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Recycling shrinks our carbon footprint
To the editor: I consider it to be part of my duty as a responsible citizen to spend some time thinking about how I can make our community a better place with my own actions. Some of the issues I consider have to do with economics and our fiscal well being. Others are more idealistic and have to do with being kind to the earth so our descendents have a good quality environment to live in. One issue that falls in...
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School district asks for public's help in planning effort
The Kodiak Island Borough School District wants to know what parents and community members believe should be priorities for the next school year. On Wednesday night, the district held the first of three strategic education planning meetings to discuss community priorities for education in the 2013-2014 school year. The district has been holding strategic planning sessions since the early ‘90s, using them to form l...
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Kodiak swimmers tops in state
Halfway through the high school swimming season, Kodiak swimmers are sprinkled throughout the state’s best times this season. The Kodiak girls, last year’s state champions, are ranked first in nine of the 12 events, based off of East Anchorage coach Cliff Murray’s top 16 list. Sophomore Tahna Lindquist holds the fastest times in the 200 freestyle (1 minute, 57.64 seconds), the 200 individual medley (2:12.35) and...
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Rare $5 bill from Fairbanks could be worth $300,000
ANCHORAGE (AP) — The $5 bill displayed for decades on Charles Fairbanks IV’s wall was long a treasured family heirloom from Alaska. Now, to the surprise of the grandson of a turn-of-a-century vice president, it’s also become a likely treasure trove. The rare find is expected to fetch as much as $300,000 at auction this month when a Texas auctioneer plans to put it up for bids in Dallas and online as part of the Am...
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Estimate: $65 billion for state-owned natural gas pipeline
JUNEAU (AP) — A liquefied natural gas project in Alaska could cost more than $65 billion and would represent a mega-project of “unprecedented scale and challenge,” officials behind the project told Gov. Sean Parnell. In a letter to Parnell released by the governor’s office late Wednesday, officials with TransCanada Corp. and the North Slope’s three major players said good progress has been made in pursuing a proje...
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George Lee signs his name in the voter register in the Flats Precinct polling station Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2012 in the Womens Bay Fire Hall. Lee, who has voted in the Flats for 25 years, said he wanted to offer his support to a man running for the Womens Bay Road Service Area board during this year's Kodiak municipal election. (James Brooks photo)
Voters elect new faces Walker and Griffin as turnout plunges to 9.1 percent
New faces will appear on the Kodiak Island Borough assembly and the Kodiak City Council after Aaron Griffin and Richard Walker were elected to the leading bodies of the borough and city. In addition to the newcomers, incumbent assemblywoman Chris Lynch was re-elected with the most ballots cast in the borough race. In the city, incumbent Gabriel Saravia was re-elected, while incumbent Mark Anthony Vizcocho was defe...
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Port Lions' new dock project still on schedule
Port Lions is right on schedule with a long-awaited dock replacement project. The replacement of the ferry terminal and community dock has been on Port Lions’ to-do list for years. The community began pursuing financing for the project five years ago after an engineering study revealed structural and safety issues with its current dock, which sways in the 80 to 90 mph winds of Kodiak’s frequent storms. In the asse...
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Police chief: No ticket quotas for officers
Kodiak drivers might not like speeding tickets, but at least they’re not being targeted. Drivers in another Alaska city can’t say the same. On Tuesday, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner revealed that police in that Interior city are now required to make at least eight traffic stops per week. In an internal memo, Fairbanks police chief Laren Zager said the quota its based on the idea that traffic stops can reduce “ris...
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Boys of fall
Subway and Mack’s players slap hands after a Kodiak Football League Cubs Division game Monday at Joe Floyd Track and Field. Subway won 13-6. (Derek Clarkston photo)
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Marine Highway System unveils summer 2013 schedule
Old Harbor isn’t on next summer’s ferry schedule, but residents don’t need to be alarmed — the Alaska Marine Highway System hasn’t forgotten them. “They aren’t on the schedule, even though they will see service,” said marine highway spokesman Jeremy Woodrow. “They were left off because … we’re still working on the details on that.” The marine highway on Tuesday released the details of next summer’s schedules, and ...
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