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Kodiak spikers 2 and done
Despite losing both matches during Saturday’s Dimond-Service Tournament, Kodiak volleyball coach Amy Willis was more than pleased with her team’s performance on Friday. In Friday’s pool play, Kodiak nearly upset defending 4A state champion Dimond before falling 25-18, 25-22. Dimond went on to def...
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Akhiok man accused of strangling woman
An Akhiok man has been accused of strangling a woman. Roy Rastopsoff, 33, faces one count of second-degree assault, a class B felony. According to court documents, the incident took place Oct. 14 when Rastopsoff allegedly choked a woman until she passed out. The Akhiok village public safety offic...
Oct 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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South tops Service in title game
South Anchorage upset defending champion Service 28-19 in the large-school state championship football game Saturday at Tom Huffer Sr. Stadium in Chugiak. This is the Wolverines’ second state title and first since 2006. South Anchorage lost to Service in last year’s title match. Service (9-2) h...
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Borough manager pick says thanks, but no thanks; borough assembly re-starts search
The Kodiak Island Borough has spent six months and thousands of dollars hiring its next manager. On Thursday night, that effort evaporated after it was revealed that borough assembly's pick, Erick Strahl of Menominee, Mich., has declined the contract offered by the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly....
Oct 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Garbage-trashing bears arouse residents' ire at borough assembly meeting
The Kodiak Police Department has used flashbangs and rubber bullets to ward off wandering bears in urban Kodiak this fall. On Thursday night, a handful of Kodiak residents threw verbal flashbangs at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly as they asked assembly members to permit fines on people who fa...
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Kodiak’s Sammye Jones stands on the pool deck Monday at the Kodiak Community Pool. The senior Jones has been a key member of the Bears’ swimming and diving team her entire career. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Jones has emerged as one of the state’s top breaststrokers
In sports, the name of the second-place finisher is often forgotten. In swimming, it’s often the person in second place who puts a team in position to finish first. Kodiak’s Sammye Jones fits into that category. The senior is not flashy and is often an overlooked piece to the Bears’ success. Whi...
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C.G. murder has become another Kodiak cold case
It's been six long agonizing months since the horrific events that took place on April 12. We still have no answers. The FBI is still mum. We know no more now than we did before. Has it come to a dead end or a fork in the road? It's become another cold case in Kodiak, which is very sad and ...
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Denise Simeonoff, account executive at KVOK/Hot 101.1., is seen Tuesday at her desk. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Women in Business: Simeonoff seals the deal at KVOK
Denise Simeonoff is the lady behind the advertisements on your radio. Simeonoff is the account executive at local radio station KVOK/Hot 101.1. The homegrown product — she is a 1991 Kodiak High School graduate — is responsible for luring businesses to purchase radio spots and writing copy for t...
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