Kodiak to get state relief for storm damage Nov 10, 2009
ANCHORAGE - Gov. Sean Parnell has declared a state disaster for storm damage last month on Kodiak Island ... ANCHORAGE - Gov. Sean Parnell has declared a state disaster for storm damage last month on Kodiak Island. (Juneau Empire)
Scientists: Surface permafrost may vanish in Alaska Nov 8, 2009
Virtually all of Alaska is a potential permafrost region, with only Southeast, the Aleutians and Kodiak Island spared from common permafrost patches. The North Slope and Brooks Range are almost entirely blanketed with permafrost, and most of interior Alaska is constantly frozen. (Juneau Empire)
Fairbanks woman dies from swine flu in October Nov 6, 2009
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)
• An angel with fixed wings Nov 1, 2009
Her mother Jessica Gardner, a single mother of two, was working full-time at the Kodiak Island Housing Authority when their world came to a screeching halt. One day, Sickafoose was playing and thought she might have a broken arm. (Juneau Empire)
Kodiak communities receive siren grants Oct 21, 2009
KODIAK - Three communities on Kodiak Island will receive federal money for emergency sirens ... KODIAK - Three communities on Kodiak Island will receive federal money for emergency sirens ... Kodiak Island Borough community development director Bud Cassidy says in Akhiok and Ouzinkie, sirens need to be replaced or moved. (Juneau Empire)
Native community reclaims history of Alutiiq masks Oct 16, 2009
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 surrounding villages in 1871 and 1872, gathering knowledge-and objects-as he went. (OregonLive, OR -- 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)
Readers show off their trophy kills Oct 9, 2009
Location: Kodiak Island, 09-21-2009 Great time with a great friend ... Location: Kodiak Island, 09-21-2009 Great time with a great friend. (Anchorage Daily News)
• Reclaiming tradition Oct 8, 2009
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 surrounding villages in 1871 and 1872, gathering knowledge - and objects - as he went. (Juneau Empire)
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)
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. The first, in 2004, was Katherine Gottlieb, a visionary who went to night school as she worked up from receptionist to president and chief executive officer of Southcentral Foundation, the medical arm of Cook Inlet Region Inc., providing health care services for 40,000 Native Alaskans. (Anchorage Daily News)
Court backs illegal guiding conviction Sep 15, 2009
Blondin was charged with several violations after being accused of leading hunts around Kodiak Island for Sitka black-tailed deer, bear and other game. He appealed his conviction on a number of grounds, including that the jury verdicts against him were inconsistent. (Juneau Empire)
Michele Jensen Thornton Sep 13, 2009
Her father s Coast Guard assignments moved the family from Italy to California to Kodiak Island to Alabama and back to Kodiak. In 1975 the family moved to Ennis, Mont. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
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)
More Pacific brant now find Alaska the place to winter over Sep 11, 2009
A cold snap that froze their food would prompt the birds to move -- first from Izembek to the south side of the Alaska Peninsula, then to offshore islands, the west end of Kodiak Island or even British Columbia -- in an effort to locate food. "They would likely have reserves to fly south to B.C., but we don't know that," Ward said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Anchorage vacancy rate ranks among the lowest in state Sep 9, 2009
Only Kodiak Island Borough's rate of 3. 2 percent was lower among the areas surveyed. (Anchorage Daily News)
Weekend schedule and results Sep 5, 2009
5:30 p.m.: Kodiak Island Drummers. 8 p.m.: Medicine Dream. (Anchorage Daily News)
Firm aims to bring broadband to rural Alaska Aug 29, 2009
