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            A long-time public figure in Kodiak died Monday evening. Dave Woodruff, who operated Alaska Fresh Seafoods for decades, and who helped shape the community with his service on the Kodiak City Council, passed away in Anchorage after a long fight with cancer.

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            The addition to the Kodiak Community Health Center is just a couple months away from being complete, and with it will come expanded services. Executive Director Brenda Friend spoke at the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce lunch yesterday.

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            Last week the city of Kodiak finally broke ground at the site of its new police station on Mill Bay Road. It was something that was in the works for literally decades. Maggie Wall, producer of The Leg Head Report was a KMXT reporter 25 years ago and remembers covering the issue back then. She reminisced with KMXT's Jay Barrett on the day the ground was broken last week.

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            Former Senator Ted Stevens conviction on charges of concealing gifts has been reversed.  In a Washington D.C. courtroom this morning, Judge Emmett Sullivan called the prosecution misconduct in the Stevens case, "the worst he'd ever seen," and granted a motion to reverse the conviction and drop all charges against the former Senator.

            Stevens told Sullivan his faith in the justice system is restored.

            Inside the courtroom after the ruling, Stevens and his three daughters hugged, and spoke briefly with former staff members. He left the courthouse arm-in-arm with his family, and paused for a smiling picture. Stevens ignored the waiting microphones, but he did say he had a simple message for Alaskans:

            "Tell them all I'm going to enjoy this wonderful day, that's all."

            As he got into a waiting van, Stevens said if he were his colleague Senator Robert Byrd, he would say Hallelujah.  The West Virginian Democrat is known for his "halleluiahs" on the Senate floor.