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UAF's Research Vessel Sikuliaq crashes into the Menominee River on a rainy day at Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wis. (Robin Wood photo)
After four decades and two bottles of champagne, UAF’s boat launches in Wisconsin
MARINETTE, WIS. — Vera Alexander worried the champagne bottle wouldn’t break. The professor and dean emeritus of UAF’s School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (SFOS) served as a co-sponsor of the UAF research vessel Sikuliaq, which launched here on Saturday. That meant she was the one to give the ...
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A pair of 10-kilometer runners finish at the Bear Valley Golf Course during Saturday’s KMXT Run the Rock. (Derek Clarkston photo)
McCarthy mishap gives Valley half-marathon win
Julian McCarthy was on his way to winning KMXT’s Run the Rock half-marathon when he decided to extend his run. Instead of turning around at the half-marathon turnaround on Antone Larsen Road, McCarthy kept chugging along to the marathon turnaround. “I never saw the turnaround,” McCarthy said. “...
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Art therapist Deborah Davis stands by a quilt in her office that is made with the different art mediums she uses with her patients, at the Providence Kodiak Island Counseling Center on Oct. 15. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Art therapy new to counseling center
Deborah Davis' office at the Providence Kodiak Island Counseling Center looks like an art classroom. The shelves along one wall hold jars of colored pencils and markers, craft books and ribbons, and a quilt that reads "art is freedom" hangs on another wall. Davis uses the craft supplies with her ...
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Fishing fatalities jump in 2011, but long-term trend is toward safety
When the fishing boat Kodiak Isle struck a rock last weekend, Jennifer Lincoln saw it as a victory. She wasn’t referring to the boat, now aground on Sitkinak Island and being salvaged. Instead, she was referring to the boat’s five-man crew, which safely abandoned ship and was rescued by the Coast...
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Bering Sea crab season opens
Bering Sea crab season opened Monday, and as fishermen drop their pots for king crab, they’re fishing for a quota roughly the same as last year’s. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has set a Bristol Bay red king crab harvest of 7.85 million pounds, up slightly over last year’s quota of 7.834...
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City-owned boatyard rebranded as shipyard
The city-owned Kodiak Boatyard is now officially the Kodiak Shipyard. The name change comes after 10 years of planning, two years of construction and three years of operation. "The distinction between a boatyard and shipyard is hard to pin down, but after three years of operation it's obvious to ...
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Obama is doomed to defeat
To the editor: While walking my dog the other day, a very capable, intelligent raven whispered to me let the people know, that there will be a landslide victory in favor of Romney and Ryan. They will get 320 electoral votes to sweep the election in November. Obama can start packing, and all the ...
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Alumni update: Dunbar fifth at Pre Nationals
Trevor Dunbar produced a top-five finish in his second cross country meet of the season. The University of Oregon senior finished fifth at the Pre Nationals meet at “Tom” Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Ky. Dunbar led Oregon’s third-place attack by covering the 8-kilometer course in 23 minutes...
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