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Murkowski determined to get federal help to clean marine debris
Alaska fishermen and beachgoers are asking for help — but none is coming anytime soon from Congress. Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives stripped millions in fishery and marine debris aid from a bill intended to benefit Hurricane Sandy victims. A Senate version of the bill included $150 ...
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Playbook: Jan. 24
Friday, Jan. 18 Boys basketball: Kodiak vs. Kenai at Kenai. C squad, 3 p.m.; junior varsity, 4:30 p.m.; varsity, 6 p.m. Girls basketball: Kodiak vs. Kenai at Kodiak. C squad, 4:30 p.m.; junior varsity, 6 p.m.; varsity, 7:30 p.m. Wrestling: Kodiak at the Northern Lights Conference Championships...
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Fifth-grader Emily Steffenhagen, Kodiak's district spelling bee champion, will compete in the Alaska State Spelling Bee. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Fifth-grader wins district spelling bee
Fifth-grader Emily Steffenhagen was all smiles on Tuesday night after she walked away from the Kodiak Island Borough School District Spelling Bee with a dictionary and a trip to Anchorage in her future. Steffenhagen, a student at Peterson Elementary, out-spelled 19 other students from Kodiak’s sc...
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Woman uninjured after rock crushes her car
A Kodiak woman is unharmed after a rock smashed her car at midday Tuesday on Rezanof Drive West. According to Kodiak police and the Alaska Department of Transportation, the woman was driving her car west on the main road out of Kodiak at 12:25 p.m. when a pair of large rocks tumbled down the sout...
Jan 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kodiak Kid Wrestling begins
Kodiak Kid Wrestling coaches Steve Rounsaville, left, and Nathan Benton demonstrate a move during the first day of practice Monday at Kodiak High School. (Derek Clarkston photo)
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Joel Chenet and his wife Martine are preparing to reopen Mill Bay Coffee at its new location, on Jan. 22. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Mill Bay Coffee moves to new location and focuses on the food
Mill Bay Coffee is still on Mill Bay, but you won’t find it in its old location. The cafe, now located in Midtown next to Coastal Creations, will continue to offer the same tastes with expanded catering services. Owners Joel and Martine Chenet said they decided to make the move so they could focu...
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NLC power rankings: Colony boys making a statement
After a wild opening week of Northern Lights Conference play, things have settled down a bit. That’s reflected in the Kodiak Daily Mirror’s weekly NLC basketball power rankings. The rankings are exactly the same as last week’s; Wasilla girls and Colony boys top each side. Girls 1. Wasilla (1...
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Duane Froese of the University of Alberta in forest of stumps smothered by the White River Ash around the year 843 AD. Froese is pictured in the Yukon Territory close to the Alaska border and Natazhat Glacier in an area downwind of the great White River eruptions, which spewed from somewhere near Alaska’s Mount Churchill. (Duane Froese photo)
Alaska Science Forum: White River ash made its way across the globe
The White River Ash, blasted from giant eruptions somewhere in today’s Wrangell-St. Elias Mountains, drifted as far away as Ireland and Germany, said experts who attended the December 2012 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, held in San Francisco. Ash from the White River eruptions, p...
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