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Steam rises from a compost pile being stirred by a trackhoe Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 at the Kodiak Island Borough landfill. The landfill's baler building and bales of garbage are seen behind the temporary composting facility established at the landfill. (James Brooks photo)
The cost of compost
The city of Kodiak is composting its sewage sludge. That’s about the only certain thing about the city’s project to find a new way to dispose of the leftovers from the city’s waste treatment plant. As uncertainty lingers, the cost to the city could reach as much as $4 million. “Uncertainty is the...
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Siblings Jenny Valdez, left, and Joel Valdez, seen at Kodiak High School on Monday, both qualified for the 4A state wrestling tournament that begins Friday in Anchorage. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Prep wrestling: Siblings make state
Joel Valdez is glad he isn’t the only Valdez to have qualified for the state wrestling tournament — his older sister Jenny is also going. “It’s pretty cool having her there to buy food for me if I don’t have any extra money,” he said Monday afternoon. Jenny isn’t going to just keep her younger ...
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Western Gulf fishermen chime in on catch shares
Next month, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council will consider a change to catch shares in the Gulf of Alaska groundfish fishery — and western Gulf fishermen will have a bigger voice. The Council took action in October, identifying the purpose and need for a Central Gulf catch share pla...
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Guest Opinion: Preparing for an Arctic Future
Alaskans lead the nation in many things — resilience, toughness and creativity — and we are leaps and bounds ahead of rest of the United States when it comes to knowing a cold truth: we are an Arctic nation, and we need to start mapping out an Arctic-oriented agenda, especially from a maritime pe...
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NLC power rankings: Wasilla, Colony remain on top
The Kodiak and Wasilla girls basketball teams continued to rack up wins last week. The two squads — both 13-0 — have combined to win 26 games, while the other four Northern Lights Conference teams have 27 combined wins. The Warriors remain the top team in the Kodiak Daily Mirror’s NLC basketbal...
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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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