Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak Senator Gary Stevens and Representative Louise Stutes attended Governor Bill Walker’s budget plan presentation to the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council Monday.   Stevens said the state legislature is taking the plan seriously, but suggested that it might be hesitant to support some of Walker’s proposed changes. “The issue of income tax and permanent …

Governor Bill Walker speaks to members of the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council at budget plan presentation. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT Governor Bill Walker dropped by KMXT on Monday between presenting his budget proposal to the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council and attending a reception on Near Island. We took the opportunity to ask …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches speaks with members of a Kodiak task force who have gathered together to help prevent the closure of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center due to budget cuts.

Governor Bill Walker sits at the end of the table with members of the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT Governor Bill Walker presented his budget plan before the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council Monday. He elaborated on some of his proposed methods of bridging what he called a $3.4 billion …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Borough elections this year ushered in three new assembly members and, with change, there comes some growing pains. Kyle Crow and Dennis Symmons are serving on the assembly for the first time, Mel Stephens returns after a history of serving, and each contributes a fresh perspective this year. During the last few borough regular meetings and work sessions, …

Steller’s Eiders bobbing on the water. Ron Knight/flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT The annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count challenges nature-lovers to spot as many bird species as possible within a 15-mile diameter circle and then jot down their notes. At the end of the period, volunteers turn in their results, and their counts go towards a national record from locations all across …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT With the shortest day of the year fast approaching on December 21, a nighttime stroll along a harbor bedecked with Christmas lights may be just what Kodiak residents need. The Kodiak Maritime Museum is preparing for its third annual Harbor Lights Festival. This weekend, boat owners at St. Paul Harbor downtown and St. Herman’s Harbor on Near Island …

Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and clerks. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT   The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly heard a status update on the Kodiak Island Borough Leachate Treatment Facility at its regular meeting Thursday night. Leachate is the liquid that results from rainwater passing through collected garbage, and the facility would process it. Borough Manager Bud Cassidy announced before the presentation …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Police Department issued a press release Tuesday afternoon which it wrote was prompted by questions it received from the Kodiak Daily Mirror in November. The press release provided further background information on the investigator the KPD hired to examine the case of Nick Pletnikoff, a young autistic man who was pepper sprayed during an encounter with …

The new Kodiak Electric Association headquarters on Mill Bay Road. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Electric Association recently completed its new building, which was designed by ECI / Hyer Architecture. Construction began in June 2014 and staff starting working there in October. KEA is responsible for Kodiak’s electric grid, which runs mostly off of hydro and wind power, and …