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Fishery council gets new member
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced new appointments to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council on Monday. Three terms on the council, which regulates Alaska and Pacific Ocean fisheries along with the National Marine Fisheries Service, expired this year. Sitting council members Howard “Dan” Hull and Robert “Ed” Dersham were reseated to represent Alaska. Representing Washington will be a new face, Craig ...

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Kodiak hauls in awards at camp
Kodiak High School’s football team returned Sunday from the All-Alaska Football Camp with a bunch of hardware. Nine players — Collin Powers, Kerry Powers, Melvin Javier, Eddy Burris, Hunter McKee, Ruben Amodo, Jingo Olaes, Darren Sene and Leo Sega — won awards at the four-day football camp held at Wasilla High School. “I believe it is the most Kodiak has ever received,” coach Jim Schnick said. “They did really w...

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Small plane crashes near Gustavus in Southeast Alaska
JUNEAU (AP) — A small airplane made a successful emergency landing on a beach on an island in Southeast. The Juneau Empire reports (http://is.gd/GPj1OZ) the Piper PA-32 Cherokee 6 landed at Goose Point on Pleasant Island Monday morning. The plane was carrying five on an Air Excursions flight from Juneau to Gustavus. Mike Loverink is the Air Excursions director of operations. He tells the Empire the five people on ...

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State officials argue in favor of redistricting plan
JUNEAU (AP) — Alaska election officials should not be barred from implementing the new redistricting plan because a requirement that the plan be approved by the federal government is unconstitutional, attorneys for the state contend. A federal three-judge panel is scheduled to hear arguments Thursday in the case brought by several Alaska Natives, who want the state barred from implementing the plan until the U.S. ...

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Alaska State Troopers guard the scene of a fatal shooting Saturday, June 23, 2012 on Spruce Cape Road as neighbors discuss the incident.
(James Brooks photo)

Update: 28-year-old shot dead in Spruce Cape home in Kodiak
Alaska State Troopers are investigating the shooting death of Justen Nixon, 28, early Saturday morning in Kodiak. According to troopers spokesman Tim DeSpain, police responded to 3384 Spruce Cape Road after a 911 call was received at 3:18 a.m. DeSpain said the initial call was about a disturbance at a party. “When they called 911 … they were concerned the disturbance would escalate,” he said. While the caller was ...

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Father Juvenaly Repass leads Ouzinkie residents in a dedication ceremony, in Ouzinkie on June 22. (Nicole Klauss photo)

Ouzinkie celebrates new links
The city of Ouzinkie threw a thank-you barbecue celebration Friday in honor of being added to the Alaska Marine Highway System’s ferry schedule and to officially dedicate its new dock. Ouzinkie became the 32nd Alaska community to receive ferry service when the ferry Tustumena made its debut arrival on April 27. The Spruce Island community also wanted to hold an official ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the co...

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Kodiak City Council passes thinner budget, cuts cleanup funds
The Kodiak City Council approved the budget for fiscal year 2013 in a Thursday night special meeting after deciding to eliminate the city’s share of the annual spring cleanup drive. Council member John Whiddon asked to amend the budget by cutting out the city cleanup. The amendment reduces the general fund police community services used for towing vehicles from $40,000 to $20,000, and reduces the general fund publ...

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After Kodiak grounding, a village waits to move
ANCHORAGE (AP) — A quickly eroding Native village in western Alaska has hit a snag in its plans to relocate after a U.S. Army Reserve landing craft carrying tons of construction equipment and supplies for the effort ran aground hundreds of miles away. But residents of tiny Newtok are pushing ahead with their long-sought dream of moving to higher ground in a place called Mertarvik that’s nine miles across a vast, r...

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Terry Napp hits a drive off the first tee to begin the Bush Whacker’s Open Friday night at the Bear Valley Golf Course. Five teams competed in the first year of the tournament. (Derek Clarkston photo)

Bush Whacker’s Open results
The foursome of Chuck Martin, Jack McFarland, Otis McGuire and Terry Napp won the first Bush Whacker's Open golf tournament Friday evening at the Bear Valley Golf Course. The group shot a a combined 197. Results 1. Chuck Martin, Terry Napp, Jack McFarland, Otis McGuire, 197; 2. Jim Kennedy, Alan Skaw, Randy Ensign, Steve Tyner, 201; 3. Lonnie White, Rich Edwards, Jason Bang, John Kennedy, 207; 4. Mackey, Kelso, ...

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Dunbar qualifies for U.S. Olympic Trials
Three years ago, Trevor Dunbar was setting Alaska high school track and field records while running for Kodiak. Today, Dunbar attempts to take one step closer to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Dunbar is running in the first of two 5,000-meter preliminary heats at the U.S. Olympic Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. The race begins at 6 p.m. and can be seen live on NBC Sports (GCI channel 39). “When I fi...

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