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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The city’s new track and field was only open for public use a few months before the first snowfall hit Kodiak. For some, the sheets of snow sent would be track users indoors to treadmills and stationary bikes until spring sunshine melts the lanes back into use. But in years past, a handful of locals have stuck out …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak has its fair share of talented musicians, but when it comes to the genre of hip hop and rap, the list of performers runs rather short. But that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. In fact, one local rap artist released his first full-length album on Friday. KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs has more on Kodiak’s budding young rapper. At …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last night the Kodiak City Council made a formal recommendation to the city manager on the biosolid issue in Kodiak. Biosolid waste was the lone topic of discussion during a February 18 special work session. At that meeting the council heard about the history of waste disposal in Kodiak, as well as how the proposed composting site in …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak residents looking for an excuse to go shopping this weekend need not look further. Saturday is tax free day in Kodiak, which is exactly how it sounds. For one day only any local retailer or restaurant will forego sales tax on all purchases. Joe Bailor is the economic development specialist for the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce and …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Tonight is the first of three performances of the musical theater production “Man of La Mancha.” The Broadway musical is part of the Kodiak Arts Council’s performing arts series and opens with a cast and crew of around 70 talented locals. Among those involved is Artistic Director Jenny Stevens, who said the show is based on the life …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A former Alaska Aerospace Corporation employee has been indicted by the federal grand jury in Anchorage. Today (Yesterday) U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler announced Jodi Ann Andres, 48, of Anchorage, was indicted for violating federal conflict of interest laws. The indictment says Andres worked for the Department of Defense’s Defense Contract Audit Agency, or DCAA, as an auditor from …

Coming up this week, last year’s weak Chinook salmon runs prompts action in the Alaska Legislature, discussion about the same issue among interior Alaska Native villages and painting a picture of one woman’s experience in commercial fishing. All that and this year’s projected salmon catch, coming up, on the Alaska Fisheries Report.

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Museum Advocacy Day was on Tuesday and a handful of representatives from Kodiak’s museum community spoke on KMXT’s Talk of the Rock about the week-long push to garter support for local, statewide and national museums. Tiffany Brunson is the interim executive director of the Baranov Museum and said a lot of the action on museum advocacy day occurs …