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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It’s time now for the first installment of KMXT’s five-part series: Business on the Move. Each day this week KMXT will feature a local business that is changing things up in 2013. The New Year is often considered a time for new beginnings, and so is the case with today’s business. A short drive across the Fred Zharoff …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT On Saturday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment salvaged a vessel that sank early Friday morning in St. Herman Harbor. The FWS research vessel Arlluk was discovered by the Harbormaster around 3:30 a.m. Upon discovery, a containment boom was deployed around the vessel to minimize pollution. The Coast Guard MSD was …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working hard to salvage a vessel that sank early this morning in St. Herman Harbor. The FWS research vessel Arluk was discovered by the Harbormaster around 3:30 a.m. Upon discovery, a containment boom was deployed around the vessel to minimize pollution. The Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment was notified and personnel …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT For some people, the New Year is a time for reinvention or change. This notion has certainly spread to Kodiak’s small business community as a handful of them look to expand, move or otherwise shake things up in 2013. Join KMXT next week as we take a closer look at Kodiak’s shifting economy in our five part series: …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A new long term care facility may be coming to Kodiak in 2014, pending approval by the state. Last night the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly voted in favor of three agenda items related to the facility, including a contractor and construction contract, a lease with Providence Health and Services and revenue bonds to fund the project. The assembly’s …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A new long term care facility may be built in Kodiak as early as next year, but a few key decisions need to be made first. The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly will get the ball rolling with those decisions tonight as it convenes for a regular meeting, and will vote on three separate agenda items related to the …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Dave Kubiak is a lifelong Kodiak resident with a passion for the island’s community and surrounding sea. But in recent years, Kubiak has found himself drawn to a similar island archipelago, the Faeroe Islands, situated on the other side of the world, between the Norwegian Sea and North Atlantic Ocean. Like Kodiak, the Faeroe Archipelago survives on resources …

Peter Granitz/APRN President Barack Obama nominated REI chief executive Sally Jewell to lead the Department of the Interior today. It’s a Cabinet position with incredible influence over Alaska. And by virtually every account, the pick surprised everyone. APRN’s Peter Granitz has reactions to the unexpected nominee from Washington.