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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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Bag Limit Increases Help Offset Over-Escapement

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last week the Department of Fish and Game issued catch increases for sockeye salmon in two Kodiak area rivers. The Dog Salmon River drainage and the Saltry Cove drainage bag limits increased from five fish per day to 10. Earlier this summer the department increased the bag limit on the Buskin River from two fish per day to …

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Big Salmon Surge Over Weekend in KMA

Jay Barrett/KMXT ADF&G Salmon_thru_July_7 About 55,000 salmon were netted on Saturday in the Kodiak Management Area, and another 156,000 on Sunday, bringing the season all-species harvest total to nearly 1.8-million fish. Thirty-one thousand reds were caught Saturday and about 61,000 more on Sunday, bringing the season total harvest for sockeye to over 1.3-million. Over 15,000 pinks were netted on Saturday, …

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Rezone Passes Assembly, Likely to Come Up Again

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A rezoning ordinance was passed by the Kodiak Borough Assembly on Tuesday, but just barely. During the meeting the assembly held a public hearing regarding the rezoning of land on Shannon Point in Womens Bay. The rezone would switch the land from residential back to industrial. Majority of the surrounding area is industrial. During the public hearing a …

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