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Alumni update: Anthony, Bethea compete at GNAC Championships
University of Alaska Anchorage’s Dylan Anthony posted a pair of top four finishes at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships over the weekend in Monnouth, Ore. The Kodiak product was third in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15 minutes, 8.11 seconds. Anthony added a fourth i...
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Students at Kodiak Middle School wave to students in Mali, west Africa on Skype, on May 10. The KMS students raised $1,000 to send to Mali, so students could have electricity at school. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Kodiak Middle School raises money for school in Mali
Students at Kodiak Middle School raised $1,000 to give electricity to a school in Mali, west Africa. The partnership between KMS and the middle school in Dielibougou, Mali began after Kodiak resident Heather Preece brought a longtime friend Mahim Toure from Mali to Kodiak last year. During his on...
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Kodiak is the safest place I have ever lived
To the Editor: In response to the letter about the downtown mall, this is perhaps a good time to bring up the bit about Kodiak being an inclusive community. You may have seen that sign driving near Dead Man’s curve. I have wondered what that means and who put that sign there. While I don’t have ...
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Around Kodiak: May 13
The Kodiak GIS Users Group will hold a meeting at noon Tuesday in the Kodiak Island Borough conference room in the borough building. Terri Morganson, ESRI Inc.’s state and local government account manager, will be the guest speaker. The meeting is a chance for those who use ESRI products to ask q...
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Officer Jeff Holden holds up his Elks Drug Awareness Program Enrique S. Camarena Award. (Photo courtesy of Kodiak Police Department)
Kodiak officer receives statewide Elks award
Kodiak Police Department school resource officer Jeffrey Holden has received a statewide Elks award for his work with drug awareness and prevention in Kodiak. The Elks Drug Awareness Program Enrique S. Camarena Award is given to a law enforcement officer who is a positive role model committed to ...
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Kodiak baseball goes 2-2 on road trip
Kodiak’s baseball team had a mixed bag of results on its four-game swing through the Mat-Su Valley. The Bears went 2-2 during the two-day trip, which puts them at 3-2 in the Southcentral Conference, 4-2 overall. On Friday, Kodiak earned a pair of decisive victories, beating Homer 12-5 and Wasill...
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Fish Factor: International currency variations affect seafood markets
Between 60 and 70 percent of Alaska’s seafood is exported to customers around the globe, and the strength of foreign currencies against the US dollar plays a big role in annual sales. Tracking by the Juneau-based McDowell Group for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute shows mid-year ups and dow...
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May is ALS awareness month
To the Editor: Why May? Google Kevin Packman of Miami, Fla., and discover his crusade for his father, Bruce. ALS stands for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as Lou Gehrig's disease in the U.S. In other parts of the world, it is known as motor neuron diseases (MND), of which ALS is the most co...
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