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Noboru Nakashima (left) and Tsuyoshi Namekawa film and interview Island Trails Network executive director Andy Schroeder at the NOAA law enforcement office Tuesday at Gibson Cove. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Japan broadcasting group filming documentary about tsunami debris
A Japanese broadcasting group will be filming a documentary about tsunami debris in Kodiak this week. NHK, Japan’s national public broadcasting station, is filming a documentary about tsunami debris in Alaska to raise awareness about the amount of debris the U.S. is receiving. "Most of this is ...
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Alaska Science Forum: American dipper swims throughout Alaska winters
On the upper Chena River in the heart of a cold winter, a songbird appeared on a gravel bar next to gurgling water that somehow remained unfrozen in 20-below zero air. Then the bird jumped in, disappeared underwater, and popped up a few feet upstream. The bird continued snorkeling and diving agai...
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Freeze-dried salmon could be a future space meal
Astronauts in space may soon enjoy freeze-dried salmon if a Kodiak researcher’s project goes as planned. Alexandra Oliviera, associate professor of seafood chemistry for University of Alaska Fairbanks at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center, is conducting research to see whether freeze-dr...
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Irene Parker
Irene Dorothy Parker
Irene Dorothy Parker was born in Kodiak on Jan. 27, 1928 the seventh of seventeen children to Emil and Anna Christoffersen. She died Oct. 14, 2012, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s, at Providence Kodiak Island Care Center in Kodiak. As a young woman she spent time with her family and church,...
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Six KHS players make all-conference football team
Kodiak landed six players on the Northern Lights Conference’s all-conference football squads announced Monday. Senior Fredy Sorto was voted onto the first team as a wide receiver, while seniors Jingo Olaes, Dakota Wibbe, Seth Starr and Eddy Burris and junior Josh Yavorsky made the second team. ...
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Almost $6,000 cash stolen in Larsen Bay
Alaska State Troopers are investigating a $5,900 theft in Larsen Bay. According to troopers, cash was stolen from an account at the city office. A city official notified troopers of the theft on Oct. 5. Initial investigations revealed that $5,906 was taken sometime between Aug. 30 and Oct. 1. The...
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Team Jimenez won the Senior Dribblers title Thursday at the Kodiak Middle School gym. From, left: Jairom Barnett, Billy Alcaide, Germain Jimenez, Eric Alas, Darwin Lacaste and Katrina Courcheine. Nolan Wandersee is not pictured. (Photo courtesy of City of Kodiak Parks and Recreation)
Local Results: Oct. 17
Little Dribblers Brechan 37, Redgate 21 Louis Rocheleau 17 points, Kevin Maramba 6, Wesley Walker 6, Taylor Evans 4 and Abraham Fields 4 for Brechan. Ken Caldejon 10 points, Isaih Montalbo 7 and Davis Mckechnie 4 for Redgate. Senior Dribblers Tuesday, Oct. 9 Team Jimenez 77, iTeam 61 Germain Jim...
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A dump truck hauls three bales of garbage to the working face of the Kodiak Island Borough Landfill Monday morning, Oct. 15, 2012 during a Solid Waste Advisory Board tour of the facility. (James Brooks photo)
Garbage-saavy Kodiakans seek a present solution for a future problem
On one side of a 35-degree gravel embankment is a towering pile of trash. On the other is a muddy pit. Together, these two spaces in the Kodiak Island Borough Landfill are the present and future of trash collection in Kodiak. The current landfill and its hill of gravel-covered garbage is 10 feet ...
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