Oil in the storm drain. (Photo courtesy of Matt Van Daele/ Deputy City Manager) Mitch Borden/KMXT The Kodiak Fire Department was dispatched to the Kodiak Island Borough building to respond to an oil spill. What Kodiak Fire Chief Jim Mullican found when he arrived was two vehicles with broken windows and used motor oil poured in, on, and around them. …

Mitch Borden/KMXT Taxation was once again a topic of discussion at the Kodiak City Council’s work session last night. One of the things talked about was a possible tax on alcohol. City manager Mike Tvenge said in the past it was believed the city couldn’t tax alcohol, but that’s not completely true. The city can’t place an excise tax on …

Mitch Borden/KMXT At the  Kodiak City Council’s work session tonight, there will be a presentation about the Sun’aq Tribe’s Tribal Transportation Program, also known as TTP, and projects it’d like to collaborate with the city on. In a letter to assistant city manager Matthew Van Daele, the Sun’aq Tribe’s Transportation Coordinator Randy Boskofsky outlines some tasks the two organizations could …

110 Bancroft Dr. has been vacant for awhile and its owner wants to rezone it. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT You might think rezoning a vacant lot would be a simple process. But for the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly, making a decision to turn one slice of land at the edge of a neighborhood into a business property is …

Mitch Borden/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly failed a resolution that’d retain the parcel of land known as Killarney Hills at its regular meeting Thursday night. The piece of land is within the City of Kodiak, but the Borough owns it. There is a grass football field on the parcel and a variety of community activities including Relay for Life …

Homework (Photo by Bertram Nudelbach/flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough School District expected to have to cut its budget this year, but not this much. Student Enrollment is down this year across the Kodiak Island Borough School District, which means it has a lot less money than it thought it would.         “Every day I am …

Voter precinct workers gathering in the borough assembly chambers. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT Last night, both the Kodiak Island Borough and the City of Kodiak held their municipal elections. The contest for the borough assembly was the most competitive of the evening. Eight candidates ran for three seats. Voting precincts across the region were reporting their result until …

Aimee Williams presenting at the Marketing Rural Tourism Summit. (Photo by Mitch Borden) Mitch Borden People are coming from all over the state to attend the Alaska Travel Industry Association’s Annual Convention and Trade Show in Kodiak this week. It’ll be the first time the conference is held in Southwest Alaska. Every year a pre-conference summit takes place and the …

Mitch Borden/KMXT For years, a local program has provided valuable job training to native youth in the Kodiak region. In Ouzinkie this summer, one participant took on a job no other person has had in its history. Finding a job can be difficult in the Kodiak region. Especially if you’re young and live in a village. That’s one reason the …

Mitch Borden/KMXT At its work session Thursday night, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly received its annual report from Mark Hickey, the borough’s lobbyist to the state legislature. One of the main topics of discussion was the Alaska Marine Highway System Reform Project, which is an effort by the South East Conference and the State of Alaska to revitalize the highway. …