The Kodiak City Council declared June Filipino American Heritage Month and, for this week’s Talk of the Rock, KMXT talks with members of Kodiak’s Filipino American Association.

Police light. (Photo via Wikimedia) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Police Department has a new lieutenant. As of yesterday morning, Sgt. Francis de la Fuente is now Lt. Francis de la Fuente, one of two lieutenants with KPD. De la Fuente joined KPD in 2007 and will move to support services. His duties will include scheduling officer training and animal control. …

The spillway in Larsen Bay. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Larsen Bay, a community of fewer than 100 people on southwest Kodiak Island, is dealing with ongoing water issues. Kodiak representative Louise Stutes visited the village recently with the director of the Alaska Office of Management & Budget, Pat Pitney, to take a look. The spillway of …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A philanthropic organization in Kodiak has more money this year to help fund local nonprofits. The Kodiak Community Foundation is an affiliate of a larger statewide organization, and this year’s chairman, Craig Johnson, says the group formed five years ago. They gave away less than $10,000 in the first few years. Last year, they were able to give …

Marijuana. (Photo courtesy of Dank Depot / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak City Council passed the city’s local regulations for marijuana business and cultivation last night. The ordinance reflects recommendations from the city council’s marijuana advisory committee, which helped form what commercial marijuana would look like within city limits. The ordinance passed in its second reading without comment from the …

Marijuana plants. (Image courtesy of Brett Levin / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak City Council may pass local regulations for marijuana business two years after first sitting down to hash out the details. Alaskans voted to legalize marijuana business and cultivation in 2014, and the state granted municipalities the ability to form what that looks like in their communities. In …

Photos connected with recent burglaries in Kodiak (Photo via Kodiak Police Department) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak has seen a string of burglaries, and the Kodiak Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspects. Sgt. Francis de la Fuente with KPD says Rhino Tire was broken into at about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. “They did take a safe – …

Louse Stutes and Rich Walker. (Photo of Stutes courtesy of Alaska State Legislature, photo of Walker courtesy of City of Kodiak) Kayla Desroches and Daysha Eaton/KMXT Louise Stutes of Kodiak is running for a third term as representative of District 32, but the Republican Party is backing another name. Stutes is throwing her hat in the ring despite pressure from …

A social scientist with NOAA recently held a workshop for fishing families in Kodiak. Marysia Szymkowiak is visiting communities to look at how fishing regulations and other factors have affected family-run fishing operations around the state. For this week’s Talk of the Rock, KMXT sits down with Szymkowiak to talk about her research.

Community of Larsen Bay. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The rezone of a longtime lodge in Larsen Bay has sparked resistance in the island community. The Foxtail Lodge has operated in a single-family residence district for many years, and the current owner is now seeking a business designation to comply with code and continue in the same …