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KHS spikers second at Grace
Kodiak's volleyball team finished second at the Lady Grizzly Invitational Volleyball Tournament Saturday at Grace Christian School in Anchorage. Kodiak lost to host Grace Christian 16-25, 26-24, 15-13 in the championship match. The Bears beat Homer and Monroe to advance to the title match, whil...
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Lowbush cranberries are a beautiful but underrated wild berry that makes great jams, jellies and sauces. (Marion Owen photo)
Garden Gate: Highbrush cranberry is an overlooked berry
What smells like dirty socks but tastes like a cranberry? If you guessed highbush cranberry, you’re right. Despite its cranberry name and uniquely tart flavor, the highbush cranberry is totally unrelated to the Thanksgiving favorite. So why should you be interested in these berries? First of all,...
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Koniag shareholders applaud Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 in the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium at the Koniag Inc. annual meeting as Roy Madsen shares a remembrance of Elder Lucille Davis, who died in late September and was featured on the cover of the Koniag annual report. (James Brooks photo)
Koniag shifts strategy, slashes dividend
Kodiak’s regional Native corporation is slashing its dividend and executing a major reorganization as it adjusts to a slimmer federal budget and growing resistance to federal contracting with Native corporations. Koniag Inc. CEO Will Anderson unveiled the news Saturday during its annual meeting i...
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Security cameras could be monitoring Kodiak harbors soon
Security cameras could be coming to Kodiak harbors thanks to new wireless Internet systems installed last year. The Wi-Fi access, provided by local company Coastline Computers, allows the city of Kodiak to offer Internet to fishermen for a fee. In a Friday meeting, the Kodiak ports and harbor adv...
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Mecham sentenced to five years in jail for street racing death
One of the men involved in a street racing incident that led to the death of Austin Van Long will spend five years in jail. William Mecham, 20, pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and second-degree assault on Friday morning. Both charges are class B felonies. On the night of Oct. 20,...
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Soldotna blows out Kodiak with second-worst loss ever
Kodiak's dreams of a successful return to the state football playoffs were blown away Saturday by a whirlwind of Soldotna points. The Stars scored eight first-half touchdowns — three in 90 seconds — to end the Bears’ season in a 62-7 thumping in a medium-school semifinal playoff game Saturday at...
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High school football playoff scores
Large schools quarterfinal results Palmer 13, East Anchorage 6 Service 58, Juneau 10 South Anchorage 34, West Valley 6 West Anchorage 48, North Pole 20 Semifinal Games Friday Palmer vs. South Anchorage, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Service vs. West Anchorage, noon. Medium schools semifinal results Hom...
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Study: 44 percent of Kodiak women abused
Kodiak has a domestic violence problem, and it's finally been put into numbers. Out of every 100 adult women who reside in the Kodiak Island Borough, 38 experienced intimate partner violence, 23 experienced sexual violence and 44 experienced either or both forms during their lifetime. To put it a...
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