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Alutiiq Word of the Week: Bat
Keneryaq: Bat (animal) Aliktaanka keneryat.: The bats scare me. Bats are not widespread in Alaska. There are just five species of these small flying mammals found mostly in forested areas of southeast and south central Alaska, where trees provide good roosting places. The most common Alaskan vari...
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People abuse welfare benefits
To the Editor: Are welfare benefits being taken advantage of or are they being used wisely? The government should make sure that the money we work hard for is going to ones who really need it and is being used for good causes. There’s at least $131 billion spent on welfare benefits annually. Many...
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Legal hiccup for borough-owned nursing home
An ordinary procedural vote could turn into a major hiccup for the new borough-owned nursing home unless the borough finds an attorney — any attorney — to sign a bond issue this summer. On Thursday night, a short-staffed borough assembly voted 3-2 against a new contract with Wohlforth, Brecht, Ca...
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Pamyua visits Kodiak for concert and workshops
Six years after their Kodiak debut, the eclectic Native music group Pamyua returns to Kodiak to help public radio station KMXT-FM celebrate spring. Variously called “Yupik-soul” or “Eskimo doo-wop,” the Anchorage-based group’s music won’t just appear on the Gerald C. Wilson stage tonight; it will...
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Zombie Fun Run Saturday
Zombies are making another appearance at Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park. The second Zombie at Abercrombie 5K Fun Run is noon Saturday. The event is not a normal fun run. Runners will wear flags and try to make it through the course without getting their flags pulled by zombies roaming a...
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Dave Kaplan, Pat Branson and Hannah Kaplan worked on the film that features the Island Cove Day Center in Kodiak, on April 28. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Senior Citizens of Kodiak produces film to promote adult day program
Senior Citizens of Kodiak Inc. has produced a new eight-minute film that sheds light on the services adult day programs provide. Senior Citizens of Kodiak executive director Pat Branson decided she wanted to present information about adult day services to communities across the state. The film,...
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The Alaska State Troopers are investigating the arrest of Skyler Waite after this YouTube video garnered more than 20,000 hits and generated complaints of excessive force. (Daily Mirror screenshot)
Alaska State Troopers start investigation after arrest video
The Alaska Department of Public Safety is conducting an internal investigation into a video that depicts a 20-year-old Kodiak woman thrown to the ground during an arrest by Alaska State Troopers. The YouTube video titled “Young woman being arrested for nothing” went live on Monday afternoon, a...
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Coast Guard likely to scale back summer Arctic deployments
A year after the Coast Guard took a step into the Arctic, budget cuts and a lack of commercial traffic are making it step back. As crews from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak fan out across the state from summer deployments, the Coast Guard has confirmed that fewer Coast Guardsmen and fewer aircraf...
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