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Alaska State Troopers: May 2
Tuesday, April 23 At 8:26 p.m., Kodiak Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted a 25-year-old Kodiak man during the herring fishery in the Village Islands and Uganik Bay Section. The man was the operator and permit holder aboard the fishing vessel Stephanie Lynn, and was operating a purse seine net out...
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Kingfishers pile up awards at state meet
The Kodiak Kingfishers concluded the swimming season with a pile of awards at the Alaska Junior Olympic Championship last weekend in Anchorage. Talon Lindquist won seven events and was named the male swimmer of the year, while Ila Hughes captured four events and was named the female swimmer of t...
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Around Kodiak: May 2
The Kodiak Choirs present a “Big ‘80s” pop show at 7 p.m. tonight in the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium. Watch and listen as choir students from sixth through 12th grades perform a concert of all ‘80s pop and rock songs. Admission is free, but donations are accepted. The Kodiak Island Borough Assem...
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Discover Kodiak executive director Janet Buckingham has resigned from her position, and will be leaving Kodiak in the middle of May. This photo shows her holding up the 2013 Discover Kodiak guides on Jan. 4. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Discover Kodiak looks for new executive director
Discover Kodiak is looking to discover a new executive director. Current executive director Janet Buckingham is resigning after five and a half years in the position so she can move back to Moab, Utah to be closer to her family. “I’m a desert rat at heart and our home is in Moab, Utah,” Buckingha...
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Public Safety Blotter: May 2
Tuesday, April 30 • At 2:05 a.m., a 911 caller reported an assault. It was mutual combat and both men were given a disorderly conduct warning. • At 4:04 a.m., an officer was on foot patrol on Marine Way. • At 9:03 a.m., a caller reported his fishing vessel had been vandalized. It is under investi...
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Troopers crossed the line
To the Editor: If you haven't seen this yet, you gotta see this video its on Facebook and YouTube, the title is ‘Young Girl Being Arrested for Nothing.’ It looks like the incident was at Rassmuson’s trailer court in Kodiak. What these two troopers did to this young lady is an absolute outrage an...
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Stage and Screen: '42' — A Huge Story — A Small Film
Jackie Robinson was more than a baseball player. Jackie Robinson was the “lucky” black man selected to integrate Major League Baseball. Major League Baseball was the archetypical all-white American institution antithetical to the smugly held American notion that “all men are created equal.” Clea...
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No word on furloughs for Kodiak Weather Service personnel
Union representatives declared Monday that the National Weather Service is planning large-scale furloughs this summer, including the service’s 200 employees in Alaska. No one at the weather service station at Kodiak State Airport could answer questions about the proposal, but Jim Brader, Alaska r...
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