which already provides broadband service linking the Peninsula and Kodiak Island to Anchorage, is hoping to win federal stimulus money to extend its undersea fiber-optic cables out the Aleutian chain and to Western Alaska and the North Slope. In all, 150 communities would get broadband, the company says. (Anchorage Daily News)
Snap of twig alerts dog-walker to charging grizzly Aug 14, 2009
Brush contrasts Kenai bears to those on Kodiak Island, which has one of the highest bear densities in the world -- and where brown bears are actively hunted. "If a Kodiak bear sees you or hears you, he's gone," said Brush, who has hunted there. (Anchorage Daily News)
Kodiak schools renew pact with school superintendent Aug 3, 2009
KODIAK -- Superintendent Stewart McDonald has had his contract renewed by the Kodiak Island Borough School District. Story tools. (Anchorage Daily News)
The lure of Alaska Jul 30, 2009
He spoke longingly of maybe going after halibut, or possibly even seeing Kodiak Island. On his budget, salmon from a roadside stream might be a better bet, I thought. (Anchorage Daily News)
Search finds plane 100 feet down in lake muck Jul 28, 2009
As a diver, Lloyd has found big shipwrecks in Alaska, including the Torrent, a historic sailing vessel that struck a reef and sank near Port Graham in 1868, and the SS Aleutian, a steamship that went down in 1929 off Kodiak Island. Maybe he could find Legler's lost plane. (Anchorage Daily News)
Do you worry about sharks in the ocean? Jul 25, 2009
Just as I would not go hiking on Kodiak Island due to the enormous and aggressive bear population, I wouldn t swim in common great white waters. They re known for attacking anything that looks like a seal (and we do, especially from below), and they re big enough so that their bites are lethal or horribly mangling. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Tiny airports take off with stimulus Jul 15, 2009
The village of Ouzinkie on Kodiak Island is one of the remotest outposts in the United States -- home to a mere 165 people. There are no stores, no gas stations and no stoplights. (Anchorage Daily News)
Coast Guard helps sinking boat near Kodiak Island Jul 9, 2009
KODIAK - The U.S. Coast Guard assisted a 50-foot fishing vessel that started sinking on the northwest side of Kodiak Island in Spiridon Bay ... KODIAK - The U.S. Coast Guard assisted a 50-foot fishing vessel that started sinking on the northwest side of Kodiak Island in Spiridon Bay. (Juneau Empire)
Usibelli coal reserves greater than thought Jul 7, 2009
Kodiak Island Health Care Foundation -- $433,571. Cross Road Medical Center in Glennallen -- $447,810. (Anchorage Daily News)
Kodiak Island sport fishing restrictions tightened Jul 1, 2009
The depleted Kodiak Island salmon fisheries absorbed two more body blows on Tuesday ... Given the spread of faltering runs -- particularly of kings -- from Kodiak Island all the way to the Stikine River in Southeast Alaska, many fisheries biologists believe there's a problem in the ocean. (Anchorage Daily News)
State to halt Ship Creek sport fishing starting Monday Jun 27, 2009
Many rivers are weathering weak king runs, with closures ranging from the Deshka River to Kodiak Island in an effort to protect the fragile runs. The order closes Ship Creek to all sport fishing from Fish and Game markers 100 feet upstream of the Chugach Power Plant dam to the upstream side of the Reeve Boulevard Bridge through Sept. 30. (Anchorage Daily News)
Coast Guard suspends hunt for crewman Jun 27, 2009
The search area is about 750 miles southwest of Alaska's Kodiak Island. Two Coast Guard helicopters covered a search area of 1,700 square miles. (Anchorage Daily News)
Men rescued after two days adrift in skiff Jun 23, 2009
With makeshift paddles, they reached the Larisa M. at 10:30 p.m. Saturday and called the Coast Guard, which launched a search from Kodiak Island. But time was running out for Whitehead and Osterback. (Anchorage Daily News)
Gulf of Alaska's salmon become scarce Jun 21, 2009
