Maggie Wall/KMXT The problem of parking downtown near the processing plants took up much of the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly’s time during last night’s regular meeting. The assembly sat as a Board of Adjustment in an appeal of a recent planning and zoning commission decision to deny a local seafood processor a variance to have fewer parking spots than required …

Maggie Wall/KMXT If you were listening to last night’s broadcast of the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting you may have heard a procedure that was out of the ordinary. During the appeal regarding parking at the Pacific Seafoods plant on Shelikof Street, the assembly moved to adjourn into a closed session to consider its decision. The motion, however, failed. Alaska’s …

Maggie Wall/KMXT Meeting Packet, including Agenda The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly will sit as a board of adjustment on a request for fewer off-street parking spots during tonight’s regular meeting. John Whiddon, representing Pacific Seafoods is appealing a September ruling by the planning and zoning commission that denied a variance to require fewer parking spots associated with the processor which …

Maggie Wall/KMXT When Kodiak electrical customers talk about “Green” this holiday season they are not necessarily talking about trees for the living room or the color of frosting on sugar cookies. KMXT’s Maggie Wall explains

Maggie Wall/KMXT Kodiak residents have an additional five weeks to comment on a proposal to compost solid waste sludge in Middle Bay. The original deadline was Monday. The Alaska Division of Environmental Health has extended the deadline for comments until January 18 to allow more public participation. KMXT’s Maggie Wall has more. We have links to materials related to the …

Maggie Wall/KMXT Looking for a used fire truck? How about a 2,600 gallon water truck? If so, then the City of Kodiak may have just the deal for you. A decommissioned fire truck and the water truck are just two of the vehicles available for sale at the city’s surplus auction scheduled for noon on Friday at the old jail. …

Maggie Wall/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is likely to get an ear full during tonight’s assembly work session. This will be the first gathering of the assembly since last weekend’s meeting of about 30 residents concerned about hauling sludge from the wastewater treatment plant to a proposed composting site in Middle Bay. The sludge disposal is not on the …

Maggie Wall/KMXT A group of Kodiak skin sewers will travel to Finland in February to examine and learn about early Kodiak sewing from close examination of items in the Etholin Collection. Kodiak residents may not know much about Adolf Etholin, but like the more familiar Alexander Baranof, Etholin was a Russian governor or “chief manager” of the Russian-America Company’s Alaska …

Alexandra Gutierrez/KUCB After a week of harsh weather, responders were finally able to remove fuel from a tug that grounded off the Alaska Peninsula. The Polar Wind was carrying about 20,000 gallons of diesel when it — and the barge it was towing — ended up on the rocks. About 6,000 gallons were lost after the accident, but there have …

Maggie Wall/KMXT Here’s a nautical phrase to add to your vocabulary. “Tendering your line smartly.” It’s got to do with the lines and how you tie your vessel to the dock. And it’s one thing you need to know if you have a boat in Kodiak’s boat harbors. Deputy Kodiak Harbormaster Lon White explains that vessel owners—from small skiffs to …