Tag Archives: Kodiak

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 …

Jay Barrett/KMXT A Kodiak High School alum will be competing for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team today. Trevor Dunbar, an all-American sophomore at the University of Oregon, will compete in the 5,000 meter preliminary this evening. Dunbar was the 25th qualifier for the 25 places, and had been "on the bubble" until Saturday, when other …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak Island Borough Mayor Jerome Selby participated in the Alaska Rocket and Space Summit last Thursday, though had to do so via teleconference since the assembly had a meeting that night. He said folks attending were from Lockheed, Boeing and other launch clients and launch facilitators, including Frank DiBello, the CEO of Space Florida.

Ellen Lockyer/KSKA Senate President Gary Stevens of Kodiak hosted the Alaska Rocket and Space Summit at the Anchorage legislative information office Thursday. The day long session featured presentations from representatives of successful aerospace enterprises in Florida and Utah, and from Alaska agencies like the state Department of Transportation and the Alaska Aerospace Corporation. In trying to catch up with the …

Jay Barrett/KMXT There has been another shooting death in Kodiak. The Alaska State Troopers say 28-year-old Justen Nixon of Kodiak was shot at 3:18 a.m. Saturday morning while at a house party on Spruce Cape Road. The Alaska Bureau of Investigation – a branch of the state troopers – is looking into the shooting. Trooper spokesman Tim DeSpain says Nixon …