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Fundraisers Help Family, Friends in Philippines

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last Friday the world watched in horror as one of the largest typhoons ever recorded hit the Philippines. Super Typhoon Haiyan wiped away entire towns and left the death toll in the thousands. As the United States government scrambles to send aid to those left among the devastation, various community groups in Kodiak have begun their own fundraising …

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Lacey Act Violation Nets Fisherman Probation

Jay Barrett/KMXT A Washington State man who fishes out of Kodiak was sentenced Friday in federal court for four felony violations of the Lacey Act. Steven Carr of Anacortes was sentenced to five years probation by Judge Sharon Gleason for misreporting where he caught $146,000 in rockfish, primarily Pacific Ocean Perch. Carr, fishing from the vessel Sea Mac, was participating …

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Lindquist and Hughes Win Double State Titles

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School girls swim team could not repeat as state champions at the meet in Juneau, but the team still had plenty to celebrate, with four state titles and another state record set. Tahna Lindquist and Ila Hughes each won two events. Lindquist, a junior, replaced her sister Jorie in the record book. Her time of …

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Bears Bounce Back to Win NLC Volleyball Title

Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak’s volleyball team is the champion of the Northern Lights Conference, and will be heading to the Class 4A state volleyball tournament later this week. The Bears had to make their way through the losers’ bracket after falling to Palmer in five games on Friday. After dispatching Colony in three games, Kodiak had to beat Palmer twice for …

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CH2M HILL On Thin Ice With Borough

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Frustrations between the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and the design and engineering firm CH2M HILL continue to mount. “I’m getting to the point where I’m tired of approving change orders for a company that I really honestly just don’t trust anymore.” That’s Assemblyman Aaron Griffin expressing his frustration over the most recent hiccup in CH2M HILL’s work for …

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Assembly Approves Dock Work, Tackles Contract Issues

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Work on the long awaited new dock in Anton Larsen Bay should begin in the near future. On Thursday the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly voted for Jensen Yorba Lott to begin architectural and engineering services for pre design work on the dock replacement project. Thursday’s 5-2 vote wasn’t without a bit of disagreement, though not over the actual …

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Alaskans Respond to Philippine Typhoon

Casey Kelly/KTOO and The AP Alaska’s Filipino community is pulling together to help the victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the country early Friday morning. Thousands are feared dead and injured from the storm, one of the most powerful ever recorded. The storm knocked out power and communications to much of the central Philippines, and Filipino expatriates in Alaska …

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Bayside Name Change Will Honor First Fire Chief

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Bayside Fire Training Center is getting a new name. Last night the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly voted unanimously in favor of renaming the center to the Earl Smith Jr. Memorial Fire Training Center. Earl Smith Jr. was the first fire chief at Bayside in 1983, and, according to a borough resolution, was instrumental in recruiting and training …

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