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Ronda Wallace Named Kodiak Police Chief

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Kodiak Police Chief Ronda Wallace. KPD photo Jay Barrett/KMXT The City of Kodiak didn’t have to look far for its new chief of police. Ronda Wallace, most recently the lieutenant in charge of the department’s operational division was named chief on Friday. Wallace is a 15-year veteran with the Kodiak Police Department, beginning her career in 1998. She worked her …

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Best Time to Start Recycling is … Now

Jay Barrett/KMXT Today (Friday) is America Recycles Day around the nation, and of course here in Kodiak. Ken Renke, the executive director at our local recycler, Threshold Services, chatted with KMXT’s Jay Barrett about what he’s got planned.

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School District Better Budget Picture For Strategic Planning

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last night the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly got a glimpse at what’s been going on in the school district recently, and what’s to come. The assembly has begun to tackle its strategic planning for the year, and education makes up a large portion of the borough’s budget. During last night’s work session Superintendent Stewart McDonald gave an introduction …

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Squartsoff Wins ASMI Instagram Contest

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Jay Barrett/ KMXT A Port Lions woman has won the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute’s Instagram photo contest. Sara Squartsoff, an artist and chef at the Kodiak Paradise Lodge won the “Show Us Your Alaska Seafood” contest with her photo of home-canned salmon. In a release, ASMI spokesman Tyson Fick said the image impressed the ASMI board and committee members who …

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Bears Split in First Two Rounds at State

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School volleyball team was involved in two sweeps yesterday during the first two rounds of the 4-A state championship tournament in Anchorage. Unfortunately, one of those was a loss. The Bears, the number 1 seed from the Northern Lights Conference, came out strong to sweep the host Chugiak High School Mustangs 25-22, 25-11 and 25-19 …

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The Alaska Fisheries Report

Coming up this week, commercial fishermen respond to the Soldotna sportsfishing guide industry’s attempt to bring to an end to one of Alaska’s oldest fisheries; it looks like crabbers got their pots in the water with enough time to meet holiday deadlines in Japan; and a summit for fishermen who are young – or young at heart – all coming …

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Kodiak Student at UAF One of Four to Win Crowley Scholarship

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Thomas B. Crowley, Sr. Memorial Scholarship recipients (left to right) Diloola Erickson, Kimberly Greenway, Alexandra Bateman and Gabrielle Bragg. Jay Barrett/KMXT A Kodiak High School graduate, now a senior at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is one of four students there who have been awarded $2,500 through the Thomas B. Crowley Senior Memorial Scholarship fund. Crowley Maritime announced the awards …

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