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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak Arts Council recently released its performing arts season line up. Arts Council Program Coordinator Kate Helligso said this is the first season the organization’s executive director, Katie Oliver, put together, and Helligso said it should be a good one. “We have a great line up this year that Katie’s worked really hard on since she became …

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say a loaded semiautomatic gun was found in a carry-on backpack of the 26-year-old Kodiak man trying to board an Anchorage-bound plane. Troopers were contacted Wednesday evening by the Transportation Security Administration at the Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport. According to troopers, the man transported a .40-caliber semiautomatic gun into the TSA checkpoint …

Coming up this week, chum bycatch is high early in the Bering sea; In Bristol Bay, even though the run didn’t meet expectations, prices are up for sockeye; a whole bunch of scientists put their minds to work on the Gulf of Alaska, and a commentary – yes, we have those – from Brian Lynch of the Petersburg Vessel Owners …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The 16-year-old Kodiak boy shot who was shot by another teen on Sunday evening has died in Anchorage. Kodiak Police Department Lieutenant Ray Ellis said the boy succumbed to his injuries yesterday (Wednesday). Ellis declined to release the name of the victim, citing his age. He likewise couldn’t release the name of the 15-year-old boy who is accused …

The main hall of the new library will feature private study rooms, multiple lounge areas and a gas fireplace, as well as the main book collection. The wooden pillars are trees that were harvested from the new site. Construction on the library is set to wrap up October 15, and the facility should open its doors in early November. Brianna …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Tonight the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly will hold a public hearing on a hot button item that has been stirring up quite a few community comments in the past few weeks – second hand smoke. But tonight the assembly will not be deciding whether or not smoking should be allowed in indoor public places, rather if Kodiak residents …

Officer Mike Barnett stands with Max the police dog and their K-9 Patrol Unit. The two have been working together for almost seven years. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Seven years ago, Kodiak Police Officer Mike Barnett embarked on a life-changing endeavor when he applied for and was reassigned to be Kodiak’s lone K-9 officer. Since then, Barnett and his …

OLD HARBOR, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska Fish and Game Department official says a thin female brown bear with four young cubs has been fatally shot Monday at the Old Harbor landfill after numerous efforts to deter her failed and she repeatedly menaced people. Fish and Game regional supervisor Larry Van Daele described the bear as a landfill "junkie," saying …