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An Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter taxis into position for takeoff as it prepares to search for a missing fishing boat crewman Thursday afternoon, Oct. 11, 2012 in Kodiak. A crewman aboard the fishing boat Flying Ocean was dragged overboard and is presumed dead. At background are the three Kodiak-based Coast Guard cutters: from left to right, the SPAR, Alex Haley and Munro. (James Brooks photo)
Coast Guard responds to a pair of fishing incidents
All five crewmen from the 58-foot fishing boat Kodiak Isle are safe today after being plucked from a Sitkinak Island beach early Thursday morning. In a separate incident southwest of Kodiak Island, a crab fisherman was pulled overboard and is believed dead. In the day's first incident, Kevin O'Le...
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In the Courts: Oct. 12
Charges dismissed A charge of first-degree stalking against Reynant Elmundo, 31, was dismissed Oct. 5. Multiple charges Reynant Elmundo, 31, was sentenced to 12 months in jail (12 months suspended) after pleading guilty to violating a protective order and fourth-degree criminal mischief on Oct. ...
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The Kodiak Crisis Pregnancy Center has moved to an office upstairs in the Subway building. Pictured are, left, Borghy Holm, new KCPC director, and board member, Elizabeth Dano. (Mike Rostad photo)
Kodiak Crisis Pregnancy Center opens its doors
Borghy Holm, director of the Kodiak Crisis Pregnancy Center, defines the Center’s pro-life mission by quoting from the epistle of James. “Faith without works is dead,” she said. "We must do more than say we're pro-life, we must live it." A powerful way to put faith into action is to walk beside ...
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Alutiiq Word of the Week: Oct. 12
SaRayaq : Shed_ Tuntuq saRayami inimauq. : The reindeer is hanging in the shed. Outbuildings have been a part of Alutiiq communities for thousands of years. In studies of ancient Alutiiq settlements, archaeologists find smokehouses, storage sheds, and a variety of small structures that illustrate...
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We are alaska
On Monday we were scheduled to leave on the morning jet for Anchorage, where we have Officers Councils this week. Officers Councils is our pastoral retreat where all of the officers in The Salvation Army across Alaska gather for some business, some fellowship, some teaching and some much-needed R...
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Walker officially takes City Council seat
The Kodiak City Council officially welcomed Rich Walker during a brief meeting Thursday night in which the Kodiak Football League president took the oath of office and assumed the position of outgoing councilman Mark Anthony Vizcocho. "It was a good battle," Vizcocho said as he turned over his of...
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The Beginnings of Life in the Ocean
Life is such a marvelous thing. It is within us, and all around us in its myriad different forms, large as the blue whale in the ocean depth and small as the invisible bacteria on the countertop, your fingertips, and even in the air we breathe. While we have wondered about life’s origin since the...
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AAC to seek capital support and operational funding
The Alaska Aerospace Corporation is again seeking state support as it tries to cover a gap in its launch schedule. Last winter, the Alaska Legislature approved $8 million in operational support for the state-owned aerospace corporation. This winter, the corporation hopes to gain capital support a...
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