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In Kodiak Island Borough handouts, shelter up, scouts out
The Kodiak Island Borough is giving more money to the Brother Francis Shelter, but with a cost. On Thursday night, the borough assembly agreed to give $60,000 to the shelter as part of its annual contribution to Kodiak-area nonprofits. The contribution is up from $50,000 last year. The shelter is...
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Dale Nash
State rocket chief resigns
Alaska Aerospace Corporation is searching for a new CEO after Dale Nash announced his resignation this week. On Wednesday, the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, that state’s equivalent to Alaska Aerospace, announced Nash would take over as its executive director beginning July 31. “We ...
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An asphalt milling machine scrapes worn material from runway 7-25 at Kodiak State Airport on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 as the airport's control tower looms behind. (James Brooks photo)
Kodiak airport runway paving project continues
An asphalt milling machine scrapes worn material from runway 7-25 at Kodiak State Airport on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 as the airport's control tower looms behind. (James Brooks photo)
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Another Day in Paradise: Looking inward and outward
My wife and I are relative newcomers here in Kodiak. We are now starting our sixth year of living in paradise. Every day has its own wonders to behold, but these last few weeks and the great weather we’ve been having seem to magnify it. Plenty of eagles have stayed close in this summer and at tim...
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Coast Guard blotter - June 29, 2012
Friday, June 22 Capt. Jason Fosdick, commander of Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, was relieved by Capt. Paul Mehler III during a change of command ceremony held at the National Guard Armory on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Fosdick will report to the 11th Coast Guard District in Alameda, Calif., ...
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One of the Kodiak Island Borough's hidden anti-dumping cameras is seen Sept. 7, 2011 in the grille of a Ford pickup truck. (Jack Maker photo)
To fight Kodiak's illegal dumpers, a hidden weapon
The Kodiak Island Borough’s biggest weapon in the fight against illegal dumping is no bigger than a quarter. That’s the size of the lens on one of the borough’s two covert cameras used to identify Kodiakans tossing garbage onto the roadside. Illegal dumping is a big problem in Alaska. The Juneau...
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Alutiiq Word of the Week - June 29, 2012
Niuwacestaq: Telephone Una niuwacestangcuk miktuq: This telephone is small. In the days of cell phones and high-speed Internet connections, it’s hard to imagine that just 30 years ago, many of Kodiak’s rural families had no phone service. Elders recall that signal fires were once used to send me...
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Galen Rupp reacts after crossing the finish line ahead of Bernard Lagat to win the men's 5,000-meter final at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Thursday, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Dunbar places 11th, misses Olympic team
On the final lap of Trevor Dunbar’s biggest race, he morphed into a fan. Ahead of him as he ran around the Hayward Field track in Eugene, Ore., stars Galen Rupp and Bernard Lagat were staging an epic battle for the 5,000-meter title at Thursday’s US Olympic Trials. “I transformed more into a sp...
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