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Kodiak girls fifth in NLC
Kodiak’s offense struggled in its final two Northern Lights Conference Championship games, sending the Bears to a fifth-place finish. Kodiak lost to Soldotna 44-24 in Friday’s semifinal game and followed that with a 37-20 loss to Colony in Saturday’s third-place game at Wasilla High School. The scoring totals were Kodiak’s lowest of the season, and the Bears finished with a 10-12 record. Kodiak did not receive ...
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Campaign to merge Kodiak city, borough slows its pace
KODIAK — Backers of a drive to explore a merger between the city of Kodiak and the Kodiak Island Borough are going back to the drawing board. On Tuesday, Donna Hurley and other merger proponents received a cool reception from a joint meeting of the Kodiak City Council and Kodiak Island Borough Assembly. Hurley’s proposal, supported by about 25 other people, she said, was to have the city and assembly appoint a joi...
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Kodiak boys run out of tourney magic
There was no Northern Lights Conference Championship magic this year for the Kodiak boys basketball team. After beating Homer Thursday, Kodiak fell in Friday’s semifinal to Wasilla 63-41 and then to Kenai 54-45 in Saturday’s third-place game at Wasilla High School. The Bears finish fifth in the NLC with an 11-14 record. Kodiak did not receive one of the two at-large bids into the 4A state tournament. Wasilla and...
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Senate considers using surplus on pension liability
Hello from the capitol. About a month and a half remains in the legislative session and many busy days are ahead as we work toward our scheduled adjournment on April 15. This session, the Senate has devoted a lot of discussion to oil taxes, but a great deal more is happening in Juneau right now, with work continuing on the multitude of issues affecting Alaska, including the fiscal year 2013 budget, education and t...
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Barrow girl dies after frozen-bedroom ordeal
ANCHORAGE (AP) — A 3-year-old girl from America’s northernmost community died and her younger sister suffered hypothermia after their mother and the mother’s boyfriend left them in a locked bedroom with a window open to a temperature of minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit to air out the room because the girls wet their beds, authorities said. The mother, 28-year-old elementary school teacher Esther G. Edwards-Gust, was ap...
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40th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race begins in Willow
WILLOW (AP) — Fans lined the starting chute and filled the cold Alaska air with cheers for their favorite mushers — some leaning forward to exchange high-fives — as 66 teams took to the trail Sunday in the official start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The mushers and their dog teams will spend about the next eight days crossing nearly a thousand miles of Alaska wilderness in a sled, all trying to be the firs...
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Abner Nelson
Obituary: Abner Nelson Sr.
Abner L. Nelson Sr. went to be with his Lord and Savior on Feb. 29, 2012. He was 92 years old. He was born in Kodiak on Dec. 2, 1919, to Alfred Sr. and Irene (Petellin) Nelson. Abner grew up in Afognak village on Kodiak Island, where he completed grammar years of grammar school. At age 22, he entered into active service in the Army of the United States. After five years of service in Hawaii and Japan, he received ...
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NOAA says budget cuts won't hamper tsunami warning system
KODIAK — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released more information about proposed funding cuts to its tsunami warning network, saying the $4.6 million reduction will not affect emergency alerts. In a news release, NOAA offered a point-by-point rebuttal of accusations levied by the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which analyzed the cuts Feb. 22. “NOAA will continue t...
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Kodiak High School plans now 65 percent complete
KODIAK — With 451 pages of drawings and 1,070 pages of specifications, the plans for the new Kodiak High School don’t make for light reading. What’s more, those figures are likely to grow — the plans are only 65 percent complete. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the borough’s architectural review board heard a lengthy presentation from architect Tony Yorba and a panel of engineers who unveiled the latest in a series of u...
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Lilly Arctic Conference attendees listen as an Elder speaks Thursday afternoon, March 1, 2012 at Kodiak College. (James Brooks photo)
Kodiak College hosts instruction conference
KODIAK — About 70 educators and instructors have gathered at Kodiak College for a three-day conference intended to hone teaching skills. The conference is the seventh edition of the Lilly Arctic Institute on Innovations & Excellence in Teaching and marks the first time the organization has visited Kodiak. “We want to get some of this training and education out of the urban centers,” said Larry Roberts, director of...
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