Aleksashkina, AK News RSS Feed - YourStreet http://www.yourstreet.com/news/aleksashkina-ak The latest Aleksashkina, AK news updated hourly from thousands of sources. To see this news on a map, visit YourStreet.com. en-us Target drone launch planned from Kodiak Associated Press - December 1, 2008 3:54 PM ET KODIAK, Alaska (AP) - The Missile Defense Agency is planning to launch a target drone from the Kodiak Launch Complex. http://www.yourstreet.com/4765387/target-drone-launch-planned-from-kodiak Missile Defense Agency plans launch Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) The Missile Defense Agency is planning another launch of a target drone from Kodiak sometime in the next week. As it does before... http://www.yourstreet.com/4765200/missile-defense-agency-plans-launch Coast Guard helps coordinate Santa visits Associated Press - November 28, 2008 5:54 PM ET KODIAK, Alaska (AP) - Santa Claus will be making appearances in native villages on Kodiak Island next week, courtesy of the U.S. http://www.yourstreet.com/4750021/coast-guard-helps-coordinate-santa-visits Airman recovering from Kodiak bear attack A Malmstrom airman returned home with more than 140 stitches in his left side and neck after being attacked by grizzly bears Oct. 26 in a remote region of Kodiak Island, Alaska. http://www.yourstreet.com/4746767/airman-recovering-from-kodiak-bear-attack Austerman's Lead Grows Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) The Alaska Division of Elections released an updated vote count this (Tuesday) afternoon, that included all outstanding votes for... http://www.yourstreet.com/4675724/austerman-s-lead-grows More Votes to be Counted in Dist. 36 Race Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) There are now even more votes left to count in the District 36 State House race between Alan Austerman and Andy Lundquist. The... http://www.yourstreet.com/4619506/more-votes-to-be-counted-in-dist-36-race Coalition selects Kodiak senator as its president Sen. Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, one of the architects of the current Bipartisan Working Group coalition, will be Senate president in the 26th Alaska Legislature. http://www.yourstreet.com/4586895/coalition-selects-kodiak-senator-as-its-president Stevens, Chenault to lead Senate, House A coalition of 10 Democrats and three Republicans achieved "a pretty delicate balance" Thursday and put Kodiak's Gary Stevens in as state Senate president for the next session... http://www.yourstreet.com/4585902/stevens-chenault-to-lead-senate-house Judge hears Exxon Valdez payout challenge Associated Press - November 6, 2008 9:24 PM ET KODIAK, Alaska (AP) - An attorney for plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez lawsuit says federal court Judge H. http://www.yourstreet.com/4580775/judge-hears-exxon-valdez-payout-challenge Senate coalition selects Stevens as President Sen. Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, one of the architects of the current Bipartisan Working Group coalition, will be Senate president in the 26th Alaska Legislature. http://www.yourstreet.com/4580491/senate-coalition-selects-stevens-as-president Kodiak Election Breakdown House District 36 Tally (images/stories/housedistrict36tally.pdf) (PDF) Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.Barrett@kmxt.org) Voter turn out in Tuesday's General Election was moderate... http://www.yourstreet.com/4619513/kodiak-election-breakdown Austerman and Lundquist Race Remains Tight Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) There has been no change in the District 36 election report all day today. The numbers that came in at 12:30 this morning remain... http://www.yourstreet.com/4619509/austerman-and-lundquist-race-remains-tight Chiniak Relay Results Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) Four teams finished the 11th annual Chiniak to Kodiak Relay race on Saturday. The winning team, made up of five high schoolers and... http://www.yourstreet.com/4619512/chiniak-relay-results Kodiak Girls Dominate Region Swim Meet Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) The Kodiak girls swim team won every race, and 11 of 12 events, at the Region Three Championships over the weekend in Valdez on... http://www.yourstreet.com/4619514/kodiak-girls-dominate-region-swim-meet Mayday call went unheard at Kodiak Coast Guard station A marine board investigating the sinking of a fishing vessel says a mayday call was recorded at the Coast Guard station in Kodiak but not heard. http://www.yourstreet.com/4519127/mayday-call-went-unheard-at-kodiak-coast-guard-station Uyak Bay Whale Freed From Entanglement Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kxt.org) The humpback whale that had been towing around a crab pot buoy line it was entangled in has been set free. Bree Witteveen, a whale... http://www.yourstreet.com/4619519/uyak-bay-whale-freed-from-entanglement Bears maul Montana hunter on Kodiak Island Associated Press - October 29, 2008 11:25 AM ET KODIAK, Alaska (AP) - A 31-year-old Montana