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Prep hoops: Kodiak girls still ranked third
Kodiak’s girls basketball team remained third in the Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches high school rankings, released Wednesday. The Bears are 13-0 and trail only undefeated Wasilla and Dimond in the girls 4A rankings. Kodiak entertains Palmer on Friday and Saturday. Soldotna and West Anchorage dropped out of this week’s rankings and were replaced by Colony and Lathrop. Kodiak did not appear in the boys...
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Meth-dealing charges dropped against man
Meth-dealing charges have been dropped against a Kodiak man who still faces felony drugs possession charges. Brad Aga, 42, told the Daily Mirror by phone that the state’s case against him is false, and he intends to defeat the charges against him. “I’m not a meth dealer. I’m not a meth user,” he said. Aga was accused Jan. 19 of third-degree drugs misconduct, a class B felony, and fourth-degree drugs possession, a ...
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Playbook: Jan. 31
Friday, Feb. 1 Boys basketball: Kodiak vs. Colony at Kodiak. C squad, 1:30 p.m.; junior varsity, 4:30 p.m.; varsity, 8 p.m. Girls basketball: Kodiak vs. Palmer at Kodiak. C squad, noon; junior varsity, 3 p.m.; varsity, 6:15 p.m. Wrestling: Kodiak at the 4A state championships at Bartlett High School, 10 a.m.
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Steam rises from a compost pile being stirred by a trackhoe Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 at the Kodiak Island Borough landfill. The landfill's baler building and bales of garbage are seen behind the temporary composting facility established at the landfill. (James Brooks photo)
The cost of compost
The city of Kodiak is composting its sewage sludge. That’s about the only certain thing about the city’s project to find a new way to dispose of the leftovers from the city’s waste treatment plant. As uncertainty lingers, the cost to the city could reach as much as $4 million. “Uncertainty is the operative word these days,” said Peter Olsen, the contractor running a temporary composting operation at the Kodiak Isl...
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Siblings Jenny Valdez, left, and Joel Valdez, seen at Kodiak High School on Monday, both qualified for the 4A state wrestling tournament that begins Friday in Anchorage. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Prep wrestling: Siblings make state
Joel Valdez is glad he isn’t the only Valdez to have qualified for the state wrestling tournament — his older sister Jenny is also going. “It’s pretty cool having her there to buy food for me if I don’t have any extra money,” he said Monday afternoon. Jenny isn’t going to just keep her younger brother from starving; she will be wrestling when the state tournament begins Friday at Bartlett High School in Anchorag...
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Western Gulf fishermen chime in on catch shares
Next month, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council will consider a change to catch shares in the Gulf of Alaska groundfish fishery — and western Gulf fishermen will have a bigger voice. The Council took action in October, identifying the purpose and need for a Central Gulf catch share plan. Community members from Kodiak in particular were organized and vocal in their goals and ideas for such a plan, said N...
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Guest Opinion: Preparing for an Arctic Future
Alaskans lead the nation in many things — resilience, toughness and creativity — and we are leaps and bounds ahead of rest of the United States when it comes to knowing a cold truth: we are an Arctic nation, and we need to start mapping out an Arctic-oriented agenda, especially from a maritime perspective. This agenda will require the leadership of our nation’s maritime guardians, the United States Coast Guard. I ...
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NLC power rankings: Wasilla, Colony remain on top
The Kodiak and Wasilla girls basketball teams continued to rack up wins last week. The two squads — both 13-0 — have combined to win 26 games, while the other four Northern Lights Conference teams have 27 combined wins. The Warriors remain the top team in the Kodiak Daily Mirror’s NLC basketball power rankings, while Colony remains No. 1 on the boys side. Girls 1. Wasilla (13-0 overall, 5-0 NLC) — Wasilla crus...
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Dan Mann holds the skull of a steppe bison that died on Alaska’s North Slope more than 40,000 years ago. Mann and Pam Groves found the nearly complete skeleton of the bison while floating down a northern river last summer. (Pam Groves photo)
Alaska Science Forum: Bison Bob a big discovery on the North Slope
As she scraped cold dirt from the remains of an extinct bison, Pam Groves wrinkled her nose at a rotten-egg smell wafting from gristle that still clung to the animal’s bones. She lifted her head to scan the horizon, wary of bears that might be attracted to the flesh of a creature that gasped its last breath 40,000 years ago. In the type of discovery they have dreamed about for years, Groves and Dan Mann, both rese...
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Public Safety Blotter: Jan. 30
Monday, Jan. 28 • At 3:42 a.m., a taxi driver reported a man was passed out in his taxi. Officers woke the man and took him to his home. • At 4:14 a.m., a caller reported an intoxicated man refused to leave. He left when an officer asked. • At 4:35 a.m., a different intoxicated man refused to leave. He left when an officer asked. • At 10:59 a.m., a caller reported two vehicles were impeding snow removal efforts. T...
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