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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, …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The first company to be given ASMI’s new sustainability seal of approval is Triad Fisheries of Bothell, Washington. The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute awarded the "Alaska Seafood Responsible Fisheries Certification" earlier this month.

Left to right: Oregon’s Trevor Dunbar, Stanford’s Elliott Heath, Nike’s Hohamed Trafeh and U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program SPC Robert Cheseret finish the first heat of the men’s 5,000-meter preliminaries June 25 at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps, IMCOM Public Affairs Jay …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Two Alaskans were re-appointed, and a Washington State man was named to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council Monday. The announcements were made by Sam Rauch, deputy assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries. Dan Hull and Ed Dersham, both of Anchorage, were reappointed to designated Alaskan seats on the council, while Craig Cross was appointed to a Washington-designated seat. …

Jay Barrett/KMXT While the Kodiak Island Borough searches for a new manager, the director of the borough’s community development department has been filling in. Bud Cassidy gave the borough assembly a brief update of on-going projects at Thursday night’s meeting.

Jay Barrett/KMXT The U.S. Army vessel Monterrey left Woman’s Bay, where it had been tied up at Lash Dock for over a week. Army Reserve Major Annemarie Daneker says the 174-foot landing craft left at about 3 p.m. Sunday, under tow, for Seward. Daneker says the ship is now under the supervision of the Naval Sea Systems Command, and all …