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Alaskan Named Honorary Consul from Philippines

Rosemarie Alexander/KTOO More than 25,000 of America’s 3.4-million Filipinos live in Alaska. In recognition of that fact, the Philippines ambassador and consul general to San Francisco are in Juneau this week to celebrate the appointment of the first Honorary Consul of the Republic of the Philippines to the state of Alaska. Rosemarie Alexander has more.

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Alaska to Use TurboProp on Kodiak Route

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The Bombardier Q400 will begin service between Anchorage and Kodiak in March 2014. Alaska Air photo Jay Barrett/KMXT Starting next March, travelers to and from Kodiak on Alaska Airlines will be flying in something other than a Boeing 737. The air carrier announced it will start flying the Bombardier Q-400 on several of its routes, including Anchorage to Kodiak. The …

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Coast Guard Wraps Up Kulluk Hearing

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Coast Guard’s formal hearing into what led to the Royal Shell Oil drilling unit Kulluk to go aground on Sitkalidak Island New Year’s Eve has concluded. The nine-day public hearing was held at the Loussac Library in Anchorage. Witnesses who testified came from the Coast Guard, Shell, Noble Drilling, GL Noble Denton, Offshore Rig Mover’s International, Crowley, …

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Navy SEALs Get OK to Train on State Land

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — The state has approved a request from the Naval Special Warfare center in Kodiak to conduct training missions on state land. The Navy submitted its request in April, asking to use state land for training purposes up to six times per year. In approving the proposal, the state Department of Natural Resources said camping is allowed …

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Murkowski Speaks Out on Ex-Aide’s Lobbying Job

Jay Barrett/KMXT Last month we reported that Arne Fuglvog of Petersburg has turned lobbyist and launched the Washington State-based Coastal Resource Strategies just weeks after being released from federal prison last fall. He served five months after pleading guilty to illegally misreporting the catch of about $100,000 worth of sablefish. His former boss, Alaska senior Senator Lisa Murkowski, had been …

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Increasing Demand Hits Salvation Army Food Bank

Jay Barrett/KMXT One of Kodiak’s two food banks is ringing the alarm bell due to an unexpectedly high demand in recent weeks. Liz Tafoya, a Salvation Army soldier who oversees the food bank operation says there could be many factors driving the increased demand. “We’ve been seeing a larger influx of people over the last three weeks to a month. …

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Two More Co-Conspirators Sentenced in Trident Embezzlement

Jay Barrett/KMXT Two more sentences have been handed down in the Kodiak-based Trident Seafoods embezzlement scheme. A 31-year-old Kodiak man and a 35-year-old Texas woman were sentenced today (Tuesday) by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Ralph Beistline for their role in embezzling over a half-million dollars from the seafood company. Jeremy Smith of Kodiak was sentenced to 28-months in prison …

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