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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...
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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...
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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 i...
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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 st...
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Kodiak alumni update: Dunbar wins in first meet for Oregon
Trevor Dunbar’s first cross country meet as an Oregon Duck was a flying success. The senior transfer from the University of Portland won the Dellinger Invitational Saturday at Springfield Country Club in Springfield, Ore. Dunbar, a 2009 Kodiak High School graduate, covered the 8-kilometer course...
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Palmer, Eielson finish on top
A pair of teams that started the season ranked third have risen to the top of the rankings to end the season. Eielson and Palmer finish atop the final Alaska Sports Broadcasting Network high school football poll, released Monday. Fairbanks-based Eielson was third in the mid-small schools pres...
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A therizinosaur track discovered by David Tomeo is seen in Denali National Park. (David Tomeo photo)
A ‘totally weird’ dinosaur; new waste study in Denali
A couple of summers ago, David Tomeo was exploring a creekbed in Denali National Park, preparing for a field seminar on the park’s dinosaurs he would help lead a few weeks later. With a trained eye for the impressions dinosaurs pressed into mud millions of years ago, Tomeo walked to a large bould...
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