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Post Doctoral Fellow Finds New Home in Kodiak

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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Abhijit Chatterjee never thought he’d call Alaska home. But his academic interests laid out a path that ultimately led him to Kodiak where he is currently a post doctoral fellow at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center. Chatterjee grew up in Kolkata, India, where he earned his bachelors in chemistry and then later pursued a bachelors and …

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New Police Chief Sworn in to Office

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The city’s new Police Chief, Ronda Wallace, has held her new position for almost a month, but Thursday night she was officially sworn into office. “And that I will faithfully and honestly, that I will faithfully and honestly, perform the duties of chief of police, perform the duties of chief of police, so help me god, so help …

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State Fines Greenpeace Ship for 2012 Incursion

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Lauren Rosenthal/KUCB A state board has fined Greenpeace $15,000 for traveling through Alaskan waters without a marine pilot. The violation occurred during Greenpeace’s “Save the Arctic” tour to protest Shell’s oil exploration in July 2012. Greenpeace had sent the Esperanza, their 237-foot, Dutch-flagged research vessel. The Esperanza were supposed to study corals and sealife in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. …

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Council Approves Hours of Operation for City Parks

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak’s city parks will now have hours of operation. Last night the Kodiak city council passed winter and summer hours that run from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. to 12 midnight, respectively. But those weren’t the hours the council faced at the beginning of last night’s meeting. The original hours suggested for the summer were …

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Harbors Will Light Up for the Holidays

Marina Cummisky/KMXT As we get further into December, Christmas lights have been going up around Kodiak, lighting up buildings and houses in the darkening evenings. The festive cheer will soon be spreading to both the St. Herman and St. Paul harbors, as part of the Harbor Lights Festival. Toby Sullivan is the executive director of the Maritime Museum, and helped …

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City Fares Well in Governor’s Budget

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT On Thursday, Governor Sean Parnell proposed a $12.4 billion state budget for next year, which would tap into almost $1.1 billion from savings. The budget for the current year is $13.4 billion. The Associated Press reports that Parnell’s plan includes big-ticket items like $10 million for the proposed Susuitna-Watana dam and about $20 million for the completion of …

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The Alaska Fisheries Report

Coming up this week, salmon is the focus of a science workshop in Anchorage, folks in Homer get reminded of when crab was king, and a story I’ve wanted to share for a couple months, and not just because of its name: Spawn-O-Rama! Thanks for stories from KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham, KBBI’s Aaron Selbig in Homer and KRBD’s Leila …

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Begich: NGO Sustainability Certification Too Subjective

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Responsible Seafood Certification and Labeling Act introduced this fall by Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski would prohibit any US federal agency from requiring the use of third party criteria or to certify seafood as sustainable. It came in response to a couple of federal agencies or contractors bypassing Alaska salmon because most of it now lacks endorsement by …

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