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Kodiak union adjusts after leader’s cancer death
Kodiak’s International Longshore and Warehouse Union is undergoing leadership changes after its previous leader, Allen Parker, lost his battle with cancer. The ILWU is a union that gives members job opportunities in warehouses or on the docks. The ILWU has 150 members statewide, including 14 in Kodiak. Members are given jobs working containers and moving cargo across Kodiak’s docks. The jobs are not full-time, an...

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Internet sends a Pitbull to Kodiak
A prank unleashed on the Internet will soon send Miami rapper and entertainer Pitbull to Kodiak. At least, that’s what pranksters David Thorpe and Jon Hendren from the online comedy website Something Awful hope. The two initiated an #exilePitbull campaign on Twitter to get him sent to a remote location, and it has since spread like wildfire. Pitbull and Energy Sheets are partnered in a marketing promotion with Wal...

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CG plans taxiway paving
The U.S. Coast Guard is taking advantage of work at Kodiak State Airport to do some renovations of its own. On Monday, the Coast Guard District 17 office in Juneau opened bids on a project to repave Taxiway A, the route used by Coast Guard aircraft between Air Station Kodiak and the runways of the state airport. Richard Garrison, contract specialist for the project, said only one bid was received — a $1.54 million...

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Brian Himelbloom pulls out shellfish collected on Kodiak's beaches for a study done on PSP toxins, on July 2. (Nicole Klauss photo)

Shore warning: Don’t eat shellfish
Local scientists are advising Kodiakans to avoid eating local shellfish to prevent paralytic shellfish poisoning during the upcoming holiday week. PSP is extremely dangerous and even a small amount can cause paralysis or death. “It’s inherently risky to harvest shellfish,” said marine advisory program agent Julie Matweyou. “It could be risky throughout the year, but summer is of most concern.” PSP cases tend to p...

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Kids play the balalaika during a Friday night performance at the Baranov Museum. (Image courtesy of Baranov Museum)

Kids get dose of Russian culture at summer camp
Russian culture is an important part of Kodiak’s past, and the Kodiak Russian Balalaika Players are ensuring Kodiak children learn about it. Last week a group of children in Kodiak had the opportunity to learn about different aspects of Russian culture, including dance, music and costumes. “This Baranov Museum and Kodiak Arts Council have collaborated for the last three years,” Baranov curator of education Marie A...

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Jig cod B season wraps up
As salmon season continues, another small-boat fishery has come to an end. On Friday, the National Marine Fisheries service closed the Pacific cod B season for jig fishermen in waters around Kodiak. One hundred seventy-one metric tons of cod were available to jig fishermen under a season that opened June 10. An additional 256 tons were available under an A season that opened Jan. 1. This is the first year that se...

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Lt. Cmdr. Paul Salerno, assuming the role as the new commanding office for Communications Station Kodiak, speaks to the crew and their families during the change of command ceremony June 29, 2012. Salerno informed the crew of his expectations and his excitement for working with them in the future. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg.

Two and a half months after murders, a new boss at Coast Guard Communication Station Kodiak
With a speech referring to April’s tragedy, Coast Guard Cmdr. Peter Van Ness said farewell to the Emerald Isle during a change of command ceremony Friday. He was relieved by Lt. Cmdr. Paul Salerno, who arrived from the Coast Guard Electronic System Support Unit in Boston. Van Ness, who finished his three-year tour in Kodiak, is leaving two and a half months after the murders of Petty Officer 1st Class James Hopkin...

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Pillar Mountain Wind Turbines (File Photo)

Pillar Mountain wind turbine project still on course
The project to put three new wind turbines atop Pillar Mountain remains on schedule, Kodiak Electric Association CEO Darron Scott said Thursday. His remarks came during the monthly meeting of the electric cooperative’s board of directors. “Everything is still on track for a late fall startup,” he said. Contractors have completed an extension of Pillar Mountain Road and have dug three pits for the foundations of th...

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Transport bill, student loan help approved in Washington
In the final major Congressional moves expected before this fall’s elections, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives approved a major transportation funding bill and an interest break for student loan holders. On Friday, the House voted 373-52 and the Senate 74-19 in favor of the transportation bill, which also included the student loan break. All three members of Alaska’s congressional delegation voted for...

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Kodiakans decked out their ATVs with flags and all things red, white and blue. (Photo courtesy of Moe Butler)

No fireworks, but Fourth festivities on tap for Kodiak, Chiniak
By NICOLE KLAUSS Mirror Writer Kodiak won’t have any official fireworks for the Fourth of July this year, but the celebrations will go on. City manager Aimée Kniaziowski said fireworks were not even in the city council’s budget discussion this year. Kodiak had no fireworks last year after its long-time pyrotechnicians retired. “They handled all the ordering, shipping and laying out,” Kniaziowski said. “None of ou...

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