Fairbanks woman dies from swine flu in October Nov 6, 2009
KODIAK SCHOOL ABSENCES. In Kodiak, absenteeism is surging in the Kodiak Island Borough School District, the Kodiak Daily Mirror reported Wednesday ... The newspaper quoted Steve Doerksen, director of schools, as saying 18 to 20 percent of students are absent from most schools, and at Kodiak Middle School, the worst case, 37 percent of students are not attending. (Anchorage Daily News)
Auklets back on Sud Island; marmots must go Nov 5, 2009
Now the auklets have returned in small numbers, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering a marmot eradication program on the island, which is in the Barren Islands group between the Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak Island. Story tools. (Anchorage Daily News)
• Petroglyphs in Southeast Alaska Nov 5, 2009
News Scattered across the beaches of Southeast Alaska, and indeed along the entire Northwest Pacific coast from Kodiak to the Columbia River, are intensely staring eyes, totemic animals and geometric patterns carved into boulders and bedrock ... Petroglyphs in Southeast Alaska 110409 NEWS 1 For the CCW Scattered across the beaches of Southeast Alaska, and indeed along the entire Northwest Pacific coast from Kodiak to the Columbia River, are intensely staring eyes, totemic animals and geometric... (Juneau Empire)
• Pollutants, Pebble preparation threaten fish populations Nov 5, 2009
Welch lives in Kodiak ... Welch lives in Kodiak. (Juneau Empire)
Civil rights production to air Nov 3, 2009
They include KYUK in Bethel, KUAC in Fairbanks, KTOO in Juneau and KMXT in Kodiak. The film, recently shown at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Anchorage, documents the efforts to attain civil rights for Natives. (Anchorage Daily News)
Warrior named top swimmer Nov 1, 2009
The Kodiak Bears swept the meet, recording 115 team points for the girls and 100 for the boys ... Bowen said Kodiak s Celeste Beck-Goodell pushed her in the 200 IM, helping her set the new record with a time of 2:14 ... Kodiak freshman Jori Lindquist broke the region record in the 200 freestyle. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Colony, Dillingham tops in wrestling rankings Oct 30, 2009
Chloe Ivanoff, Kodiak; 6 ... Pearson Brodie, Kodiak ... Anthony Antonio, Kodiak; 3. (Anchorage Daily News)
Our view: Cleaner shipping Oct 30, 2009
In Alaska, the EPA rules would apply from Kodiak east and south. Alaskans are pushing back against the EPA proposal. (Anchorage Daily News)
Coast Guard turns to wood for heat Oct 29, 2009
The Department of Energy is set to study the possibility of also converting the Kodiak Coast Guard base to biomass heat. Adding a Kodiak plant to the Southeast projects could offset 1 million gallons of oil a year for 17,000 tons of biomass fuel in Alaska, Deering said. (Juneau Empire)
Wicks is the jack-of-all trades for the East swim team Oct 29, 2009
Diving (six dives) 1) Scott Wandersee, Kodiak, 339 ... 09; 5) Celeste Beck-Goodell, Kodiak, 5:25 ... 87; 2) Laura Griffing, Kodiak, 1:09. (Anchorage Daily News)
Pioneer back to work on offshore prospect Oct 28, 2009
The new store design in South Anch 00003AFC orage also is being unveiled at the chain's Kodiak store on Wednesday. That store has undergone a three-month remodeling. (Anchorage Daily News)
Bering crab season off to smooth start Oct 27, 2009
The Coast Guard meanwhile has begun its annual deployment of a Jayhawk helicopter and crew from Air Station Kodiak to Cold Bay for the red king crab fishery. In January, Coast Guard officials will move that helicopter and crew to St. Paul for the opilio crab fishery, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Third Class Jon-Paul Rios. (Juneau Empire)
Legislators consider a new building in Anchorage Oct 27, 2009
"I think we need to have a larger building with more offices and adequate parking, said Senate President Gary Stevens, a Republican from Kodiak. The Legislature last year was planning to raze the downtown block across 4th Avenue from the state courthouse, on the old Anchorage Times property, and construct an office complex there. But the cost doubled to $86 million from the original estimate and the proposal was abandoned. Now legislators are eyeing other potential locations. The most seriously... (Anchorage Daily News)
What is the state lacking? Courage Oct 25, 2009
Also worth noting is construction of hydroelectric projects to provide power in Southeast, Kodiak and Valdez. These came in the mid-1980s, however, when Alaska's new oil wealth made the decision to build them easier. (Anchorage Daily News)
