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Restaurant manager Kristina counsels my daughter Brittany on her gluten-free dining options Sept. 24 at Red Robin in Anchorage. (Suzanne Bobo photo)
Island Flavor: Stuck in Anchorage: A Wheat Belly Abroad
If I had known our quickie medical trip would stretch into a “stuckation,” I would have been better prepared. I’d have packed a case of granola bars, a jar of peanut butter, two boxes of protein shake mix, maybe another change of underwear. But as a one-night stay stretched into a seven-night ord...
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Democrats fight for freedom
The words “growth” and “progress” represent the wrong standard for our future. The fouling caused by industry is killing the environment and it’s people. Lisa Murkowski asks the people of Alaska to stop being afraid of progress and growth in the oil sector. Why should we be afraid? Oil spills nev...
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Henny Pennys self-declare a crisis in the gulf fisheries
Henny Pennys self-declare a crisis in the gulf fisheries To the Editor: Wednesday’s article about the North Pacific Fishery Management Council missed the trickery of disaster economics used by central Gulf of Alaska groundfish trawlers. Alaska Groundfish Data Bank and Whitefish Trawler Associati...
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Helpful hints to save money
To the Editor: October has arrived and so has the 1 percent city sales tax increase, compliments of our city council. We are now tied with Wrangell for having the highest city sales tax in the state with 7 percent. But wait, that's not the end of it; the other shoe hasn't dropped yet, i.e. the sa...
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Kodiak High School volleyball coach Amy Willis, center, poses with her four seniors Erika Fabricante, left, RJ Aquino, Olivia Bennett and Danielle Willis Wednesday evening at the KHS gym. The four seniors will be honored before Saturday’s final regular-season home match against Palmer. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Volleyball honors four seniors
Danielle Willis received an early introduction into volleyball. “The first time I was head coach, I had just given birth to Danielle,” Kodiak coach and Danielle’s mother Amy Willis said. “She was six months old and we had her in the ball cart.” Danielle constantly gets reminded of being toted to...
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Around Kodiak: Oct. 12
Bake Sale The Rock Island Rollers roller derby team will hold a bake sale 5-7 p.m. Saturday in the Safeway entrance. Bird program Kodiak Audubon Society hosts a presentation entitled "Antarctica: Birds, Ice and Mammals" at 7 p.m. tonight in Room 129 of the Benny Benson Building at Kodiak College...
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Coast Guard Blotter: Oct. 12
Oct. 5 A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, at forward operating location Barrow, medevaced a 41-year-old man suffering from heart attack symptoms Oct. 5, approximately 154 miles west of Barrow. The Coast Guard helicopter crew safely hoisted the distressed mariner and transferred him to a...
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An Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter taxis into position for takeoff as it prepares to search for a missing fishing boat crewman Thursday afternoon, Oct. 11, 2012 in Kodiak. A crewman aboard the fishing boat Flying Ocean was dragged overboard and is presumed dead. At background are the three Kodiak-based Coast Guard cutters: from left to right, the SPAR, Alex Haley and Munro. (James Brooks photo)
Coast Guard responds to a pair of fishing incidents
All five crewmen from the 58-foot fishing boat Kodiak Isle are safe today after being plucked from a Sitkinak Island beach early Thursday morning. In a separate incident southwest of Kodiak Island, a crab fisherman was pulled overboard and is believed dead. In the day's first incident, Kevin O'Le...
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