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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Yesterday KMXT told you about the first two items on the Kodiak Island Borough’s state legislative capital improvement projects priority list. The borough assembly narrowed the eight-item list from a pool of 16 projects during its work session on Thursday, with the help of Kodiak’s Representative Alan Austerman and Borough lobbyist Mark Hickey. Third on the CIP list …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Mid September is a good time of year for Kodiak anglers. Up until then fishermen are often crowded in and alone the shorelines of road system rivers, unable to fish above the highways that bisect them. But yesterday things spread out a little when the Alaska Department of Fish and Game opened up the rivers and creeks above …

Jay Barrett/KMXT As we wait for the state ferry Tustumena to return to service, the Alaska Marine Highway System has announced a change to the ferry Kennicott’s September and October schedule. The system has added additional sailings between Kodiak and the Kenai Peninsula communities of Seldovia and Homer through October 17th. However there remains only one sailing to Unalaska with …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Another good weekend – mostly – for Kodiak High School athletes. Save for a drubbing on the gridiron, the Bears saw victories in cross country, volleyball and swimming. Cross country In cross country, Levi Thomet once again dominated the field while running away with the win in the Frank Dieckgraeff Invitational in Seward. He ran the five kilometer …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last week the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly narrowed down its state legislative capital improvement projects priority list for the 2014 legislative session. With the help of Borough Lobbyist Mark Hickey and Kodiak’s Representative Alan Austerman, the assembly got a realistic idea of the state’s budget this year, and narrowed the 16 potential projects down to eight. First on …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last night the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly got its first taste of what the budget climate might be during the legislative session this year. During the work session the assembly spent a good chunk of time reviewing potential options for its state legislative capital improvement projects priority list, and heard from Borough Lobbyist Mark Hickey about what the …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Alaska seafood marketers and other state officials met a week ago with executives from Walmart corporation about its policy of not sourcing Alaska salmon because it does not have a Marine Stewardship Council endorsement. Alaska Congressman Don Young brought up certification schemes such as MSC’s, during a Natural Resources Committee hearing this week. Young questioned fishing industry officials …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT During Wednesday’s joint work session the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council briefly discussed animal control outside of city limits and what needs to be done before the service is implemented. For many years the borough shared in the cost of the city’s animal control service, expanding it beyond city limits. But a few years ago …