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Brief on KHS groundbreaking scheduled
Dignitaries and government officials will gather at 1:30 p.m. today as a groundbreaking ceremony marks the official start of construction for the Kodiak High School expansion and renovation project. The groundbreaking will take place near the school greenhouse, between the borough office building...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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From left to right, graduating Kodiak High School students Camille Hobson, Leila Pyle, Axl LeVan and Shannon Armstrong accept scholarships from Kodiak Rotary. Hobson, Pyle and LeVan each received $2,000, while Armstrong was awarded $1,000. (Darlene Turner photo)
Achievers: May 23
• Kodiak resident Matthew J. Lawonn has earned a Master of Science degree in Wildlife Science from Oregon State University. Lawonn joined 5,266 other students who will receive a degree June 15 at Reser Stadium in the university’s 144th annual commencement ceremony. • Salina Kratt, Marice Ashford,...
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Kodiak’s Tessa King turns to bunt during a high school softball game at East Addition Park this season. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Prep softball: King returns from injury
Tessa King graduated from Kodiak High School ahead of schedule. She loaded up on classes and credits and accelerated through high school in just three years. The second baseman for Kodiak’s softball team is not disappointed to be leaving high school early. “I’m not too bummed about that. I am re...
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Federal judge denies James Wells bail
On Monday afternoon, federal court Judge John D. Roberts denied a bail request for James Wells, the man accused of murdering two Kodiak Coast Guard employees at the communications station in April 2012. KTUU-TV posted a full recording of the hearing on its website and reported that Roberts denied...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gray whale washes up on Pasagshak beach
Kodiak’s spring Whale Fest celebrates the migration of Pacific Gray Whales from Mexico to Alaska, but that migration can have a dark side as well. On Sunday, Pasagshak residents reported a dead 29-foot female gray whale calf washed up on their beach. By Tuesday afternoon, the sight had turned int...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Alasksa Aerospace Corporation rocket launch complex can be seen on a clear day in Kodiak, on Feb. 28. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Rocket scheduled for August ’14 launch from Kodiak
Kodiak Launch Complex has a new customer. During a Tuesday meeting, Alaska Aerospace Corporation chief operating officer Mark Greby announced that AAC has signed a contract to launch a rocket from Kodiak in August 2014. “A commercial launch contract for a government contract was signed May 13 for...
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Kodiak’s Celeste Chichenoff watches a ball go by during a high school softball game against Houston on Friday at East Addition Park. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Prep softball: Kodiak’s offense comes alive
Kodiak’s bats supplied the heat during a blustery and frigid four-game softball homestand over the weekend at East Addition Park. The Bears outscored Houston and Eagle River 73-9 in the four victories that capped Kodiak’s home season. “The girls can hit,” Kodiak coach Sam Catt said. “That is so...
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Bear guard Brower Frantz surveys polar bear tracks on the way to Point Barrow. (Molly Rettig photo)
Alaska Science Forum: Barrow — Spring is in the air and in the ice
On the 5-mile snowmachine ride to Point Barrow, we saw several fresh polar bear tracks the size of dinner plates, a pile of whalebones from last year, and a 3-foot-wide crack in the sea ice that could swallow a sled. The crack was created when an ice floe in the open water crashed into shore-fast...
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