Fishing rules await sea lion report Oct 25, 2009
KODIAK -- Alaska's fishing industry will soon know if more restrictions might be imposed to protect sea lions in prime fishing grounds ... Laine Welch is a Kodiak-based fisheries journalist. (Anchorage Daily News)
Knights wrestlers throw their weight around Oct 25, 2009
5; 5) Kodiak 136; 6) South 128 ... 103 -- 1) Keifer Groeneveld, Valdez 4-0; 2) Noah Roetman, Colony 4-1; 3) Elijia Fields, Kodiak 6-1; 4) Hannah Hutchinson, Skyview 3-2 ... 215 -- 1) Eric Fan, Colony 4-0; 2) Quinton Backford, Dillingham 4-1; 3) Jacob Johnson, Wasilla 4-1; 4) Nick Archuleta, South 3-1 275 -- 1) Anthony Atonio, Kodiak 4-0; 2) Caleb Green, Bartlett 3-1; 3) Renn Wright, Colony 4-1; 4) Ryan Pomrenke, Wasilla 4-2. (Anchorage Daily News)
Carlson appointed state rural education director Oct 24, 2009
She has worked for many years at the central council, but is Aleut and graduated from Kodiak High School. Carlson has lived in Juneau 34 years but grew up in the tiny community of Chignik on the Alaska Peninsula, where her dad was a commercial fisherman. (Juneau Empire)
Social worker charged with possessing child pornography Oct 24, 2009
His job includes managing clinical services for children of active-duty personnel from Elmendorf, Fort Richardson and Kodiak Coast Guard station, his resume says. He supervises staff treating children at the mental health clinic and consults with the chief of pediatrics along with school officials, according to his resume. (Anchorage Daily News)
Kodiak residents balk at state land lottery proposal Oct 24, 2009
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources held an open house this week in Kodiak to get feedback on a proposed land lottery for cabin lots on Ugak Bay. Things got heated fast. (Anchorage Daily News)
First rankings of the season released Oct 23, 2009
Francis Llorente, Kodiak; 5 ... Brodie Pearce, Kodiak; 6 ... David Castonguay, Kodiak; 6. (Anchorage Daily News)
Colony senior earns top honor Oct 20, 2009
On special teams, Jaronik s highlights included a school-record 92-yard punt return for a touchdown during a win over Kodiak. As the leader of the Colony offense, the Knights put the ball in Jaronik s hands during 56 percent of their offensive plays. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Missing Alaska woman found dead on Manastash Road Oct 20, 2009
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The final push Oct 18, 2009
But the Kodiak Bears had other ideas. Kodiak used a win in the 400 freestyle relay to edge the Warriors in the boys overall team standings, and complete the sweep of the team titles during the Valley Invitational swimming and diving meet at the Palmer Pool Saturday morning ... The kids swam well and we finished strong, Kodiak head coach John Lindquist said with a smile. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Coast Guard redeploys for crabbing season Oct 18, 2009
KODIAK - The Coast Guard says it has redeployed some personnel and equipment to the Aleutian Islands to prepare for the crabbing season in the Bering Sea ... KODIAK - The Coast Guard says it has redeployed some personnel and equipment to the Aleutian Islands to prepare for the crabbing season in the Bering Sea ... A Jayhawk helicopter from Kodiak is now at Cold Bay and will move to St. Paul in January, ready to respond in an emergency. (Juneau Empire)
Pigeons in Kodiak: Love them or kill them? Oct 16, 2009
Pigeons in Kodiak: Love them or kill them ... Pigeons in Kodiak: Love them or kill them ... Listening to pest-management people, you'd think Kodiak residents would be ready to kill every last pigeon in town. (Anchorage Daily News)
Native community reclaims history of Alutiiq masks Oct 16, 2009
Thousands of miles away in Kodiak lived the only people with the knowledge to unlock the masks' history and significance-the descendants of the Alutiiq artists who made them, and who, until recently, had no idea that such an amazing physical display of their ancestors' work even existed ... The story of the masks' displacement begins with a lone Frenchman paddling a kayak through the waters around Kodiak Island ... This French anthropologist, named Alphonse Pinart, visited Kodiak and the... (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Cruise ship pollution rules have some Alaskans fretting Oct 15, 2009
In Alaska, the emission-control area 00004000 the EPA wants to impose would cover most of the coastline east of Kodiak, including the approach to Anchorage. "The cruise ships have been coming here since the 1980s and I don't think there's enough traffic here to cause a problem," said Ketchikan Mayor Lew Williams III.. (Anchorage Daily News)
