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Maggie Wall/KMXT If you were listening to last night’s broadcast of the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting you may have heard a procedure that was out of the ordinary. During the appeal regarding parking at the Pacific Seafoods plant on Shelikof Street, the assembly moved to adjourn into a closed session to consider its decision. The motion, however, failed. Alaska’s …

Maggie Wall/KMXT Meeting Packet, including Agenda The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly will sit as a board of adjustment on a request for fewer off-street parking spots during tonight’s regular meeting. John Whiddon, representing Pacific Seafoods is appealing a September ruling by the planning and zoning commission that denied a variance to require fewer parking spots associated with the processor which …

Coming up this week: A judge rules against Kodiak processors in Rockfish suit; AquaBounty’s finances are getting shaky; more cuts could be coming to your halibut catch; and the Bristol Bay sockeye run is forecast to be lower than usual. All that, and the Deadliest Paycheck is smaller for Alaskans. We had help from KFSK’s Joe Viechnicki in Petersburg, and …

Maggie Wall/KMXT Jay Barrett/KMXT In a series on the proposed composting project using sludge from the city’s waste water treatment plant, we have brought you the perspective from the organizer of the ad hoc group opposed at putting the project at Middle Bay. Today, we hear Kodiak City Manager Aimee Kniaziowski’s perspective. She weighed in on the Kodiak compost controversy …

Maggie Wall/KMXT When Kodiak electrical customers talk about “Green” this holiday season they are not necessarily talking about trees for the living room or the color of frosting on sugar cookies. KMXT’s Maggie Wall explains

Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak’s non-profit recycling organization continues to grow, and there are plans for expansion in the future. Many people probably don’t know that Threshold Services didn’t start out to do recycling just for the sake of recycling.

Maggie Wall/KMXT Kodiak residents have an additional five weeks to comment on a proposal to compost solid waste sludge in Middle Bay. The original deadline was Monday. The Alaska Division of Environmental Health has extended the deadline for comments until January 18 to allow more public participation. KMXT’s Maggie Wall has more. We have links to materials related to the …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Pacific Marine Expo was held last week in Seattle, wrapping up on Thursday. The annual event is like a larger version of Kodiak’s Com Fish Alaska in the spring. Dillingham driftnetter Verner Wilson, who’s off-season job is with the World Wildlife Fund, attended this year and helped staff a booth on the tradeshow floor. The booth he …