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The Greenpeace ship Esperanza pulled into Kodiak on Tuesday. The 236-foot vessel is headed to Dutch Harbor and then the Arctic Ocean in response to Shell Oil’s drilling plans in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas this summer. Maggie Wall/KMXT photo Alexandra Gutierrez/KUCB Greenpeace is making its way north as part of its campaign against Arctic drilling. The Esperanza pulled into …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Alaska Aerospace Corporation could soon have a new CEO – or start searching for one. Dale Nash, who has been CEO for four and a half years, is moving on to be the executive director at the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, starting July 31st. He’s been with Alaska Aerospace since 2007. Nash was not available for comment …

The Associated Press The Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority has named a new executive director. The authority’s board of directors announced Wednesday that it has selected Dale Nash, currently the CEO of the Alaska Aerospace Corporation. He begins his new position July 31. He will replace Dr. Billie Reed, who has served as executive director since the authority was established …

Coming up this week: It looks like a sizable payday is in store for Norton Sound crabbers this summer, ASMI awards its first sustainability certification, and in what might be a harbinger of things to come for Alaska salmon, Russian sockeye are fetching much lower prices in Japan this summer. We had help from KNOM’s Matthew Smith in Nome, KFSK’s …

Jay Barrett/KMXT With the federal government’s approval yesterday of Alaska legislative districts, local Democratic Party leaders are planning a meeting for Monday to elect new officers in a house district that now includes much of Prince William Sound.

Ellen Lockyer/KSKA The U.S. Justice Department late Wednesday afternoon gave its approval — or preclearance — to Alaska’s new redistricting plan. Alaska Redistricting Board Chair Taylor Bickford says the Amended Proclamation Plan can now be used as a voting map for the November elections. The DOJ approval came in the form of a letter to the Redistricting Board. The move …

Kodiak’s Trevor Dunbar qualified Monday night for the finals of the 5,000 meter race at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon. He runs in the finals tonight (Thursday) at 6:30 Alaska time against some of the best runners in the nation. Looking back on the third-place finish of his heat Monday night, Dunbar, a sophomore at …

Jay Barrett/KMXT and Associated Press Coast Guard Communications Station Kodiak is getting a new commanding officer. A change of command ceremony is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday, when Lt. Cmdr. Paul Salerno will take over for Cmdr. Peter Van Ness. Van Ness, who held the post for three years, will move to an assignment at Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, …