Kayla Desroches/KMXT How’d you like to take a class in fabric dyeing one day and wild toolmaking the next? Well, if you’re a kid, you’ll be able to. The Kodiak Arts Council‘s Sum’arts for Kids starts Monday and will offer classes that are perfect for enterprising young artists. Programs Coordinator Erin Starr-Hollow says the Sum’Arts schedule includes both the annual …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT There will soon be a new petition for city worker unionization circulating in Kodiak. The Kodiak City Council found out about it at its work session last night. Deputy City Manager Mike Tvenge said he and City Manager Aimée Kniaziowski met with representatives of Teamsters Local 959 in April. “And during that initial meeting, the business representatives explained …

The 2016 Crab Fest logo. Design by Sami Ali Kayla Desroches/KMXT Crab Fest begins Thursday and vendors are already setting up downtown, ready to bring back classics like the Bruin burger, Kodiak’s legendary deep-fried burger, and hand-dipped ice cream bars covered in chocolate and nuts. The rule of the game is this: you pack on the carbs and then you …

Anjuli Grantham. Photo by Breanna Peterson Kayla Desroches/KMXT After almost five years at the Baranov Museum, the museum’s curator of collections and exhibits is moving on. Kodiak local Anjuli Grantham has been active in the history scene both locally and state-wide. She recently completed a project called West Side Stories, which has a multimedia focus on the lives of setnetters …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly wants to make it easier for people to build their own homes on borough land without needing to go through so much bureaucracy. Assemblyman Larry LeDoux and Assemblyman Kyle Crow both put forward ordinances that would remove certain engineering requirements for construction. At the assembly regular meeting last week, Crow pointed at what …

A look into the West Side exhibit. Courtesy of the Baranov Museum Kayla Desroches/KMXT Friday, the Baranov Museum opens its exhibit on West Side Stories, a multimedia project which focuses on cannery and set netter life and history on Kodiak’s west side. Anjuli Grantham, Baranov Museum curator of collections and exhibits, is behind the initiative and says she traveled all …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Surveys are the bread and butter of data collection for cities like Kodiak, where organizations need to know what issues affect quality of life in their own communities and find solutions. Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center uses the survey method every three years to connect with its pool of patients and determine Kodiak’s health needs. Non-for-profit hospitals across …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Land was a primary topic of conversation at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly regular meeting last night, both opening up property and reserving it. The assembly looked at a recommendation from the Borough Lands Committee to put thirteen parcels of borough land up for sale. Assemblyman Kyle Crow said he hopes the borough can find solutions to the …

Bear spotted wandering around town. Photo by Trooper Mike Munson Kayla Desroches/KMXT Alaska State Troopers Wednesday shot a bear that had been wandering around town for a couple of weeks. Sergeant Shane Nicholson with the troopers says authorities deemed it necessary after receiving numerous reports of the bear getting into dumpsters and roll carts and passing through people’s properties. He …

Chris Sannito holds a box of pollock skins. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT A local line of pollock skin dog treats is closer to its final form. A while ago, KMXT covered a story about seafood technology specialist Chris Sannito and his colleague at Alaska Sea Grant concocting dog treats. On Tuesday, Sannito is heading to the Lower 48 to shape …