Fly-fishing favorites Oct 15, 2009
Van Gytenbeek's picks: Kodiak Island, Alaska (Karluk River); Long Island, N.Y. (Montauk Point); Ennis, Mont. (Madison River); Boca Grande, Fla. (News & Observer -- Sports)
• Sea otters threatened in Southwest, thriving in Southeast Oct 15, 2009
Congratulations to seafood scientist Chuck Crapo of Kodiak who has received a prestigious international award for his development of new seafood products and more efficient processing methods ... Crapo is with the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory program and does most of his research at the Fishery Industrial Technology Center in Kodiak, a branch of the UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences ... Welch lives in Kodiak. (Juneau Empire)
Deluge of rain causes mudslides in Kodiak Oct 15, 2009
KODIAK - Kodiak has been hit with its second-rainiest day on record ... KODIAK - Kodiak has been hit with its second-rainiest day on record ... Bell's Flats resident Karen Millstein left Kodiak at about 6 p.m. and was among the last cars to leave. (Juneau Empire)
Mud flows block Kodiak road 4 days after heavy rain Oct 14, 2009
SAM FRIEDMAN / The Kodiak Mirror via The Associated Press. A Department of Transportation worker clears rocks, trees and mud off Rezanof Drive in Kodiak ... The second-rainiest day ever recorded in Kodiak caused mudslides along Rezanof Drive and Anton Larsen Bay Road. (Anchorage Daily News)
Kodiak suffers after 2nd-rainiest day ever Oct 14, 2009
Sam Friedman / Kodiak Daily Mirror photo. Road-clearing operations were under way over the weekend in Kodiak after a 6 ... The second-rainiest day in Kodiak history on Friday set off mudslides that damaged city roads but spared houses. (Anchorage Daily News)
Melting ice caps open up shipping routes Oct 13, 2009
What we ve been doing for the last couple years is trying to get more familiar with the area, said Coast Guard Captain Bill Deal in Kodiak, Alaska ... The Coast Guard has just two operable ice breakers in its fleet, and its closest refueling station is 1,000 miles to the southeast in Kodiak, eight hours away by rescue helicopter should a cruise ship founder on an iceberg. (Boston Globe)
A new route beyond the Last Frontier Oct 13, 2009
The cruise ship The World, shown here docked in Anchorage in August, went on to stops in Kodiak, Dutch Harbor and Nome this summer. Related Links. (Anchorage Daily News)
Holland America Line's Volendam Returns to Asia and Down Under in 2011 With a Widespread Array of Itineraries - Including the Great Barrier Reef Oct 13, 2009
Departing May 2, the ship visits the ports of Yokohama, Hakodate and Kushiro, Japan, before crossing the International Date Line over to Alaska and kicking off the season with calls at Kodiak and Sitka, and scenic cruising of the Inside Passage. Cruise fares are per person, double occupancy, and start at $1,599 for the New Zealand Discovery voyage departing Jan. 2 and $1,699 for the Jan. 30 departure; $1,599 for the Pacific Treasures cruise departing Jan. 16; $1,699 for the Australia and New... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Cruise ship visit marks opening of the Far North Oct 13, 2009
The Coast Guard has just two operable ice breakers in its fleet, and its closest refueling station is 1,000 miles to the southeast in Kodiak, Alaska ... Rumbling up from Kodiak, Coast Guard C-130s twice a month conduct patrols over the Arctic - surveying ice conditions, looking for potential security threats, monitoring the barges that in the summer deliver fuel and supplies to coastal villages and eyeing the busy oil and gas operations creeping steadily seaward from the North Slope ... "There... (Juneau Empire)
Southeast sea otters to be focus of survey Oct 11, 2009
KODIAK -- Threatened sea otters in Southwest Alaska received more protection last week in hopes it will help boost a rebound of their dwindling numbers ... Laine Welch is a Kodiak-based fisheries journalist. (Anchorage Daily News)
Kenai reaches final Oct 10, 2009
Kenai's Bryson Lowe is wrapped up by Kodiak's Zach Bailor in the first half of the state football semifinals on October 9, 2009 ... The Kardinals punched their ticket into next week's ASAA small schools state title game by using an impenetrable defensive front and a few big plays on offense to march past Kodiak 34-13 on a damp Friday night at Anchorage Football Stadium ... "They just smothered us," Kodiak coach Todd Cook said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Fishery council told of 'scandalous' crab bycatch Oct 10, 2009
