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South tops Service in title game
South Anchorage upset defending champion Service 28-19 in the large-school state championship football game Saturday at Tom Huffer Sr. Stadium in Chugiak. This is the Wolverines’ second state title and first since 2006. South Anchorage lost to Service in last year’s title match. Service (9-2) h...
Oct 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Borough manager pick says thanks, but no thanks; borough assembly re-starts search
The Kodiak Island Borough has spent six months and thousands of dollars hiring its next manager. On Thursday night, that effort evaporated after it was revealed that borough assembly's pick, Erick Strahl of Menominee, Mich., has declined the contract offered by the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly....
Oct 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Garbage-trashing bears arouse residents' ire at borough assembly meeting
The Kodiak Police Department has used flashbangs and rubber bullets to ward off wandering bears in urban Kodiak this fall. On Thursday night, a handful of Kodiak residents threw verbal flashbangs at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly as they asked assembly members to permit fines on people who fa...
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Kodiak’s Sammye Jones stands on the pool deck Monday at the Kodiak Community Pool. The senior Jones has been a key member of the Bears’ swimming and diving team her entire career. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Jones has emerged as one of the state’s top breaststrokers
In sports, the name of the second-place finisher is often forgotten. In swimming, it’s often the person in second place who puts a team in position to finish first. Kodiak’s Sammye Jones fits into that category. The senior is not flashy and is often an overlooked piece to the Bears’ success. Whi...
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C.G. murder has become another Kodiak cold case
It's been six long agonizing months since the horrific events that took place on April 12. We still have no answers. The FBI is still mum. We know no more now than we did before. Has it come to a dead end or a fork in the road? It's become another cold case in Kodiak, which is very sad and ...
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Denise Simeonoff, account executive at KVOK/Hot 101.1., is seen Tuesday at her desk. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Women in Business: Simeonoff seals the deal at KVOK
Denise Simeonoff is the lady behind the advertisements on your radio. Simeonoff is the account executive at local radio station KVOK/Hot 101.1. The homegrown product — she is a 1991 Kodiak High School graduate — is responsible for luring businesses to purchase radio spots and writing copy for t...
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Kodiak city mayor Patricia Branson (center) and Alaska Senate President Gary Stevens share a laugh with Armando Cristian Pérez, better known by the stage name Pitbull, on stage Monday, July 30, 2012. The two Kodiak politicians presented the visiting Pérez with the key to the city. (James Brooks photo)
Women in Business: Branson finds the keys to Kodiak success
In 1968, Pat Branson nearly got into a fight while campaigning for Eugene McCarthy in Omaha, Neb. In 2012, as Mayor, she awarded the key to the city of Kodiak to a rapper named Pitbull. When Branson moved to Kodiak in 1982, she was looking for a lifestyle change. It’s safe to say she’s found it. ...
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Guest Opinion: Vote no on retaining Sen Tan as a judge on the Superior Court.
Judicial retention elections rarely attract much interest from the news media or from voters. But this year we have reason to pay attention — and take action. If you live in the 3rd Judicial District — which includes Anchorage, the Mat-Su Valley, the Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak, Prince William Sound...
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