deer hunter mauled by a sow grizzly bear and two cubs on Kodiak Island has been... http://www.yourstreet.com/4511770/bears-maul-montana-hunter-on-kodiak-island Montana deer hunter rescued after being mauled by Kodiak bears A Montana man badly mauled in a bear attack in a remote region of Kodiak Island and unable to get help holed up in a cabin with his hunting partner for two days before being... http://www.yourstreet.com/4508738/montana-deer-hunter-rescued-after-being-mauled-by-kodiak-bears Only 1 humpback now seen tangled in line in Uyak Bay KODIAK -- The latest aerial photographs examining the reported entanglement of two whales show just one humpback tangled in a Kodiak Island bay. http://www.yourstreet.com/4508741/only-1-humpback-now-seen-tangled-in-line-in-uyak-bay Hunter rescued after Kodiak bear attack A Montana man badly mauled in a bear attack in a remote region of Kodiak Island and unable to get help holed up in a cabin with his hunting partner for two days before being... http://www.yourstreet.com/4507885/hunter-rescued-after-kodiak-bear-attack Baranof Park Improvements Endangered Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and the Kodiak City Council updated each other on their projects - joint and otherwise - at a... http://www.yourstreet.com/4619522/baranof-park-improvements-endangered Hunter Mauled In Viekoda Bay Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) A 31-year-old deer hunter was rescued Tuesday afternoon after being mauled Sunday by a Kodiak brown bear and her two cubs. Matthew... http://www.yourstreet.com/4619524/hunter-mauled-in-viekoda-bay Photographs show 1 whale entangled in Kodiak bay Associated Press - October 28, 2008 4:28 PM ET KODIAK, Alaska (AP) - The latest aerial photographs show just one whale tangled in a Kodiak Island bay. http://www.yourstreet.com/4503243/photographs-show-1-whale-entangled-in-kodiak-bay Photos show single whale entangled KODIAK - The latest aerial photographs examining the scene of a reported whale entanglement show just one humpback tangled in a Kodiak Island bay. A biologist and pilot for the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4503933/photos-show-single-whale-entangled Buoy line snares 2 whales, tying them together in Uyak Bay KODIAK -- Two whales were spotted entangled in the same buoy line in a long bay that nearly bisects Kodiak Island. http://www.yourstreet.com/4498757/buoy-line-snares-2-whales-tying-them-together-in-uyak-bay 2 whales entangled in buoy line Associated Press - October 27, 2008 9:24 PM ET KODIAK, Alaska (AP) - Two whales were spotted entangled in the same buoy line in a long bay that nearly bisects Kodiak Island. http://www.yourstreet.com/4496179/2-whales-entangled-in-buoy-line Whales Tangled In Fishing Buoy In Uyak Bay Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) A pair of large whales were spotted today (Monday) entangled in the same buoy line in Uyak Bay. The whales were first seen by... http://www.yourstreet.com/4619527/whales-tangled-in-fishing-buoy-in-uyak-bay Alaska hunters bags big back door bear ANCHORAGE, Alaska Not often does a man open the back door of his home, poke out the barrel of his rifle and shoot a monster-size grizzly in Alaska. Maybe the door of a cabin... http://www.yourstreet.com/4476252/alaska-hunters-bags-big-back-door-bear Man Jumps Off Western Dock Casey Kelly/KMXT (mailto:casey.kelly@kmxt.org) Emergency crews responded to the dock at Western Alaska Fisheries in Kodiak this afternoon (Thursday), after a man stripped naked... http://www.yourstreet.com/4619534/man-jumps-off-western-dock Katmai Update - Four Survivors Found Anne Hillman/KUCB (mailto:anne@kucb.org), Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) A 92-foot cod fishing and processing vessel is missing in the Aleutian Islands. The... http://www.yourstreet.com/4619554/katmai-update-four-survivors-found Kodiak Fishing Boat 'Katmai' Missing Off Adak Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) The Coast Guard is searching for 11 fishermen from the Kodiak-based fishing vessel Katmai after responding to an emergency beacon... http://www.yourstreet.com/4619548/kodiak-fishing-boat-katmai-missing-off-adak Spar to tow vessel to Kodiak Associated Press - October 20, 2008 4:34 PM ET KODIAK, Alaska (AP) - The Coast Guard will tow a disabled fishing vessel to Kodiak. The 58-foot Equinox, a Petersburg-based... http://www.yourstreet.com/4434904/spar-to-tow-vessel-to-kodiak Coast Guard Assists Drifting Equinox Casey Kelly/KMXT (mailto:casey.kelly@kmxt.org) The Coast Guard cutter Spar is assisting a disabled fishing vessel that lost power about 270 miles southeast of Kodiak over the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4619547/coast-guard-assists-drifting-equinox Championship Not In The Stars For Bears Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) For the third straight year the Kodiak High School Bears football team made it to the state small schools championship game. But... http://www.yourstreet.com/4619552/championship-not-in-the-stars-for-bears