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William E. (Bill) Thonssen
William E. (Bill) Thonssen
William E. (Bill) Thonssen passed away peacefully Wednesday, September 12, in Bremerton, Wash. Bill was born in Seattle on January 20, 1925, to John and Addie Thonssen. He graduated from Highline High School in 1943 and skipped a chance to play college football to serve his country in World War I...
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Volleyball sweeps Wasilla, swimming beats South Anch.
Kodiak’s volleyball and swimming teams both tallied victories over the weekend. The volleyball team swept a pair of Northern Lights Conference matches at Wasilla on Friday and Saturday. Kodiak’s girls swim team defeated visiting South Anchorage on Friday and Saturday at the Kodiak Community Poo...
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Lynch is dedicated to Borough Assembly
To the Editor: Chris Lynch is a very capable and responsible leader on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly. She is straightforward and transparent in her work as a retail shop owner, a consultant engineer and community volunteer.   Chris is dedicated to our Kodiak community as an assembly person w...
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The eye of a dead humpback whale is seen Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 in Chiniak. The 40-foot animal washed ashore on Thursday after being killed by a pod of resident Kodiak killer whales.
(James Brooks photo)
Dead humpback whale washes up in Chiniak
Chiniak residents are getting first-hand experience with the old saying that nature isn’t always pretty after a 40-foot dead humpback whale washed ashore on Thursday. “It’s an obvious victim of killer whales,” said Bree Witteveen, the marine mammal research biologist for the Kodiak Seafood and Ma...
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High school football scores: Week 8
Friday East 38, Chugiak 7 Nikiski 57, Barrow 0 Eielson 50, Lathrop 21 North Pole 48, Colony 42 Argonaut, Calif., 27, Thunder Mt. 0 Palmer 41, Wasilla 12 Sitka 38, Ketchikan 7 Saturday South 47, Dimond 0 Eagle River 31, Bartlett 25 West Valley 47, Juneau 28 Homer 38, Houston 7 Monroe beat Seward b...
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Coast Guard aircrews have long, futile trip in search for missing Norton Sound boaters
The unsuccessful search for two missing boaters in Norton Sound last week is the starkest example yet of the challenges facing the Coast Guard as it nears the end of its first summer of Arctic search and rescue. On Monday, David Slwooko, Debra Kimoktoak left Koyuk for Unalakleet, traveling in a 1...
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David Mejia of Pacific Seafood weighs and prices frozen sockeye salmon for sale in the processing plant's storefront Thursday afternoon, Sept. 27, 2012. Postseason measurements show Kodiak's salmon season was in line with predictions as pink salmon came in above expectations while red salmon returns were below forecast.
(James Brooks photo)
Commercial salmon season wraps up on target in Kodiak
Kodiak had a better than expected return on pink salmon this year. Preseason estimates by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game forecast Kodiak would have an average return of 13.2 million fish. Instead, the department counted more than 16 million pink salmon in its Kodiak management area, makin...
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Kodiak’s Cole Christiansen runs ahead of teammate Levi Thomet during a high school cross country meet earlier this season at Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park. The two enter Saturday’s state championship meet as the top two runners in the state.  (Derek Clarkston photo)
Thomet and Christiansen hope to finish 1-2 at state meet
Kodiak’s Levi Thomet and Cole Christiansen have staged some epic battles this cross country season, finishing first or second in every meet they’ve run. The Bears’ dynamic duo hopes they have one more fantastic finish as they compete in Saturday’s ASAA/First National Bank Alaska 2012 Cross Count...
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