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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Tomorrow is Independence Day which, weather depending, means many folks will partake in camping, bonfires, barbecues and perhaps even a few fireworks. Fireworks are only allowed in some places within the borough, and prohibited within city limits. Those looking to shoot off a Fourth of July spectacle should make sure they’re doing so in an area that’s allowed, …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The premier of the third season of Coast Guard Alaska on the Weather Channel is coming up in two weeks. The first episode will focus on the travails of the Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig, Kulluk as it loses its tow and eventually goes aground on Sitkalidak Island, southeast of Kodiak. The show’s preview on the Weather Channel’s …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is holding its bi-weekly regular meeting tonight (Tuesday), because the Independence Day holiday is falling on its usual Thursday meeting day. One rather hot-button issue will be before the assembly – a proposed smoking ban in public places. The proposal, made by Assemblyman Aaron Griffin, would put on October’s ballot a smoking ban …

Jay Barrett/KMXT At its Thursday meeting the Kodiak City Council approved a design contract for Pier 3, the city’s cargo dock. City Manager Aimee Kniaziowski said the concept work, wave study and geo-technical report have all been done, and the funding is in place, so it’s time to start the design and permitting process. To that end, she recommended the …

Jay Barrett/KMXT An Air Station Kodiak helicopter crew over the weekend medevac’d three boaters to Bethel following their rescue by a local search and rescue team Saturday. A Coast Guard C-130 found the skiff and three men after the village public safety officer in Chefornak reported them overdue. The Hercules crew located the stranded boaters on a sandbar about one-quarter …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Managenment Area sockeye salmon harvest jumped the million-fish mark Saturday, with a catch of 28,723. The sockeye total is now 1,020,655. Total salmon harvest area-wide is about 1.19-million, which includes about 124,000 chum, 32,000 pinks and just over 11,000 kings. The Kodiak Westside areas of Karluk, Northwest Kodiak and Southwest Afognak accounts for about half the …

Wes Hanna of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Kodiak flotilla conducts a vessel exam in Dog Bay, June 29. Auxiliary examiners will offer free recreational boat safety checks in St. Herman Harbor 8-a.m.-noon Saturday, July 6. USCG Auxiliary photo by Drew Herman Jay Barrett/KMXT Examiners from the Kodiak detachment of the Coast Guard Auxiliary will offer free recreational vessel safety …

Mike Mason/KDLG The 78-foot salmon tender Lone Star has capsized in the mouth of the Igushik River, one of the major salmon producers in Bristol Bay. KDLG’s Mike Mason has more.