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Military police guard the scene of two shooting deaths at Coast Guard Communications Station Kodiak, Alaska, Thursday morning, April 12, 2012.
Coast Guard murder still remains a mystery
Operations at Coast Guard Base Kodiak are the same. Coast Guardsmen get up each day and go to work, ready to help when a sinking fishing vessel calls or when someone needs to be medevaced to a hospital. The buildings on the base remain unchanged, but things are different. It's been six months sin...
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Changes can be good
To the editor: When our former Parks and Recreation Director announced his retirement this spring, a few people in Kodiak thought it was well past due. His ability as director has not been in question, but sometimes there can be a downside to having a position too long. An entitlement, right of p...
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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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