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Births: Jan. 22
• Arianna Marie Pennington was born at 10:29 p.m. Jan. 1, 2013, to Matthew Pennington and Martha Ann Johnson. She weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and measured 21.5 inches long. Her parents are originally from Port Lions and Ouzinkie. Her father works at ANTHC. Proud grandparents are Roger and Betty ...
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Outdoor Kodiak: Winter gun care
“Here’s my baby!” My friend unzipped the gun case and withdrew his pet. It was a beautiful over-and-under 12-gauge shotgun, conceived from butt pad to muzzle for serious duck hunting. The stock was synthetic in a great marsh grass camo pattern, and the stainless steel of barrels and action had b...
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Chamber approves 2013 budget
The Kodiak Chamber of Commerce approved its 2013 budget without much discussion during a noon meeting Monday. The chamber's 2013 budget estimates $578,900 in expenses and revenue, less than a 1 percent decrease from $582,200 in the 2012 budget. The $3,300 difference between the 2012 and 2013 bud...
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Grace Griswold swings towards the hand of George Lee during a Kodiak Little League skills clinic Saturday at Kodiak High School. The league has one more clinic scheduled for Feb. 16 from 3 to 5 p.m. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Little League skills clinic
Grace Griswold swings towards the hand of George Lee during a Kodiak Little League skills clinic Saturday at Kodiak High School. The league has one more clinic scheduled for Feb. 16 from 3 to 5 p.m. (Derek Clarkston photo)
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Kodiak girls match best start in program history
Kodiak’s girls basketball team matched the best start in the program’s history with a 47-42 Northern Lights Conference victory at Colony High on Saturday. Kodiak also won Friday’s game against Colony, 36-30. Kodiak improves to 11-0, which ties the 1978-79 squad for the best girls start in school...
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Protect our borough
To the Editor: The Borough’s non-union employees (directors and borough manager) are trying to pass two resolutions/ordinances for themselves; they want a 5 percent raise, then to cash in their sick leave. Some have accrued 2,000 hours of sick leave, and all are at retirement age. In our opinion...
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Stevens introduces bill to expand marine transportation board
A new bill in the Alaska Senate could give Kodiak a greater say in the advisory board that directs the Alaska Marine Highway System. On Friday, Sen. Gary Stevens introduced Senate Bill 24, which would expand the Alaska Marine Transportation Advisory Board to 12 members; the new seat would represe...
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A surveillance camera within the Island Espresso shack on Mill Bay Road captures the image of an unidentified burglar at 4:46 a.m. Sunday morning. According to Kodiak police, the burglar turned himself in later Sunday after the image was circulated on Facebook. (Image courtesy Leonard Pickett)
Island Espresso broken into
A rash of business break-ins continued Sunday morning when an unidentified man smashed the rear window of Island Espresso on Mill Bay Road. Caught on surveillance cameras, the man turned himself into police less than eight hours later, after his picture was circulated on Facebook. “I did happen t...
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