Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Thursday’s City Council meeting didn’t include an agenda item related to the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, but that didn’t stop a handful of folks from making public comment on it. Almost a dozen people turned out to support those who spoke against the authorization act, also known as NDAA. The attendees are part of a recently formed …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT and Matthew Smith/KNOM As recorded weather forecasts around the state and nation switch to automated voices, Kodiak remains one of the only places in the country that still uses the voices of real people. The forecasts, put out by NOAA Weather Radio, are beamed on radios and VHFs around the state, and are likely familiar sounds in Kodiak …

Casey Kelly/KTOO The U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska has a new commanding officer. Rear Adm. Dan Abel took over from Rear Adm. Tom Ostebo at a change of command ceremony Thursday in Juneau. Ostebo is known for his work in the Arctic, and Abel says he’s ready to continue what his predecessor started. KTOO’s Casey Kelly reports.

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last weekend Kodiak’s Special Olympics athletes put Kodiak on the competitive map when they brought home a combined 12 gold medals. Five athletes made up Kodiak’s powerlifting team, and three of them brought home gold medals in bench press, squat, dead lift and combination. Those athletes were Amy Canavan, Brittany Tregarthen and Chris Kavanaugh. KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs recently …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It was a packed agenda for the City Council’s regular meeting last night, but the governing body managed to get down to business and pass a number of resolutions. First up on the agenda was the city’s FY 2015 budget. City Manager Aimee Kniaziowski gave a run down of the financial figures for the upcoming fiscal year, which …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak residents had a bit of a scare today when the tsunami alert sirens were accidentally sounded throughout the community. While folks are used to hearing the sirens on Wednesdays at 2 p.m. during the weekly test, today’s came just after noon – on a Thursday. The National Tsunami Warning Center didn’t have any alerts posted on its …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Two Kodiak Middle School students are in Anchorage this week participating in the STEM Career Explorations program. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and the explorations program encourages kids to pursue those career fields by allowing them to participate in STEM-related activities at a younger age. “So anything from going down to the Sea Life Center …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Both of Kodiak’s governing bodies will meet tonight. The Kodiak City Council will hold a regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the borough assembly chambers and hopes to pass the FY 2015 budget. Other items on the city’s agenda for tonight are a series of resolutions that allow the city to accept grants from the Alaska Department of …

From KMXT in Kodiak, this is the Alaska Fisheries Report. I’m Brianna Gibbs. Coming up this week, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meets in Nome, Senator Mark Begich speaks with Kuskokwim fisherman about subsistence, the U.S. Senate looks to fund federal programs important to Alaska’s fishing industry and sport fishing closes on parts of the Kenai Peninsula. All that …

Liz Ruskin/APRN The ground-based missile defense system, which includes interceptors at Fort Greeley, failed at target practice over the Pacific last year. Now the Pentagon is asking Congress for money to overhaul the system. The budget request shows Alaska is likely to remain central to missile defense as the system matures, but as APRN’s Liz Ruskin reports, Kodiak is likely …