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Rare $5 bill from Fairbanks could be worth $300,000
ANCHORAGE (AP) — The $5 bill displayed for decades on Charles Fairbanks IV’s wall was long a treasured family heirloom from Alaska. Now, to the surprise of the grandson of a turn-of-a-century vice president, it’s also become a likely treasure trove. The rare find is expected to fetch as much as $...
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Estimate: $65 billion for state-owned natural gas pipeline
JUNEAU (AP) — A liquefied natural gas project in Alaska could cost more than $65 billion and would represent a mega-project of “unprecedented scale and challenge,” officials behind the project told Gov. Sean Parnell. In a letter to Parnell released by the governor’s office late Wednesday, officia...
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George Lee signs his name in the voter register in the Flats Precinct polling station Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2012 in the Womens Bay Fire Hall. Lee, who has voted in the Flats for 25 years, said he wanted to offer his support to a man running for the Womens Bay Road Service Area board during this year's Kodiak municipal election. (James Brooks photo)
Voters elect new faces Walker and Griffin as turnout plunges to 9.1 percent
New faces will appear on the Kodiak Island Borough assembly and the Kodiak City Council after Aaron Griffin and Richard Walker were elected to the leading bodies of the borough and city. In addition to the newcomers, incumbent assemblywoman Chris Lynch was re-elected with the most ballots cast in...
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Port Lions' new dock project still on schedule
Port Lions is right on schedule with a long-awaited dock replacement project. The replacement of the ferry terminal and community dock has been on Port Lions’ to-do list for years. The community began pursuing financing for the project five years ago after an engineering study revealed structural...
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Police chief: No ticket quotas for officers
Kodiak drivers might not like speeding tickets, but at least they’re not being targeted. Drivers in another Alaska city can’t say the same. On Tuesday, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner revealed that police in that Interior city are now required to make at least eight traffic stops per week. In an i...
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Boys of fall
Subway and Mack’s players slap hands after a Kodiak Football League Cubs Division game Monday at Joe Floyd Track and Field. Subway won 13-6. (Derek Clarkston photo)
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Marine Highway System unveils summer 2013 schedule
Old Harbor isn’t on next summer’s ferry schedule, but residents don’t need to be alarmed — the Alaska Marine Highway System hasn’t forgotten them. “They aren’t on the schedule, even though they will see service,” said marine highway spokesman Jeremy Woodrow. “They were left off because … we’re st...
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Kodiak alumni update: Dunbar wins in first meet for Oregon
Trevor Dunbar’s first cross country meet as an Oregon Duck was a flying success. The senior transfer from the University of Portland won the Dellinger Invitational Saturday at Springfield Country Club in Springfield, Ore. Dunbar, a 2009 Kodiak High School graduate, covered the 8-kilometer course...
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