navy searches for blast from the past under Kodiak waters
Seventy years ago this week, the front page of the Kodiak Daily Mirror proclaimed in large letters the latest updates on the ongoing American offensive against the Japanese in the Aleutians. In small print at the bottom of the front page was an apology, explaining that the issue was delayed because military censors required the paper to pull a story from the front page. This month, the U.S. Navy is beginning a pro...
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Corps dredging Kodiak harbors next year
The Army Corps of Engineers wasn’t after oil when it drilled into the seafloor at the mouth of St. Paul Harbor this spring. What the Corps found, however, is news almost as good. Next summer, instead of deepening the harbor mouth through blasting, the Corps will be able to simply dig its way to depth. “From our drilling this spring, we have concluded that the rock is fractured enough that it can be removed without...
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Replacement landing craft arrives in port
A new U.S. Army landing craft will soon carry away the supplies left when another landing craft grounded on Humpback Rock. The landing craft Malvern Hill left Tacoma, Wash., June 29 and arrived in Kodiak late last week, according to information released Monday by the 364th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, which operates the Malvern Hill. On June 8, the landing craft Monterrey, bound for Bethel, struck Humpback R...
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Public safety blotter - July 10, 2012
Saturday, June 30 • At 11:39 a.m. a phone call was received reporting her cousin smacked her in the ears on Marine Way. Negative assault or domestic violence. The people separated. • At 6:20 p.m. someone reported a wanted person was found on Marine Way. They were gone when officer arrived. • At 6:38 p.m. a 911 call was received from someone reporting a vehicle threw water balloons at him on Thorsheim Street. Offic...
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Kodiak junior all-stars open with win
Kodiak’s Junior baseball all-stars played a long, tough game to an 8-7 victory over Knik-AMC Monday at Brotherhood Field in Anchorage. It was Kodiak’s first game in the round-robin District 1 tournament. The islanders face Abbott-O-Rabbit today at 4 p.m. Abbott-O-Rabbit downed Dimond-West 6-2 on Sunday.
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Outdoor Kodiak: Escape to isolated lakes
Kodiak’s fishing landscape is certainly challenging this year, isn’t it? The king salmon are scarce and halibut remain scattered in deeper water. The pink salmon are slow to show, while the usual array of sharp elbows and crossed lines dominate productive red salmon rivers. What in the heck can you do if you want nothing more than a relaxing day of fishing? For me, that means a fair chance to catch fish without th...
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Kodiak city, borough will take stand on fish bycatch
Kodiak’s city and borough fisheries subcommittee plans to create a list of issues to address when the North Pacific Fishery Management Council next takes up prohibited species catch. At its October meeting, NPFMC plans to consider a program to manage prohibited species catch, provide incentives to minimize bycatch, and create vessel-level accountability for the Central Gulf of Alaska trawl groundfish fishery. A do...
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