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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Just as the bears are starting to wake up and come out of their dens, local author Stacy Studebaker’s new book is also beginning to make an appearance around town. “Hey Bear Ho Bear,” is Studebaker’s first stab at a children’s book, but the desire to write one first surfaced almost two decades ago. In the early 1990s …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The first session of the 28th Alaska Legislature wrapped up on Sunday and Kodiak’s Senator Gary Stevens said in a newsletter that he is looking forward to returning to Kodiak for the interim. During the 90-day session Stevens passed three bills through the legislature. One bill adds a member to the Marine Transportation Advisory Board. The seat is …

Ellen Lockyer/KSKA The city of Seward and a Western Alaska CDQ group are working on a plan for a new harbor in the Southcentral community that could shelter a Bering Sea fishing fleet. As KSKA’s Ellen Lockyer reports, the innovative plan is designed to keep more fishing related income in Alaska, and help revive Seward’s seafood processing industry.

Jay Barrett/KMXT house_dist_35_capital_budget 369.83 Kb With a fast-paced legislative session wrapping up on time Sunday, Representative Alan Austerman says Kodiak fared very well in this year’s capital budget, despite much lower spending than last year. Austerman said in his newsletter that state capital spending this year will be at least $737-million less. Some of the highlights Austerman pointed out is …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Fishermen needing their boats taken out of the water for work at the still-young and growing City of Kodiak Shipyard on Near Island will be paying higher fees – but not nearly as high as they could have been. The Kodiak Ports and Harbors Committee had suggested boosting the fees 60-percent, according to City Manager Aimee Kniaziowski. “Their …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last weekend “The Miracle Worker” wowed audiences in Kodiak. Lissa Woodbury Jensen directed the play, which depicts a young Helen Keller’s journey to learn how to communicate, despite being blind and deaf. Jensen said the play was so successful it will return this upcoming weekend for two more showings. The show will remain on in the drama pod …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Fire danger is high in Kodiak right now due to lack of snow cover and precipitation. Bayside Fire Chief Bob Himes said the fire department responded to three fires this weekend. “Two of which were unattended fires. One was an unattended controlled burn, and the other one was an unattended campfire. The other fire, we’re not sure what …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski questioned acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank on several ocean policy issues facing Alaskan coastal communities during a Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Subcommittee hearing last week. Topics ranged from the federal fisheries observer program to Japanese tsunami debris clean up, among other things. Murkowski pointed out that with the fisheries observer program expanding to …