Refine Search

  •  
  •  
Panel collects details of Shell drill ship towing procedures

...Multiple attempts to maintain tow lines failed, and the vessel ran aground Dec. 31 off tiny Sitkalidak Island, just off Kodiak Island.Custard testified during the second day of Coast Guard hearings on the grounding.The 30-year Coast Guard veteran...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-22/panel-collects-details-shell-drill-ship
State
Rig manager testifies in Shell barge grounding

...it ran aground off tiny Sitkalidak Island, just off Kodiak Island. All 18 people on board were rescued without injury...had lost power. Both vessels began drifting toward Kodiak Island.A Coast Guard cutter and relief tugs reached the scene...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-23/rig-manager-testifies-shell-barge-groun
State
Coast Guard to take testimony on Shell grounding

...Year's Eve in shallow water off Sitkalidak Island, near Kodiak Island.Damage to the ship led to Shell's decision not to...the rocky bottom and towed it to protected waters in Kodiak Island's Kiliuda Bay. It's since been loaded onto a lift...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-20/coast-guard-take-testimony-shell-ground
State
Juneau theater maker teaches in Kodiak

KODIAK - Students in Kodiak have learned how to use drama to improve their writing skills.The Kodiak Island Borough School District brought artist and teacher Ryan Conarro to the community for a two-week residency as part of the Artist...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-08/juneau-theater-maker-teaches-kodiak
Local
UAS Sitka offers Natural History Seminar Series talk on April 18

...throughout Alaska, including the Wrangell and Alaska mountain ranges, Prince William Sound, the Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak Island, Bristol Bay and the Aleutian Chain. Tessler's research interests center on biodiversity conservation. According...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-04-12/uas-sitka-offers-natural-history-sem
Outdoors
Bills with SE impact clear Legislature Friday

...day, Kodiak Republican Rep. Alan Austerman spoke for Senate Bill 24, which creates a new seat for communities on Kodiak Island and the western Kenai Peninsula on the Marine Transportation Advisory Board. The volunteer board advises the governor...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-13/bills-se-impact-clear-legislature-frida
State
Alaska, Southeast unemployment rate drops in March

...Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, was narrowly edged for having the lowest unemployment in the state. It was beaten out by the Kodiak Island and North Slope boroughs, which had 4.6 percent unemployment rates without seasonal adjustment.The seasonally...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-19/alaska-southeast-unemployment-rate-drop
State
Director of Kodiak's Alutiiq Museum resigns

...accomplished that, he said."We've been able to raise a real awareness of the Alutiiq culture for everybody on Kodiak Island, basically around the world," he said. "I feel very good about all of that and moving forward with the next steps...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-08/director-kodiaks-alutiiq-museum-resigns
State
State puts routine TB screening on hold

...supplies of testing materials on-hand and have not begun rationing. Karen Leatherman, a spokeswoman for Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center, said Kodiak's hospital hasn't changed its policies."For the testing part of it, we haven't...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-14/state-puts-routine-tb-screening-hold
State
Finance moves MTAB expansion ahead

...Marquardt, MTAB's representative from Southwest Alaska, and place them into a new Southcentral seat covering the Kodiak Island Borough and the Kachemak Bay communities of Homer and Seldovia."Basically, this gives them an opportunity to have...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-15/finance-moves-mtab-expansion-ahead
State

CONTACT US

  • Switchboard: 907-586-3740
  • Circulation and Delivery: 907-523-2295
  • Newsroom Fax: 907-586-3028
  • Business Fax: 907-586-9097
  • Accounts Receivable: 907-523-2270
  • View the Staff Directory
  • or Send feedback

ADVERTISING

SUBSCRIBER SERVICES

SOCIAL NETWORKING