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Boston Marathon runner Howard Valley, 64, from Kodiak is safe
and uninjured according to his wife Aeran. She said Mr. Valley finished the
race at 2:10 p.m. EDT (10:10 a.m. ADT), about an hour before the blasts
occurred near the finish line.
Coast Guardsman Matthew Breckel, once stationed in Kodiak,
was in the race and is reported by friends to be OK as well.
Forty-one
(41) Alaskans were registered for the race.
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A long time fixture in the halls of the state capital retired yesterday. He was an even longer fixture in Kodiak, and is now on his way out of state. Doug Letch, aide to Senator Gary Stevens attended his final legislative hearings late last week in the State House, sitting in for his boss.
Letch was answering questions from the House Finance Committee about Stevens’ bill expanding the Marine Transportation Advisory Board by one seat and designating it for the Homer-Kodiak area.
The committee was receptive to the bill, and discussion soon turned to Letch’s retiremen, when Representative Bill Stoltz took a few minutes to say goodbye to Letch and praise his hard work over the years.
Letch first came to Kodiak as a newscaster for KMXT radio, after working at public radio stations in Dillingham and McGrath. He was one of the founders of the Kodiak Football League over a decade ago.
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Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell was in Colorado Springs last week participating in the National Space Symposium, in conjunction with the annual business meeting of the Aerospace States Association, which he chairs.
While there, Treadwell invited the aerospace community to consider Alaska, and particularly the Kodiak Launch Complex, as a strategic resource for the nation.
He said state policies help Alaska become a leader in space, from infrastructure, such as the KLC, to science, technology, engineering and math education programs in the schools.
He said Alaska’s space leadership for the next generation depends on having kids who are excited about the amazing things space activity does for earth every day.
The 29th National Space Symposium, hosted annually by the Space Foundation, gathered 9,000 members of the worldwide aerospace community to discuss the industry's outlook. The agenda included a special focus on the industry's role in cyber security and America's role in space.
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On Saturday, the state Legislature passed Representative Alan Austerman’s bill to request a next-generation Coast Guard cutter be homeported in Alaska.
The resolution will be forwarded to Washington D.C. urging construction of more “Legend-Class National Security Cutters” and designating one for Kodiak.
Austerman said as the world’s attention turns toward the arctic, that it’s more important than ever to base a National Security Cutter here.
Though Coast Guard Base Kodiak is the largest in the nation and closest to the Arctic, Austerman pointed out that it’s still more than 1,000 miles away from the Chukchi Sea, and also encouraged the federal government to increase maritime presence in northern waters.
So far, the Department of Homeland Security has completed acquisition of five NSC vessels, three of which are in service out of California, while a fourth is under construction and a contract has been awarded for a fifth vessel. The original plan was to build eight of the 418-foot ships, though no contracts exist for construction of the last three.
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The 34th annual ComFish in Kodiak kicked off on Thursday. The event is Alaska’s largest commercial fishery trade show and dozens of vendors packed the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center to showcase their goods and services. KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs was there to talk with the diverse crowd and hear their thoughts on ComFish 2013.
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