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New Ambulance, Fire Engine May Soon Come to Kodiak

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A new ambulance and fire engine may soon be coming to Kodiak. During last night’s city council work session Fire Chief Rome Kamai presented the two potential purchases to the council, both of which he said were very needed. Kamai said an ambulance would cost around $201,000, but thanks to two grants the city will only pick up …

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CHARR Staff Preparing for Kodiak Convention

Jay Barrett/KMXT The executive director of Alaska CHARR and some of his staff are in Kodiak this week making arrangements for the organization’s annual convention, which will be held here at the end of September. Dale Foxx expects about 100 representatives from the restaurant, hotel, bar and liquor store industry to attend. He’s here this week talking with Kodiak CHARR …

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Project Updates and Purchases on City’s Agenda Tonight

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A Pier III update, ambulance purchase presentation and nonprofit grant requests are just a few of the many items on the Kodiak City Council’s work session agenda tonight. Last month the council passed the 2014 budget, which included an ambulance and fire engine purchase. Tonight the council will hear about those purchases, and get an update on the …

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Young St. George Scientists Share Studies on Talk of the Rock

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Today on Talk of the Rock we’ll hear about the future of science, or to be more specific, future scientists. Three high school students from St. George Island were in Kodiak for the past few days to learn about different research methods being used by NOAA, UAF and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The three students …

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Chignik Bomb Was Old Russian Shell

Lauren Rosenthal/KUCB As KMXT reported last week, an Air Station Kodiak helicopter transported a team of Army explosive experts to a remote beach near Chignik to examine a suspicious bomb that washed up onshore. On paper, it was a standard assignment for the Army’s explosive ordnance disposal team. But as KUCB’s Lauren Rosenthal reports, the case still managed to turn …

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Road Service Contract Passed by Assembly

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Road Service Area No. 1 has a new road maintenance, repairs, snow removal and sanding contract. Last Tuesday the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly unanimously approved the contract with the lowest bidder, AIMS Maintenance. The decision to hire AIMS was about three weeks in the making, and came after differing views between borough staff and Road Service Area No. …

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Kodiak and Homer Reunited Under Latest Election Plan

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House Districts 31 (purple) and 32 (rust) make up Senate District P. Jay Barrett/KMXT The concept plan offered by the redistricting board swaps Bristol Bay and a large swath of the lower Kuskokwim area for a big chunk of the Kenai Peninsula in a new Senate District P, which would include Kodiak Island. The proposed House District 31 would stretch …

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