Fisherman Alexus Kwachka was among people testifying before the North Pacific Fishery Management Council in Anchorage this week about Tanner crab bycatch in trawl nets near Kodiak, and he brought startling to make his point. They show scenes from a trawler deck appearing to contain more crab than groundfish. (Anchorage Daily News)
Voters reject sales taxes Oct 8, 2009
In Kodiak, a $76 million bond issue to finance expansion and renovation of Kodiak High School was passing, but a $13 million bond issue to renovate Kodiak school and borough buildings was failing ... Kodiak -- Carolyn Floyd was leading in her re-election bid. (Anchorage Daily News)
• Reclaiming tradition Oct 8, 2009
What: Presentation and book signing with editor Amy Steffian for "Giinaquq (Like A Face): Sugpiaq Masks of the Kodiak Archipelago" ... Thousands of miles away in Kodiak lived the only people with the knowledge to unlock the masks' history and significance - the descendants of the Alutiiq artists who made them, and who, until recently, had no idea that such an amazing physical display of their ancestors' work even existed ... The story of the masks' displacement begins with a lone Frenchman... (Juneau Empire)
School bus drivers vote to join Teamsters Oct 6, 2009
He also said, Within Alaska we have had success in organizing unions in Fairbanks, the Peninsula of Kenai and we hope to move into Kodiak and Juneau. Now the vote is over, Coleman said, It is time to sit down and see what people want and what we can bring to the table. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
• JDHS boys take second at state Oct 4, 2009
JDHS boys take second at state - Juneau Empire. Web search powered by YAHOO. (Juneau Empire)
Dramatic finish Oct 4, 2009
Last Updated on Sunday, Oct 04, 2009 - 12:05:25 am AKDT. News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Inside Alaska business Oct 4, 2009
Flickinger is a cattle farmer from Kodiak. Nakazawa of Eagle River is an economics professor with the University of Alaska Cooperative Extension Service. (Anchorage Daily News)
Surprise first-time champ Oct 4, 2009
In the boys race, Dylan Anthony kept Kodiak's winning tradition alive after capturing the 5-K in 15:41 ... Marcus Dunbar, Trevor's dad and the Kodiak coach, wasn't shocked to see Anthony follow in his son's footsteps ... Kodiak, however, couldn't four-peat with the team title. (Anchorage Daily News)
Perfection ended Oct 4, 2009
FRIDAY'S RESULTS BARTLETT 34, COLONY 12 PALMER 48, SOUTH 12 SATURDAY'S RESULTS NORTH POLE 36, WEST 12 KENAI 47, BARROW 13 SOLDOTNA 41, MONROE 0 HOMER 24, NIKISKI 15 KODIAK 24, EIELSON 14 FRIDAY'S GAMES KODIAK (5-4) VS. KENAI (8-1), 4 P.M. NORTH POLE (5-4) VS. BARTLETT (7-2), 7:30 P.M. SATURDAY'S GAMES PALMER (6-3) VS. CHUGIAK/JUNEAU WINNER SOLDOTNA (7-2) VS. HOMER (6-2), 4:30 P.M. Postseason football. ADVERTISEMENT. (Anchorage Daily News)
Coast Guard Chief Earns Prestigious Award Oct 3, 2009
-- Jacksonville native Paul Hicks was named the Coast Guards' 13th Master Cutterman at a ceremony Friday in Kodiak, Alaska. Hicks, a native of Jacksonville, Fla. (News4Jax.com, FL)
How tsunami-ready can a town really be? Oct 3, 2009
Kodiak City Fire Chief Rome Kamai says news of an approaching tsunami might not get to the city in time ... Kodiak has experienced five tsunamis since the Russians arrived on the island in 1790. (Anchorage Daily News)
Mulligan » Sep 30, 2009
After hearing about our bear encounter, Larry Van Daele, Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist for Kodiak Island commented. "If that was a young bear, you likely confused him when you tagged him with the rock," he said. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Noella Gloria Harford Sep 30, 2009
She is survived by her partner, Ray Deitz of Anchor Point; daughter, Cheryl Richardson of Anchor Point; sons, Wayne Harford of Kodiak and Russell Harford of Anchor Point; daughter, Corinne Sheldon of Costa Rica; son, Randy Harford of Independence, Mo. grandsons, Sam McGee III, Joshua Atrayu, Israel Justin, Jeremy Robert, Billy Joe Bostwick, John Sheldon and Rodney Christin; granddaughters, Tony A. McGee, Rachel Stanish, Mary Webb, Mariah Kile, Angelina Harford, Gloria Deavnna, Shauna and Crystal... (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Win or wave goodbye this weekend Sep 30, 2009
Undefeated Eielson (8-0) entertains Kodiak (4-4), which it beat 48-14 in Week 3 ... Kodiak (4-4) at Eielson (8-0), 1 p.m.. (Anchorage Daily News)
Ronald L. Meek Sep 30, 2009
