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Maggie Wall/KMXT Kodiak author Lesley Leyland Fields recently sent her ninth book off to the publisher. This one deals with forgiveness — especially forgiveness among family members. Fields recently spoke with KMXT’s Maggie Wall about her writing and her books, none of which she says has come easily, perhaps because she’s not afraid to tackle tough issues. You can hear …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk is now safely anchored in Kiliuda Bay. A flotilla of eight vessels escorted the round, 266-foot oil rig during a pre-dawn voyage from Sitkalidak Island, where it has sat, grounded, for a week. The Kulluk was pulled from the beach at 10:10 p.m. last night and towed at speeds up to …

Since KMXT’s over-the-air signal is choppy due to a failing transmitter, we’re posting our Morning News online today.

Jay Barrett/KMXT At about 10:10 p.m. last night, the Royal Dutch Shell drilling vessel Kulluk was refloated from Sitkalidak Island, where it has sat for a week. The rig went aground after breaking its tow in a severe storm and washed ashore on New Year’s Eve. According to the unified command, the Kulluk is attached to the tug Aiviq (eye-vik), …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …