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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 …

Jay Barrett/KMXT You may have heard about this on NPR News this (Tuesday) morning. A Yale paleontologist from Kodiak has discovered a previously unidentified fossilized lizard that lived and died with the dinosaurs 65-million years ago. Monday, Nick Longrich published a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showing that the Chicxulub asteroid collision which killed all …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Expect a crowd tonight when the Kodiak City Council holds its work session in the cozy confines of the borough building conference room. On the agenda there’s one hot-button topic – the sludge composting project – as well as interviews with advisory board applicants, and a report about the need to find a new way to deal with …

Snow dumped from a dedicated pier on the spit may be ending. KMXT file photo Jay Barrett/KMXT The City of Kodiak has long disposed of snow in the streets by dumping it off a short pier at the end of the spit, but that practice will be changing in the future and may cost the city substantially more money. Public …

Jay Barrett/KMXT As we mentioned last week, Kodiak’s recycling center, Threshold Services, has plans for expansion. A large drive-through structure will be put up at the back of the building on Von Sheele Way. And though it’s a little behind schedule, Threshold Executive Director Ken Reinke says it is coming along, and should be open in the spring. Once it …

Maggie Wall/KMXT Fewer Kodiak brown bears were taken during the fall hunting season than in previous years, a situation that is being attributed to a cold fall that sent a lot of bears to den early. The fall bear season runs Oct. 25 to Nov. 30. According to Alaska Department of Fish and Game records, 59 bears were taken in …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Chamber of Commerce is putting on its first “Santa Run” tomorrow (Saturday). It’s a 5-kilometer fun run, with, as the chamber’s Joe Bailor says, a holiday twist. He encourages participants to dress up as Santa, Mrs. Claus, elves, reindeer or any other Christmas character and come out and run for charity. The $10 suggested donation will …