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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT On Thursday the Kodiak City Council passed the first reading of the city’s budget. The city took a six percent cut this year and is looking at $37 million budget for 2014. City Manager Aimee Kniaziowski said the cut comes after a series of expensive projects and implementation of a compensation and classification study for city employees. “The …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak High School renovation and construction project officially kicked off on Thursday with a groundbreaking ceremony. The event included KHS band members playing the school fight song, as well as representatives from the board of education, city council, borough assembly and Kodiak’s legislative delegation. KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs was there and filed this report. At 1:30 p.m. on …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It’s been about nine months since the city’s first and only parks and recreation director, Ian Fulp, retired after more than 40 years in the position. During the city council meeting last night, Manager Aimee Kniazowski announced who the city’s second director will be. Charlie Powers will transition into the role of director sometime in the coming months. …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak Arts Council will wrap up its performing arts season with an artist that didn’t have to travel far to get here. Juneau-based singer songwriter Marian Call wasn’t born and raised in Alaska, though she has spent the past 10 years in the last frontier, and has the songbook to prove it. KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs caught up …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Thursday at noon the 55th annual Kodiak Crab Festival kicked off, just in time for the lunch crowd. While the five day event boasts carnival rides, games and activities, many folks find themselves favoring the food above all else. This is the first year the event doesn’t feature ready-to-eat crab, but there are plenty of other food vendors …

Coming up this week, things are starting to wind down in Togiak; more Kuskokwim fishermen are found guilty of king fishing during a closure, and fishing for zombies. This week’s Alaska Fisheries Report was made possible with the contributions of KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham, KYUK’s Angela Denning-Barnes in Bethel, and KUOW’s Ashley Ahern in Seattle.

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT If you tried to visit the Kodiak Key Bank sometime after noon yesterday, you may have been surprised to find that the doors were closed, and nobody was there. That’s because they were here, at KMXT. Yesterday was Neighbors Make a Difference Day, a national Key Bank holiday that sends employees from branches all around the United States …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Tomorrow the Baranov Museum will open a new exhibit that will only feature items found within and around the museum. Over the years, various renovations or simple discoveries have churned out an eclectic collection of historical items, but it won’t just be a series of odd relics on display. The Baranov teamed up with Kodiak High School art …