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Geologists examine large cracks in the ground formed by the 2002 magnitude 7.9 Denali fault earthquake, which was strongly felt in Fairbanks and Anchorage. (Photo Courtesy Peter Haeussler, USGS)
Alaska Science Forum: Cook Inlet earthquake
Red and blue waves triggered by a magnitude 4.6 earthquake rippled outward from the Anchorage area and fizzled out after 45 seconds. Except in Cook Inlet basin, where the waves were trapped for another half-minute, bouncing back and forth, up and down, within the 7.5-kilometer-thick sedimentary b...
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Sara Bruce is the new ower of Kodiak Canvas Company, which produces commercial and residential canvas covers, in Kodiak on May 7. (Nicole Klauss photo)
New owners at local businesses
Spring is a time of change and some local businesses in Kodiak have also changed hands and locations. Sara Bruce took over as the new owner of Kodiak Canvas Company, located at 2414 Mill Bay Road. She runs the business part-time and also works as a school counselor at Main Elementary part-time. T...
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Alumni update: Anthony debuts in steeplechase
Dylan Anthony tested his legs in a new event at the Occidental Invitational on Saturday in California. The University of Alaska Anchorage sophomore competed in his first 3,000-meter steeplechase and finished fourth with a time of 9 minutes, 22.87 seconds — just shy of an NCAA Division II provisi...
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Playbook: Wednesday, May 8
Wednesday, May 8 Soccer: Kodiak High soccer club vs. Homer JV at Homer High School. Thursday, May 9 Softball: Kodiak vs. Bartlett in Anchorage, 7:30 p.m. Junior varsity vs. West Anchorage, 5:45 p.m.
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The surface of Lilly Lake in Kodiak is covered in an oil sheen. (Photo courtesy of Giovanni Tallino)
Oil leak into Lilly Lake stumps officials, residents
The origin of an oil leak on Lilly Lake has state and local officials puzzled. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has been receiving reports about a sheen on the lake intermittently for the past month and sent someone to Kodiak to investigate last weekend. Jade Gamble of the DEC...
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Portillo sentenced to five years in jail for street racing incident
The second man involved in the street racing incident that led to the death of Kodiak teen Austin Van Long was sentenced to five years in jail on Monday, bringing closure to a case that rocked Kodiak. Markryan Portillo, 22, pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide, a class B felony, and th...
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City proposes cutting budget by 6 percent
The Kodiak City Council got its first glimpse of the proposed 2014 budget on Saturday as city manager Aimee Kniaziowski and finance director Mary Munk presented a $37 million citywide proposal, down $2.2 million from fiscal year 2013. While the budget’s first draft shows higher costs for employee...
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Kodiak softball finishes third at Sitka Invite
Kodiak’s softball team went 2-4 to finish third at the Sitka Invitational over the weekend. Despite the third-place finish in the four-team round-robin tournament, the Bears picked up the biggest win in coach Sam Catt’s three years — a 9-5 victory over last year’s small-school state champion Sit...
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