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Jay Barrett/KMXT Despite casting a wide net to find a new Kodiak Island Borough manager, it appears the assembly only needed to look down the hall for a suitable candidate. At Thursday’s special meeting the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly held an executive session and returned to direct the borough clerk to begin negotiations with Bud Cassidy for the position. After …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak City Council was resourceful with funds last week when it unanimously approved utilizing leftover money from the ultraviolet water treatment plant to design the pump house upgrades in Monashka Bay. City Manager Aimée Kniaziowski detailed exactly where the funds would come from during Thursday’s regular meeting. Kniaziowski said starting the design process for the pump house …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The long awaited and more than $30 million Pier III project took one step closer to becoming a reality last week when the council approved two professional services contract. during Thursday’s regular meeting. City Manager Aimee Kniaziowski said the project is fully funded, and this contract will help get it rolling. Councilman JohnWhiddon said it speaks wonders to …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The holiday season is often a time where people look to others and find different ways help those less fortunate. The spirit of giving wasn’t lost on the second and third graders of North Star Elementary School as a handful of classrooms teamed up to host a school-wide food drive. Marilyn Kreta is a second grade teacher at …

Jay Barrett/KMXT A former finance director for the Kodiak Island Borough School District has been recognized for his work at his current job. Dave Jones, who is the assistant superintendent for instructional support for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District was named the 2012 School Business Official of the Year by the Alaska Association of School Business Officials. The award …

Steve Heimel/APRN You can add the name of NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenko to the list of top Obama administration officials not sticking around for the President’s second term. The Commerce Undersecretary for Oceans and Atmosphere told her staff today [Wednesday] that she’ll be leaving her job early next year. Lubchenko helped lead the administration’s response to the Deepwater Horizon spill …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Last Saturday’s first-ever Santa Run was grounded by some seriously bad weather. In calling off the race, organizer Joe Bailor of the Chamber of Commerce noted Saturday morning that sidewalks on Rezanof Drive were mostly unplowed, and while Mill Bay Road was plowed of snow, there was still slush and ice everywhere. That’s in addition to the sideways …

Maggie Wall/KMXT Kodiak is known for rallying around locals who need a bit of help. And local residents are also known to put on some mighty good potlucks. So what’s better than a service that allows folks to divvy up meal making to help out a family in temporary need of some good meals? Kathy Blair, a member of the …