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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The ferry Tustumena is set to come back into service in October. That’s the latest word, via email, from Department of Transportation Commissioner Patrick Kemp. He said welding should be done on the vessel by the end of this week and painting, weather permitting, will happen over the weekend. From there, Kemp said the ferry will undergo three …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT For almost a year the ferry Tustumena has been out of service for repairs, leaving much of Southwest Alaska accessible only by air. The Kennicott picked up additional sailings between Kodiak and Homer, but the impacts from reduced ferry service were still felt throughout the island. Now, as summer quickly fades into fall, classes are resuming at Kodiak …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is holding a work session tonight, with what looks like a fairly light agenda. The assembly will discuss a change order for the contract with EMC Engineering for capital construction projects oversight and inspection, and a new contract to rewrite the Kodiak Area Emergency Operations Plan. Both of those will come up for …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Some regulations have changed for this waterfowl hunting season, with possession limits for many birds being boosted by a third. As Dan Rosenberg, Waterfowl Program Coordinator for Fish and Game in Anchorage, explains, it’s not that there are a third more birds available, but rather a change to provide more hunting opportunity. “Possession limit is viewed as more …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The especially sunny summer this year did more than just improve the moods of many people, it also helped keep Kodiak’s many construction projects on or ahead of schedule. Matt Gandel is the project manager and inspector for the Kodiak Island Borough and said construction crews for the new long term care facility have been working six days …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School Bears varsity football team kicked off its season a week late last Saturday with an in-conference win against Homer. The Bears got an unexpected bye in week one when the game with Voznesenka – a small Russian village near Homer – fell through. The Bears’ bye week was supposed to be this upcoming Saturday, …

Alexa Tonkovich was named ASMI’s International Program Director. Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute has a new director for its international marketing efforts. Alexa Tonkovich, who has worked the past four years as ASMI’s Asia and Emerging Markets manager, was named to the post Monday morning, and took over the job immediately. Her promotion will now add Europe to …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Classes started up at the Kodiak College yesterday, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the campus was flooded with students. In recent years the college has provided many more opportunities for distance learning, meaning students can complete courses online whenever it is convenient for them. Jared Griffin is an assistant professor of English at KOC and spoke on …