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Around Kodiak: May 2
The Kodiak Choirs present a “Big ‘80s” pop show at 7 p.m. tonight in the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium. Watch and listen as choir students from sixth through 12th grades perform a concert of all ‘80s pop and rock songs. Admission is free, but donations are accepted. The Kodiak Island Borough Assem...
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Discover Kodiak executive director Janet Buckingham has resigned from her position, and will be leaving Kodiak in the middle of May. This photo shows her holding up the 2013 Discover Kodiak guides on Jan. 4. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Discover Kodiak looks for new executive director
Discover Kodiak is looking to discover a new executive director. Current executive director Janet Buckingham is resigning after five and a half years in the position so she can move back to Moab, Utah to be closer to her family. “I’m a desert rat at heart and our home is in Moab, Utah,” Buckingha...
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Public Safety Blotter: May 2
Tuesday, April 30 • At 2:05 a.m., a 911 caller reported an assault. It was mutual combat and both men were given a disorderly conduct warning. • At 4:04 a.m., an officer was on foot patrol on Marine Way. • At 9:03 a.m., a caller reported his fishing vessel had been vandalized. It is under investi...
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Troopers crossed the line
To the Editor: If you haven't seen this yet, you gotta see this video its on Facebook and YouTube, the title is ‘Young Girl Being Arrested for Nothing.’ It looks like the incident was at Rassmuson’s trailer court in Kodiak. What these two troopers did to this young lady is an absolute outrage an...
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Stage and Screen: '42' — A Huge Story — A Small Film
Jackie Robinson was more than a baseball player. Jackie Robinson was the “lucky” black man selected to integrate Major League Baseball. Major League Baseball was the archetypical all-white American institution antithetical to the smugly held American notion that “all men are created equal.” Clea...
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No word on furloughs for Kodiak Weather Service personnel
Union representatives declared Monday that the National Weather Service is planning large-scale furloughs this summer, including the service’s 200 employees in Alaska. No one at the weather service station at Kodiak State Airport could answer questions about the proposal, but Jim Brader, Alaska r...
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Derek Clarkston photos Kodiak’s Frederick Llorente lands in the long jump pit during Friday’s co-ed meet against Anchorage Christian, Seward and Port Lions at Joe Floyd Track and Field. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Prep track: Obas leads Kodiak to victory
For the past four years, Kodiak’s Josh Obas displayed his quickness on the basketball court. On Friday and Saturday, he showcased his speediness in Kodiak’s inaugural track and field meet at the newly renovated Baranof Park by dominating the sprint events. Obas accounted for six of the Kodia...
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The sounding rocket released bright puffs of tri-methyl aluminum, which scientists track from the ground to study winds near the lower boundary of space. The streak on the bottom right is formed by chemicals that have been moved and distorted by winds and turbulence. (Carl Andersen photo)
Alaska Science Forum: Measuring the winds in space, UAF team prepares for 2014 launch
On a clear, cold night two winters ago in Fort Yukon, Carl Andersen watched a rocket he helped design pierce the upper atmosphere. He and three other scientists shot pictures as the rocket ejected bright puffs of chemicals in an inverted V formation more than 60 miles up. "They were the brightes...
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