Laura Rokey, a former Coast Guard SPAR, and Lt. Cmdr. Michele Schallip, commanding officer of the Kodiak-based Cutter SPAR, tour the ship while it was moored in Petersburg on Saturday.Rokey, now 94, was one of more than 11,000 women to serve in the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve during World War II. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Cutter SPAR

Coast Guard members form a human chain during wet drill in Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska, Wednesday, Oct. 31. 2012.The human chain is just one of many open water survival formations Air Station Kodiak rescue swimmers teach Coast Guard members during annual wet drill exercises. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg

Abbey Raymer, age 10, a student at Peterson Elementary School, climbs out of the cab of a Coast Guard Fire and Rescue fire truck at Base Kodiak, Alaska, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. Like Abbey, all of the students were allowed to climb inside of the response vehicles, play with the sirens and lights and don firefighting equipment as part of …

Left, two children wait at the Coast Guard Base Kodiak Alaska pier for their father to return from his three month training exercise in Honolulu, Oct. 1, 2012. Family and friends waited at the pier with pets and homemade signs to celebrate the homecoming of the crew. Below, Chief Petty Officer Andrew Pack, an electronics technician aboard the Munro, embraces …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School Bears football team is still winless on its brand new artificial turf field at Baranof Park. The Homer Mariners, who had been tied with the Bears in second place of the Northern Lights Conference, blanked Kodiak Monday night 20-to-nothing. The Bears had previously lost to arch-rivals Soldotna last week, in the first game after …

Maggie Wall/KMXT A number of Kodiak Island residents felt the shake of a moderate earthquake which struck off Ahkiok late Monday afternoon. The Alaska Tsunami Warning Center reports that the quake occurred at 5:45 p.m. Monday and was located 90 southwest of the city of Kodiak. Paul Whitmore, the center’s director, said this (Tuesday) afternoon that the initial magnitude of …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT This weekend community members will have a chance to ditch the Xtra Tuff boots and rain gear for their finest dancing attire. The Humane Society of Kodiak is hosting the second annual Hairball. Humane Society President Karen Yashin joined KMXT’s Talk of the Rock yesterday to talk about the upcoming event and what attendees can expect.

Coast Guard police officers Joe Lovette and Rachel Ranstead raise the POW MIA flag and Coast Guard ensign while Coast Guard fire fighters Luke Nymeyer and Patrick Callahan raise the National Ensign and firefighter Daniel Smith renders honors for morning colors in front of assembled Coast Guardsmen at Coast Guard Base Kodiak, Alaska, in observance of Sept. 11, Tuesday, Sept. …

Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska The Alaska Marine Highway System has a new logo. The retro blue-and-white image includes a ferry surrounded by a circle with the system’s name, plus an orange anniversary banner. Officials say the shape is inspired by portholes of oceangoing vessels. The colors represent the ocean and waves ferries sail through. Department of Transportation spokesman Jeremy Woodrow says it’s …

Jay Barrett/KMXT It’s a big sports weekend here in Kodiak. Besides the rodeo and mud-bogging out at the fairgrounds, pretty much every high school athlete will be in action today or tomorrow. Starting at 4 this afternoon the volleyball C-team hosts the Soldotna Stars in the high school gym. JV plays at 5:30 and varsity at 7. At 5, the …