Fisheries biologists have been talking about PDO ever since, but it took on a new significance last year after ocean temperatures dipped and Kodiak Island, Susitna Valley and Kenai Peninsula king runs all plummeted ... And the return to the Karluk River on Kodiak Island plummeted to less than 800 fish, a fraction of the 4,000 to 6,000 that had been coming back there for years ... Given the spread of faltering runs from Kodiak Island all the way to the Stikine River in Southeast Alaska, fisheries... (Anchorage Daily News)
Break Into Marine Biology the Hardy... May 25, 2009
Somewhere off Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska, the sea sick observer is cold and puking in rough seas. His hands are punctured raw with rockfish spines. (Suite101.com)
Earthquake swarm hits Kodiak Island region May 17, 2009
Kodiak Island was slammed on Friday and Saturday by a swarm of earthquakes, one with a magnitude of 5. 9. (Anchorage Daily News)
Earthquakes hit Alaska May 17, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska: Alaska's Kodiak Island is being slammed by a swarm of earthquakes, one with a magnitude of 5 ... Alaska's Kodiak Island is being slammed by a swarm of earthquakes, one with a magnitude of 5. (India Times, India)
Alaska Newsreader: Truck-surfing raven captured on video May 9, 2009
VILLAGE SCHOOLS: MUSIC LESSONS FROM AFAR : Students in Kodiak Island villages may be able to take music lessons through video teleconferencing if the new efforts of the Kodiak Island Borough School District come to fruition. Currently, the district's rural schools only have music education if a teacher also happens to be a musician. (Anchorage Daily News)
Photos reveal hitchhiker's epic adventure Apr 19, 2009
I particularly enjoyed the shots of Alaska fishermen from his stint on a salmon boat out of Kodiak Island. Cars and trucks weren't the only modes of transportation that Cody hitched a ride on. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Air Force Academy Space Fleet Continues to Grow Apr 15, 2009
" The satellite measures in as a 60 by 69 by 96 centimeter cube with a mass of 160.7 kilograms. Cadets are scheduled to complete the flight model of FalconSAT-5 this semester. "We expect to deliver the satellite for launch Oct. 1," Cadet Phillips said. Once the delivery is accepted, FalconSAT-5 will be one of several payloads prepped for a December launch, on the secondary payload adaptor of a Minotaur rocket. That rocket will be launched from the Kodiak Launch Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska.... (DOD DefenseLINK)
Candidate Q&A: What should city do about the prospect of more bear attacks in parks this summer? Mar 25, 2009
Tell the state Fish and Game department to catch all the bears and ship them to Kodiak Island so they will never come back to Anchorage. Bob "Joker" Lupo. (Anchorage Daily News)
Hotel Captain Cook's going to the birds for a good reason Mar 18, 2009
We call him Kodi because he came from Kodiak Island. He's a Northwestern crow, one of the stars of Bird TLC's education program. (Anchorage Daily News)
Injury turns Port Lions hoops team into 4-girl squad Mar 17, 2009
Players are hard to come by in Port Lions, a town of about 200 on Kodiak Island ... Maughan, who didn't want to miss his senior season, joined the team in Old Harbor, about a 25-minute plane ride to the southeast part of Kodiak Island ... On game days, the Kodiak Island Borough School District paid for Maughan to fly to Old Harbor's home and away games. (Anchorage Daily News)
Ellen Anne Valley Feb 22, 2009
Ellen has been a resident in Wasilla for 11 years and previously in Kodiak Island for 37 years. She has had multiple jobs as a bookkeeper, cashier and a taxi driver. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Father's bow shot kills grizzly attacking his son (3) Feb 12, 2009
264mag wrote on Sep 26, 2008 12:41 PM:" WoW, what a story, congratulations on staying alive!!! I have never hunted in Wyoming, but it is on my list to do so. I have hunted on Kodiak Island, Alaska and spending 11 nights in a tent with the "Big Furry critters" roaming outside is enough to make for alot of lost sleep. The daytime encounters were numerous with only one close call and at no time did the thought ever cross my mind to play dead. To me, from what I saw, playing dead would have meant... (Cody Enterprise, WY)
