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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT For the past five months Tiffany Brunson has been serving as the interim executive director for the Baranov Museum, but now she can finally drop one of the words in her job title. Brunson has officially been hired as the executive director and began working in that capacity on May 1. “I’m really actually honored to get this …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Despite both being islands with decent surfing, there’s not much that Puerto Rico and Kodiak have in common. Both, however, do have U.S. Post Offices and need postmasters. And in this case, Cabo Rojo’s gain will be Kodiak’s loss, as Postmaster Bill Kersh leaves here for there next month. Kersh, who’s been postmaster in Kodiak for about seven …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Two new trucks could be coming to the city of Kodiak. Tonight the Kodiak City Council will meet for a work session and hear from the harbor office and parks and recreation representatives about the need for new vehicles in both departments. Current trucks used by the city in those departments are in need of repairs, but at …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Students at the Kodiak High School and Middle School dabbled in theatric storytelling last week. A handful of classrooms participated in a two week artist in schools program that culminated with a presentation of their work on Thursday. KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs attended the performance and filed this report. It’s about 2 p.m. on Thursday afternoon and the foyer …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Today is community clean up day on the Coast Guard base and tomorrow the event will spread onto the borough road system. The event, which is held annually, is the borough’s push to encourage citizens to spruce up the island and properly dispose of items around their house and community. Unlike past years, the borough will not provide …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A contract for legal services associated with the sale of revenue bonds for the new long term care facility failed to get borough assembly approval last night. During a regular meeting the assembly voted 3-2 against the contract with the attorney firm of Wohlforth Brecht Cartledge and Brooking. The firm has provided the borough with past bond counsel …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A video recording that went viral earlier this week has prompted an internal investigation by the Alaska Department of Public Safety. The 11-minute video was posted on YouTube Monday afternoon in Kodiak and shows a woman thrown to the ground by an Alaska State Trooper before being arrested. Alaska State Trooper Brian Mitchell is one of the two …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak landfill is quickly filling up, but the borough has had an expansion plan in the works for some time. But as Borough Manager Bud Cassidy explains, the landfill isn’t simply a hole in the ground. This means expanding the area, or even closing out the old space, is a huge undertaking. “Everything about the landfill, it’s …