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Kodiak's Hannah Wandersee is guarded by a pair of Kenai players during a high school girls basketball game Friday at Kodiak High.
Prep hoops: Girls off to best start in school history (video)
It wasn’t pretty, but Kodiak’s girls are in the record books. The Bears zoomed to a 19-4 lead and held off a feisty Kenai squad for a 43-35 Northern Lights Conference basketball victory Friday evening at Kodiak High. The win was Kodiak’s 12th in a row to begin the season, which surpasses the 19...
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Halibut catch limits cut
The International Pacific Halibut Commission has cut halibut quotas for fishermen across the North Pacific Ocean, but not as much as feared by fishermen. On Friday, the IPHC voted 5-1 in favor of 2013 quotas 7 percent less than last year’s. The decrease is much less than the 30 percent cut many h...
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Blizzard watch for Kodiak
Kodiakans enjoying this winter’s mild conditions could be in for a shock today. Late Sunday, the National Weather Service forecasting office in Anchorage issued a blizzard watch, effective this morning. A watch only means that blizzard conditions are possible, not that they will happen. According...
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Crime Stoppers tips double in two years
The Kodiak Police Department is looking more and more to the public for help solving cases in Kodiak. Tips to the department have doubled since the crime-fighting group Kodiak Crime Stoppers began allowing anonymous tips by text two years ago. The TipSoft service was introduced at the start of 20...
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Somewhere, in the center of this snowflake, is a microscopic bit of dust around which the crystal forms. Scientists have discovered that live bacteria, floating around in clouds, can also be a snowflake's "nucleator," which means snowflakes are alive. (Marion Owen photo)
Garden Gate: Snow is a gardener's best friend
My host, Janet, was worried about my upcoming visit. “I don’t know if you have heard, but we are experiencing a very dusty winter because of the lack of snow. Be forewarned that I have not started my spring housecleaning — which usually occurs just before my St. Patrick’s Day Party in March, so e...
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Where is the money?
To the Editor: Vehicle registration rates were raised by a resolution/ordinance specifically for that money to be for junk car removal. The budget was cut from over $100,000 yearly to $25,000. Where’s that money going? Animal control was cut altogether for the budget. Where’s that money going? T...
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Prep wrestling: Caballa, Powers earn NLC titles
Kodiak’s Andrew Caballa and Kerry Powers are champions once again. The two repeated as individual champions at Saturday’s Northern Lights Conference wrestling championships Saturday at Palmer High. Caballa, last year’s 106-pound champion, won this year’s 113-pound class in dominating fashion. I...
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Guest Opinion: A New Way Forward in the Gulf: Reduce Bycatch but Protect Alaska's Communities
Alaska has some of the world’s most abundant and prosperous fisheries and a reputation for science-based management. Fisheries are the lifeblood of coastal Alaska and a major driver of the state’s economy. So when it comes to managing our fisheries, it’s critical we get it right. Today’s challeng...
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