In 1989 he met his second wife Carol while working in Kodiak on the Exxon oil spill. For a short time he worked logging operations in Oregon and California before being sent to work in Australia and New Guinea. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Fishing boat grounded off Alaska Peninsula; crew rescued Sep 26, 2009
KODIAK - Three people have been picked up by a Good Samaritan vessel after their ship went aground. Kodiak radio station KMXT reports the 83-foot Unimak is on the rocks near Chignik, on the Alaska Peninsula 200 miles southwest of Kodiak Island. (Anchorage Daily News)
Eagles, Kardinals hold top ranking Sep 24, 2009
West defeated Cook Inlet Conference foe Dimond 33-9 last week to remain undefeated, while Kenai took care of Kodiak 21-0 on Saturday in Kodiak. The Kardinals had to endure a 23-hour ferry ride from Whittier to play the game, then a 12-hour ride back to Homer. (Anchorage Daily News)
Kodiak police struggle with limited jail space Sep 23, 2009
Kodiak police say they are "closing" the city's 16-person jail monthly because it's full, and they're hoping someone will come up with $2. 1 million to finish the space left for a bigger one in the new Kodiak Police Department headquarters. (Anchorage Daily News)
Bethel doctor wins 'genius award' for work in Africa Sep 23, 2009
The first two recipients were Alaska Natives, and both were originally from the Kodiak Island village of Old Harbor, a community of 240 ... 2007: Sven Haakanson, anthropologist, mask maker, photographer, director Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak. (Anchorage Daily News)
Early Anchorage theater figure dies Sep 22, 2009
His writing included "Cry of the Wild Ram," about the early Russian settlements in Alaska, which was presented outdoors in Kodiak for several summers. He also wrote the libretto for "Toyon," an opera by New York composer Willard Straight, on the same subject, commissioned for the centennial of the purchase of Alaska, and a musical, "Song of the Great Land.". (Anchorage Daily News)
Colony High students, community need a splash Sep 18, 2009
When we were in Kodiak for football, I saw they re building a new pool. It upsets me that they support their youths sports and here we say there are already pools at Wasilla and Palmer, said football coach and physical education teacher, Tom Lincoln. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Short week for Anchorage football Sep 16, 2009
In the small-schools poll, Kenai, Eielson and Soldotna held onto the top three spots, while Kodiak moved up one spot to No. 4 and Nikiski entered the poll at No. 5. EAST VS SOUTH. (Anchorage Daily News)
Wasilla boys finish second in Homer Invitational Sep 15, 2009
Longs efforts helped the Warriors finish with 64 total points, four shy of first-place Kodiak ... 16, while second-place Elyse Johnston, of Kodiak, finished at 26 ... Kodiak, 1 minute, 56. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Warmer winters let geese skip trip south Sep 15, 2009
During freeze-ups around Izembek Lagoon, the birds can find smaller feeding areas on nearby islands or perhaps the west side of Kodiak. But after that, it's a 1,200-mile flight to food in British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands. (Juneau Empire)
Court backs illegal guiding conviction Sep 15, 2009
ANCHORAGE - The Alaska Court of Appeals has upheld a 30-day jail term given to a Kodiak man convicted of illegally guiding a hunting party in 2006 ... ANCHORAGE - The Alaska Court of Appeals has upheld a 30-day jail term given to a Kodiak man convicted of illegally guiding a hunting party in 2006 ... Blondin was charged with several violations after being accused of leading hunts around Kodiak Island for Sitka black-tailed deer, bear and other game. (Juneau Empire)
Home school: Making the grade? Sep 13, 2009
Then others come in and are disastrous," he said. LeDoux said he carries over his concerns from when he was a school administrator on Kodiak Island. "Am I concerned about some of the kids who are home-schooled or not doing well or not receiving the education they need. Yes," he said. "Do I think it happens out there. (Anchorage Daily News)
Octopus demand up; study needed Sep 13, 2009
KODIAK -- State and federal researchers are partnering with Alaska divers to learn more about octopus in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea ... Researchers are asking divers near Kodiak, Dutch Harbor and Juneau to watch for octopus, and to note the size, general location, time and date, and whether other octopus are in the vicinity ... Laine Welch is a Kodiak-based fisheries journalist. (Anchorage Daily News)
