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Fish council carves halibut slice for charters
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted 10-1 Friday morning to revise a halibut catch share plan that aroused alarm from charter fishing guides last year. The proposal recommended by the council sets catch limits using a 2008 plan that divided Alaska’s halibut quota between charter and...
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Fish Factor: Fall crab fishing season begins this month
October is national seafood month — and it marks the start of one of the busiest months for Alaska’s fishing industry. The state’s biggest crab fisheries get under way in the Bering Sea on Oct. 15 — the Bristol Bay red king crab catch will hold steady at 7.8 million pounds, while the snow crab h...
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Public Safety Blotter: Oct. 8
Thursday, Oct. 4 • At 12:21 a.m., a man was arrested on Thorsheim Street for a warrant. • At 2:30 a.m., a woman reported several people were pounding on her neighbor's door on Simeonoff Street. They were gone on arrival. • At 2:44 a.m., an officer removed debris from the roadway on Baranof Street...
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KHS spikers second at Grace
Kodiak's volleyball team finished second at the Lady Grizzly Invitational Volleyball Tournament Saturday at Grace Christian School in Anchorage. Kodiak lost to host Grace Christian 16-25, 26-24, 15-13 in the championship match. The Bears beat Homer and Monroe to advance to the title match, whil...
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Lowbush cranberries are a beautiful but underrated wild berry that makes great jams, jellies and sauces. (Marion Owen photo)
Garden Gate: Highbrush cranberry is an overlooked berry
What smells like dirty socks but tastes like a cranberry? If you guessed highbush cranberry, you’re right. Despite its cranberry name and uniquely tart flavor, the highbush cranberry is totally unrelated to the Thanksgiving favorite. So why should you be interested in these berries? First of all,...
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Koniag shareholders applaud Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 in the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium at the Koniag Inc. annual meeting as Roy Madsen shares a remembrance of Elder Lucille Davis, who died in late September and was featured on the cover of the Koniag annual report. (James Brooks photo)
Koniag shifts strategy, slashes dividend
Kodiak’s regional Native corporation is slashing its dividend and executing a major reorganization as it adjusts to a slimmer federal budget and growing resistance to federal contracting with Native corporations. Koniag Inc. CEO Will Anderson unveiled the news Saturday during its annual meeting i...
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Security cameras could be monitoring Kodiak harbors soon
Security cameras could be coming to Kodiak harbors thanks to new wireless Internet systems installed last year. The Wi-Fi access, provided by local company Coastline Computers, allows the city of Kodiak to offer Internet to fishermen for a fee. In a Friday meeting, the Kodiak ports and harbor adv...
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Mecham sentenced to five years in jail for street racing death
One of the men involved in a street racing incident that led to the death of Austin Van Long will spend five years in jail. William Mecham, 20, pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and second-degree assault on Friday morning. Both charges are class B felonies. On the night of Oct. 20,...
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