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Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School Bears wrestling squad took sixth in the 39-team Lancer Smith Invitational over the weekend at Palmer High School. South edged Wasilla by a point-and-a-half to claim the title. Leo Sega took the title at 285-pounds, while Andrew Caballa at 120 and Kerry Powers at 195 were both second. The Bears have this weekend off, …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It was a day that forever changed Kodiak. On March 27, 1964, a 9.2 magnitude earthquake shook Alaska and generated a tsunami that washed away coastal communities, forcing towns like Kodiak to rebuild in the years that followed. It’s been almost 50 years since that Good Friday earthquake, and The Kodiak Daily Mirror and Baranov Museum wanted to …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak High School has produced some talented athletes over the years, and many have continued on to play collegiate sports. Senior Hannah Wandersee has those aspirations, and has been busy reviewing game tapes and talking with college coaches about her athletic future. Wandersee was the outside hitter for the high school’s volleyball team, and just wrapped up a …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Alaska State Troopers are asking for the public’s help in locating a wanted Kodiak man. Brandon Timpke, 23, is wanted on a $500,000 arrest warrant for weapons and drug charges. Last week troopers arrested Timpke in Kodiak on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear in court. He was then charged with driving with a revoked license …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak’s recent snowfall left parts of town covered with a bit of ice this week. That is, until the rain washed much of it away, of course. But a sizeable patch of ice remained, and will remain in the months to come. The Ice Rink at Baranov Park opened up earlier this month and has been busy catering …

Jay Barrett/KMXT With a grant from the Rasmuson Foundation’s Art Acquisition Fund, the Alutiiq Museum has four new pieces of art, created by three local artists. They include two mixed-media dolls made by Jacqueline Madsen, a soapstone oil lamp by Sandee Drabek, and a yellow cedar kayak water pump by Peter Lind Junior. Marnie Leist, the museum’s curator of collections, …

Jay Barrett/KMXT After years of having zero representation on the state’s Marine Transportation Advisory Board, Kodiak’s mayor has been appointed to a new seat representing Southcentral Alaska. On Wednesday, the governor’s office announced the appointment of Pat Branson to the M-TAB. She was an early voice calling for local representation on the board that advises the Department of Transportation on …

Coming up this week, after a one-year experiment, there’ll again be no tanner crab season in the Eastern Aleutians next year; the sea cucumber season is winding down, and not everyone in Southeast got in on this year’s salmon bonanza. We had help this week from KUCB’s Annie Ropeik and Lauren Rosenthal in Unalaska, KFSK’s Matt Lichtenstein in Petersburg and …