Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak City Council is working out which city-wide projects are the most important for the fiscal year 2017. At its work session Tuesday night, it discussed its capital improvements program priority list, which it will send along with funding requests to the legislature and Governor Bill Walker. As of Tuesday, the top five priorities in order of …

Chairman of the Kodiak Brown Bear Trust, Paul Chervenak, with Madsen Bear. Via Chervenak Kayla Desroches/KMXT Many parks and museums can boast at least one bronze statue to honor a famous figure. Maybe the monument is a noble steed and its famous rider, his saber raised as if mid-charge or a hand pointed ahead. Or maybe it’s a symbolic figure, …

Portrait of Letters Aloud founder, Paul Stetler. Photo by Sal Celis Kayla Desroches/KMXT The editors who compiled the book, “Letters of the Century”, write in the foreword that "Letters are what history sounds like when it is still part of everyday life." That book is one you’ll find in the home of Letters Aloud organizer, Paul Stetler, who formed a …

A long line basket by Penelope Cyr-Lorensen. Photo by Penelope Cyr-Lorensen Kayla Desroches/KMXT Time and time again, Kodiak artists have proved they can turn anything into art, and tonight, one crafter will exhibit baskets she creates from long line. Penelope Cyr-Lorensen is originally from Maine, but says she learned basket weaving in Kodiak over 30 years ago. “I took a …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly has been discussing priorities for the Kodiak Archipelago and will submit its final list to Governor Bill Walker and the State Legislative Delegation.      At the assembly’s regular meeting last night, the top four priorities out of the eight were: the construction of a Tustumena Replacement vessel, the extension of the Anton …

An original poster from the movie musical. Via Wikipedia Kayla Desroches/KMXT "The Music Man" is about a band leader who comes to a small town in Iowa and recruits young men for his boy’s band, so it’s fitting that the organizers behind the musical itself are now recruiting some talented musicians and actors for the Kodiak version of "The Music …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A recent survey shows Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center is excelling in patient satisfaction. That’s according to a tool that Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Studies created in collaboration with other organizations called Hospital Compare, which provides data on over 4,000 medicare-certified institutions over the United States and helps patients explore their options. Carlie Franz is the Marketing …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A new sober living housing situation in town will offer a space for women in a Bed & Breakfast format. Ally Strong says she and her husband purchased a home in September with the goal of being able to provide sober living for women. She says they will be able to house two to four women at one …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Police Department has released the name of the outside investigator looking into the case of Nick Pletnikoff, the autistic 28-year-old Kodiak man who had an encounter with three Kodiak Police officers over a month ago during which he was pepper sprayed. According to a press release the KPD sent out this afternoon, Greg Russell of Soldotna …

Tim Curry as Frank-N-Furter. Via rockymusic.org Kayla Desroches/KMXT It’s just a jump to the left, and then a step to the right, and you’ve completed the first two moves of the Time Warp from the campy cult favorite, the Rocky Horror Picture Show. The film is about a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed couple who wander into a castle where Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a …