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Seattle Fixture Ivar’s Joining Museum at Crabfest

Jay Barrett/KMXT One of the most well-known names in seafood – at least in the Pacific Northwest – will have a presence at Crab Fest this week. Ivar’s, which made its name with quick and tasty fish and chips, and clam chowder, is teaming up with the Kodiak Maritime Museum, through a deal brokered by Alaska Leader Fisheries. According to …

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Kodiak Boys Win State Track & Field Title

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School Bears held off a late charge by Anchorage’s Dimond High School to win the state championships in track and field over the weekend. The Kodiak boys racked up 87 points to Dimond’s 84. Chugiak was third, with Lathrop and South Anchorage rounding out the top five. The Bears were led by The Levis, who …

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Millstein Takes Brewers’ Message to DC

Jay Barrett/KMXT Last week a U.S. Senate subcommittee held a hearing about the importance of America’s small brewers to the economy. It was hosted by Alaska Senator Mark Begich, and he spoke with Kodiak’s Ben Millstein afterwards. “It was great. There was about a dozen or so brewers from around the country with the Brewers Association, which is a national …

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Kalakala Quietly Changes Hands; Fate Still Uncertain

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Jay Barrett KMXT The iconic Washington State Ferry that spent 20 years as a seafood processor in Kodiak’s Gibson Cove changed hands quietly late last year. Karl Anderson, a Tacoma business man didn’t buy the Kalakala necessarily to be the next person to try and restore it to its former Art Deco glory. Instead, he acquired it in exchange for …

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‘Dancing Dog’ Spotted Downtown

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Jay Barrett KMXT In larger towns you often see businesses using different gimmicks to lure in customers, but not so much in a small town like Kodiak. Some use balloons or lights or dancing mascots out on the sidewalk. Well, the downtown Wells Fargo branch decided to try the mascot move last week. KMXT’s Jay Barrett caught up with him …

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Observe ‘Safe Boating Week’ Year Round

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT As spring works its way toward summer, more and more people will take to the water for recreational and commercial boating endeavors. During Thursday’s borough assembly meeting Borough Mayor Jerome Selby took the time to remind all boaters to be safe. “On average 700 people die each year in boating related accidents in the United States. Nearly 70 …

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Assembly Decides to Fund Schools to Cap

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The funding wishes of the Kodiak Island Borough School District were granted last night. The borough assembly voted 5-2 in favor of funding the district’s $10.6 million request, which is the state allowed maximum. In recent years the assembly has only funded about 96 percent of that, but low state and federal contributions forced the district to ask …

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MTAB Talks Tustumena Replacement

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT After almost 50 years in service, Alaska will say “goodbye” to the M/V Tustumena. But frequent farers of the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry won’t have to say those goodbyes just yet. KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs has more. During the Marine Transportation Advisory Board meeting on Tuesday in Juneau, board members discussed the lengthy process of replacing the ship. …

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