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Austerman and Stevens Hear City’s Project Wishlist

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak City Council members gave up a chunk of their Friday evening and sat down with Representative Alan Austerman and Senator Gary Stevens to review the city’s capitol improvement projects list for the upcoming legislative session. This year the city narrowed its list to four items, with renovating the pump house in Monashka Bay as the number one …

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Tow Rigging Tests Underway for CDU Kulluk

Jay Barrett/KMXT Responders to the grounded Shell "conical drilling unit" Kulluk planned to hook up a tow line today (Saturday) to test their methods for dragging the huge, round structure off the beach, where it’s sat since New Year’s Eve. The test is weather dependent, according to the latest situation report from the Unified Command. Meanwhile, the Alaska Department of …

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Shell VP Denies State Property Tax Prompted December Departure

Jay Barrett/KMXT Thursday night Royal Dutch Shell’s vice president for Alaska and two Coast Guard commanders updated the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly on the response to the grounding of the floating drill rig Kulluk. It was the first public briefing made in Kodiak since the rig went hard aground on Sitkalidak Island in a New Year’s Eve storm. The first …

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Tempers Run High at Assembly Meeting

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It was a tense atmosphere in the borough assembly chambers Thursdday night as the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly wrapped up its regular meeting. The assembly introduced an ordinance that seeks to amend borough code and make information about borough contracts more readily available to the public. It also requires the borough manager to notify the assembly about certain …

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Laird Brings Re/Max Office to Kodiak

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Prospective home buyers and sellers can look forward to familiar face with a new business this year. Paula Laird will officially open the doors of her RE/MAX real estate business Friday night. Laird has been a licensed agent for about five years and earned her brokers license three years ago. She worked as an associate broker here in …

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Chiniak, Pasagshak Ring New Year In Without Electricity

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A series of fallen trees left some Kodiak residents entering the New Year without power. Nancy Sweeney is the communication and human resource specialist for Kodiak Electric Association and said extremely windy weather on December 31 caused a number of trees to fall on the Chiniak and Pasagshak power lines, cutting power to areas of Women’s Bay and …

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Assessment Teams Find Little Structural Damage in Kulluk

Jay Barrett/KMXT Two more assessment teams were put on the Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk Thursday to continue determining the extent of damage caused by its grounding on New Years Eve near Kodiak Island. Meanwhile, the Coast Guard says it should be able to balance its role in the recovery efforts with its responsibility to assure safety in winter …

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Car Elevator Put Kennicott Behind Schedule

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska Ferry Kennicott is running about 48-hours behind schedule after having trouble with its car lift in Yakutat. The ship sailed at 4:30 Thursday morning for Whittier, and wss expected to arrive there at 6:30 Friday morning. After a one-hour stop in Chenega Bay Friday afternoon, it will sale for Kodiak, arriving around 8 a.m. Saturday. In …

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