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Kodiak takes part in International Walk to School month
For the next two weeks students in Kodiak will take part in a contest that rewards them for walking or rolling to school. October is International Walk to School month, and Kodiak's Safe Routes to School program is holding a contest to get students excited about walking or biking to school. "We'r...
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Kodiak man accused of threatening a man with a screwdriver
A Kodiak man nicknamed "Creeper" has been accused of threatening a man with a screwdriver while trying to rob him. Johnny Cortez Jr., 26, faces one count of first-degree robbery, a class A felony. According to court documents, the incident started Oct. 1 when Cortez approached a man in his car at...
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Military police guard the scene of two shooting deaths at Coast Guard Communications Station Kodiak, Alaska, Thursday morning, April 12, 2012.
Coast Guard murder still remains a mystery
Operations at Coast Guard Base Kodiak are the same. Coast Guardsmen get up each day and go to work, ready to help when a sinking fishing vessel calls or when someone needs to be medevaced to a hospital. The buildings on the base remain unchanged, but things are different. It's been six months sin...
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Changes can be good
To the editor: When our former Parks and Recreation Director announced his retirement this spring, a few people in Kodiak thought it was well past due. His ability as director has not been in question, but sometimes there can be a downside to having a position too long. An entitlement, right of p...
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Restaurant manager Kristina counsels my daughter Brittany on her gluten-free dining options Sept. 24 at Red Robin in Anchorage. (Suzanne Bobo photo)
Island Flavor: Stuck in Anchorage: A Wheat Belly Abroad
If I had known our quickie medical trip would stretch into a “stuckation,” I would have been better prepared. I’d have packed a case of granola bars, a jar of peanut butter, two boxes of protein shake mix, maybe another change of underwear. But as a one-night stay stretched into a seven-night ord...
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Democrats fight for freedom
The words “growth” and “progress” represent the wrong standard for our future. The fouling caused by industry is killing the environment and it’s people. Lisa Murkowski asks the people of Alaska to stop being afraid of progress and growth in the oil sector. Why should we be afraid? Oil spills nev...
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Henny Pennys self-declare a crisis in the gulf fisheries
Henny Pennys self-declare a crisis in the gulf fisheries To the Editor: Wednesday’s article about the North Pacific Fishery Management Council missed the trickery of disaster economics used by central Gulf of Alaska groundfish trawlers. Alaska Groundfish Data Bank and Whitefish Trawler Associati...
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Helpful hints to save money
To the Editor: October has arrived and so has the 1 percent city sales tax increase, compliments of our city council. We are now tied with Wrangell for having the highest city sales tax in the state with 7 percent. But wait, that's not the end of it; the other shoe hasn't dropped yet, i.e. the sa...
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