Pencil and paper. (Photo by Tim Taylor/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT The community of Danger Bay didn’t see a lot of student’s turnout for school this year. After seeing low enrollment in the community, the Kodiak Island Borough School District had to make a tough decision. Danger Bay, a logging community on Afognak Island, is facing the closure of its school. At …
Read More »Assembly Candidate Profile: Rebecca Skinner
(Photo by Carol Smith) Mitch Borden/KMXT There are eight people running for three seats on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly this year. To help our listeners get to know the candidates, KMXT will be airing profiles of them every Tuesday and Thursday leading up to the election. KMXT’s Mitch Borden sat down with current Assemblywoman Rebecca Skinner to discuss her …
Read More »Assembly Candidates Answer Questions at Forum
Candidates wait to be asked questions.(Photo Pam Foreman) Mitch Borden/KMXT Seven of the eight candidates running for the three open seats on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly gathered for a forum Tuesday night. Assemblywoman Rebecca Skinner was unable to attend due to a prior engagement. During the forum, candidates answered questions about various issues facing the assembly. The first question …
Read More »Assembly Candidate Profile: Andy Schroeder
(Photo courtesy of Andy Schroeder) Mitch Borden/KMXT There are eight people running for the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly this year. To help our listeners get to know the candidates, KMXT will be airing profiles of them every Tuesday and Thursday leading up to the election. KMXT sat down with Andy Schroeder to discuss why he wants to be an Assemblyman. …
Read More »Local Group Goes to Russia to Visit the Birthplace of Saint Herman
Sitting down for a meal in Russia (Photo by Father Dimitrii Kultinov) Mitch Borden/KMXT Recently, some Alaskans made the long trip to Russia to see the home of a beloved orthodox saint. At the end of August, a group of about 16 people from all over Alaska went to Russia. This trip wasn’t a normal vacation, but a sanctioned pilgrimage by …
Read More »The Borough Assembly Approves a New Kind of Zoning District
Mitch Borden/KMXT At its regular meeting last night, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly passed an ordinance that created the Residential Small Lot Single-Family District, or RSL. This could allow homes to be built on smaller pieces of land than allowed in the past. Developers will have to apply to create this district, and the smallest lot allowed to be subdivided …
Read More »Assembly Candidate Profile: Sandra Katelnikoff-Lester
(Photo courtesy of Sandra Katelnikoff-Lester) Mitch Borden/KMXT There are eight people running for the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly this year. To help our listeners get to know the candidates, KMXT will be airing profiles of them every Tuesday and Thursday leading up to the election. KMXT sat down with Sandra Katelnikoff-Lester to discuss her campaign for the borough assembly. Sandra Katelnikoff-Lester …
Read More »Ouzinkie’s Community Farm Had a Successful First Summer
Inside a hoop house at Spruce Island Farm. (Photo by: Daniel Rich Sr/Facebook) Mitch Borden/KMXT The city of Ouzinkie started working on its community farm about three years ago. This summer was the first time the farm was fully operational. On the old Ouzinkie airstrip sits Spruce Island Farm with its two large hoop houses and 30 Rhode Island Red …
Read More »Old Harbor Residents Discuss How to Prepare for Natural Disasters
Mitch Borden/KMXT A meeting was recently held in Old Harbor to examine ways the community can prepare for natural disasters. Jim Cedeno is an emergency manager and hazard mitigation officer working in Old Harbor. He organized the meeting. Cedeno’s designing a Hazard Mitigation Plan in coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Old Harbor Tribal Council. “I’m looking at the …
Read More »Assembly Candidate Profile: Julie Kavanaugh
Julie Kavanaugh (Photo courtesy of Julie Kavanaugh) Mitch Borden/KMXT There are eight people running for the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly this year. To help our listeners get to know the candidates, KMXT will be airing profiles of them every Tuesday and Thursday leading up to the election. KMXT’s Mitch Borden sat down with Julie Kavanaugh. The reason Julie Kavanaugh wants …
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