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On Monday at Harborside Fly-By, Dake Schmidt and Kadie Walsh hold a new calendar they put together that features Dake’s photographs. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Kodiak arts: Photographer makes common sights special
People love puffins — this is what photographer Dake Schmidt has learned through his years of photographing Kodiak wildlife and scenery. “When it all started as an idea in my head; I thought bears would be it,” Schmidt said. “But it’s not. People go psychotic for puffins.” Schmidt’s photographs a...
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Kodiak Island Births
Piper Rose Hurley was born at 12:16 a.m. on June 15, 2012, to Jennifer Abono and Devin Hurley. She weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 21 inches long. Her parents are originally from Napa, Calif., and Kodiak and now live in Kodiak. Her mother works at Henry’s Great Alaskan Restaurant and he...
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Obituary: Allen Parker
Allen Parker passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2012. A going-away party will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 8, at the American Legion. Bring a story and a smile.
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Kodiak union adjusts after leader’s cancer death
Kodiak’s International Longshore and Warehouse Union is undergoing leadership changes after its previous leader, Allen Parker, lost his battle with cancer. The ILWU is a union that gives members job opportunities in warehouses or on the docks. The ILWU has 150 members statewide, including 14 in K...
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After hoax, tacos in Bethel
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Residents of Bethel know from cable TV ads what the major fast-food chains offer: chicken at KFC, burgers at McDonald’s and tacos at Taco Bell. They just haven’t been able to get any of it. The city of 6,200 people is about 40 miles inland from the Bering Sea, and the closest fas...
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Alaska cost of living jumps in 2011
Climbing gasoline and energy prices pulled the cost of goods up in 2011 by the second-highest rate this decade, according to a new report from the Alaska Department of Labor. The report published in the latest edition of Alaska Economic Trends magazine says the Anchorage consumer price index rose...
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Internet sends a Pitbull to Kodiak
A prank unleashed on the Internet will soon send Miami rapper and entertainer Pitbull to Kodiak. At least, that’s what pranksters David Thorpe and Jon Hendren from the online comedy website Something Awful hope. The two initiated an #exilePitbull campaign on Twitter to get him sent to a remote lo...
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CG plans taxiway paving
The U.S. Coast Guard is taking advantage of work at Kodiak State Airport to do some renovations of its own. On Monday, the Coast Guard District 17 office in Juneau opened bids on a project to repave Taxiway A, the route used by Coast Guard aircraft between Air Station Kodiak and the runways of th...
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