Tag Archives: Jerrol Friend

New Kodiak Island Borough Mayor Sworn In

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough has a new mayor. Assemblyman Dan Rohrer left his assembly seat in order to take over from Jerrol Friend, whose term expired this month and who had served as borough mayor since October 2013. Rohrer ran unopposed at the recent municipal elections and won 1,983 votes. At the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly regular meeting …

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Election Profile: Borough Mayor Candidate Dan Rohrer

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A new borough mayor will take over following the election in October – it’ll be current Borough Assemblyman Dan Rohrer, who says he’ll exchange one position for another because he’s running unopposed. Rohrer grew up in Kodiak and has lived on island for most of his life. He bought Kodiak’s chain of two Subway restaurants soon after earning …

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Alaska Aerospace Gets MDA Funding for Interceptor Tests from Kodiak

How the THAAD Missile system works. Lockheed Martin Staff Report The Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska will soon be testing interceptor missiles for the United States military in Pasagshak. The Missile Defense Agency announced Thursday that it is awarding a contract potentially worth $80-million to the Alaska Aerospace Corporation to test missile interceptors. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD missile, …

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