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To the Editor: October has arrived and so has the 1 percent city sales tax increase, compliments of our city council. We are now tied with Wrangell for having the highest city sales tax in the state with 7 percent. But wait, that's not the end of it; the other shoe hasn't dropped yet, i.e. the sa...
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Kodiak High School volleyball coach Amy Willis, center, poses with her four seniors Erika Fabricante, left, RJ Aquino, Olivia Bennett and Danielle Willis Wednesday evening at the KHS gym. The four seniors will be honored before Saturday’s final regular-season home match against Palmer. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Volleyball honors four seniors
Danielle Willis received an early introduction into volleyball. “The first time I was head coach, I had just given birth to Danielle,” Kodiak coach and Danielle’s mother Amy Willis said. “She was six months old and we had her in the ball cart.” Danielle constantly gets reminded of being toted to...
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Around Kodiak: Oct. 12
Bake Sale The Rock Island Rollers roller derby team will hold a bake sale 5-7 p.m. Saturday in the Safeway entrance. Bird program Kodiak Audubon Society hosts a presentation entitled "Antarctica: Birds, Ice and Mammals" at 7 p.m. tonight in Room 129 of the Benny Benson Building at Kodiak College...
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Coast Guard Blotter: Oct. 12
Oct. 5 A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, at forward operating location Barrow, medevaced a 41-year-old man suffering from heart attack symptoms Oct. 5, approximately 154 miles west of Barrow. The Coast Guard helicopter crew safely hoisted the distressed mariner and transferred him to a...
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An Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter taxis into position for takeoff as it prepares to search for a missing fishing boat crewman Thursday afternoon, Oct. 11, 2012 in Kodiak. A crewman aboard the fishing boat Flying Ocean was dragged overboard and is presumed dead. At background are the three Kodiak-based Coast Guard cutters: from left to right, the SPAR, Alex Haley and Munro. (James Brooks photo)
Coast Guard responds to a pair of fishing incidents
All five crewmen from the 58-foot fishing boat Kodiak Isle are safe today after being plucked from a Sitkinak Island beach early Thursday morning. In a separate incident southwest of Kodiak Island, a crab fisherman was pulled overboard and is believed dead. In the day's first incident, Kevin O'Le...
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In the Courts: Oct. 12
Charges dismissed A charge of first-degree stalking against Reynant Elmundo, 31, was dismissed Oct. 5. Multiple charges Reynant Elmundo, 31, was sentenced to 12 months in jail (12 months suspended) after pleading guilty to violating a protective order and fourth-degree criminal mischief on Oct. ...
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The Kodiak Crisis Pregnancy Center has moved to an office upstairs in the Subway building. Pictured are, left, Borghy Holm, new KCPC director, and board member, Elizabeth Dano. (Mike Rostad photo)
Kodiak Crisis Pregnancy Center opens its doors
Borghy Holm, director of the Kodiak Crisis Pregnancy Center, defines the Center’s pro-life mission by quoting from the epistle of James. “Faith without works is dead,” she said. "We must do more than say we're pro-life, we must live it." A powerful way to put faith into action is to walk beside ...
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Alutiiq Word of the Week: Oct. 12
SaRayaq : Shed_ Tuntuq saRayami inimauq. : The reindeer is hanging in the shed. Outbuildings have been a part of Alutiiq communities for thousands of years. In studies of ancient Alutiiq settlements, archaeologists find smokehouses, storage sheds, and a variety of small structures that illustrate...
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