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Dan Mann holds the skull of a steppe bison that died on Alaska’s North Slope more than 40,000 years ago. Mann and Pam Groves found the nearly complete skeleton of the bison while floating down a northern river last summer. (Pam Groves photo)
Alaska Science Forum: Bison Bob a big discovery on the North Slope
As she scraped cold dirt from the remains of an extinct bison, Pam Groves wrinkled her nose at a rotten-egg smell wafting from gristle that still clung to the animal’s bones. She lifted her head to scan the horizon, wary of bears that might be attracted to the flesh of a creature that gasped its ...
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Public Safety Blotter: Jan. 30
Monday, Jan. 28 • At 3:42 a.m., a taxi driver reported a man was passed out in his taxi. Officers woke the man and took him to his home. • At 4:14 a.m., a caller reported an intoxicated man refused to leave. He left when an officer asked. • At 4:35 a.m., a different intoxicated man refused to lea...
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Kayla Christiansen holds up an Alutiiq headdress that she beaded, in Kodiak on Jan. 29. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Old Harbor woman creates sealskin jewelry
Kayla Christiansen has been sewing with sealskin and beading since she was seven years old. Now, 12 years later, she is still sewing and has turned her talent into a part-time business. Christiansen, 19, first learned how to sew with sealskin during an Alutiiq week in Old Harbor, where she grew u...
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Around Kodiak: Jan. 30
Senior Citizens of Kodiak Inc. is holding a regular Board of Directors meeting at 1 p.m. today at the Kodiak Senior Center in the multi-purpose room. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, call the Kodiak Senior Center at 486-6181.
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Clarify bike path information
To the Editor: Paragraph two on page three of your article regarding the bike path is confusing. You write that path proponents spoke in droves during the meeting. Are you referring to the City Council members themselves or the citizens that spoke during public comments? While I was in attendance...
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Man arrested for drugs after license plate switcharoo
A Kodiak man is facing felony charges after allegedly switching license plates on vehicles in an attempt to avoid registering a truck. Christopher Bowen, 52, was arraigned in Kodiak district court on Jan. 25 on two counts of concealing the identity of a vehicle, one count of no vehicle insurance ...
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Local Results: Jan. 30
City League basketball Monday, Jan. 21 St. Innocents 2, Kodiak Island Storage 0 St. Innocent’s won by forfeit Icicle Seafoods 83, Camai 68 Nick Billings 29 points, Trent Hartill 16, Geoff Spalinger 14, Jaron Steele 13, Pete Danelski 7 and Alex Debbout 4 for Icicle Seafoods. Jon Sanchez 40 points,...
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Kodiak snowstorm totals
Monday’s blizzard gave Kodiak city almost a third of its winter snowfall to date. According to measurements taken by the National Weather Service station at Kodiak State Airport, 9.2 inches of snow fell between midnight Monday morning and 9 a.m. Tuesday morning. Most of the accumulation — 7.3 inc...
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