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Coming up this week, it’s been a tough month for salmon tenders, with one submerged upside down and two more hitting the rocks; salmon tracking is underway as part of the plan to figure out what’s wrong with Cook Inlet king salmon, and, with apologies to Dr. Seuss, “One Fish, Two Fish, Young Fish, maybe not so old fish.” The …

Senator Gary Stevens joins Governor Parnell and family members of Jim Andie and Robin Starrett for signing of SB31. Jay Barrett/KMXT Wednesday, Governor Sean Parnell signed Senate Bill 31, which renames Akhiok’s runway the “Jim Andie and Robin Starrett Memorial Runway,” and renames Kodiak’s airport the “Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport.” Senator Gary Stevens sponsored the legislation at the request …

Jay Barrett and Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The return of the Alaska State Ferry Tustumena, which has been in a Seward dry dock since November, has been pushed back for a third time. The Alaska Marine Highway System announced on Wednesday that faulty welds will mean the Tusty won’t be sailing until near the end of August. Hundreds of passengers already booked …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Construction of a pier on the south side of Pier III was dismissed during Tuesday’s City Council work session. Instead the city will go ahead with the project as planned, and build on the north side of current infrastructure. Attention shifted to the south side back in June when geotechnical work on the north end of Pier III …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska State Ferry Tustumena, which has been in a Seward dry dock for months, has hit another potential roadblock on its way back into the water and into service. Reportedly 80 percent of the welds made while working on the ship did not pass inspection.: “Well, recently, the Coast Guard was inspecting some repairs to the Tustumena …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska State Troopers say a woman at Danger Bay on Afognak Island suffered a gunshot wound to her lower left leg on Sunday. Forty-three-year-old Shawn Strauss of Kodiak is an employee of Evergreen Timber. The Trooper investigation indicated that around 2:30 Sunday afternoon on a beach near the logging camp, the woman was shot in the leg …

Michelle Ridgeway, left, William Lekanof, Anthony Lekanof and Dani Merculief are pictured before the NOAA vessel Rainier. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Schools out for summer, which means most teenagers are relishing the three months of freedom before they’ll have to hit the books again come fall. But for three high school students from St. George Island in the Pribilofs, the learning hasn’t …

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 …