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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The proposed bike path from downtown Kodiak to Deadman’s Curve hit another dead end during Tuesday’s City Council work session when City Manager Aimee Kniaziowski said she had not heard back from the State Department of Transporation. During last month’s work session council members were told they would have to sign a draft agreement with the DOT on …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT This weekend community members will get an opportunity to experience a portion the revitalized Kodiak College theater class during the production of Silent Night, Lonely Night. The drama will feature more than a dozen cast and crew members from the college community. Jared Griffin is the director for the play and said this particular production came about after …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Despite an exciting election taking place outside the borough conference room, it was business as usual for the Kodiak City Council when the met for a work session last night. One item on the agenda was an update on the public library. Roe Sturgulewski is the project manager for the library and presented a proposal for the next …

Jay Barrett/KMXT After the General Election yesterday, not much will likely change in Kodiak, except there will be a new dock at Pier III at some point in the near future. The Senate District R race saw incumbent Gary Stevens fend off a challenge by Cordova Democrat Robert Henrich. With all but one precinct reporting, Stevens received 5,702 votes, or …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Starting on January 1st, there will be a greatly reduced American Red Cross presence in Kodiak. The disaster relief organization says it will not actually be closing the office, as was previously announced, but instead it will keep the office open, but not staff it. Sally Magnuson, the Kodiak logistics specialists, has been with the Red Cross here …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last night commercial vessel owners gathered to celebrate another year of successful Ship Escort and Response Vessel System, or SERVS, training. The vessel of opportunity program trains hundreds of fishermen and boat owners each year on how to safely and effectively clean up after an oil spill. Andres Morales is the director for SERVS, which is operated through …

Laura Rokey, a former Coast Guard SPAR, and Lt. Cmdr. Michele Schallip, commanding officer of the Kodiak-based Cutter SPAR, tour the ship while it was moored in Petersburg on Saturday.Rokey, now 94, was one of more than 11,000 women to serve in the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve during World War II. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Cutter SPAR

Jay Barrett/KMXT This year’s New York City Marathon, scheduled for Sunday, wound up being cancelled because of the Hurricane Sandy damage, but before that decision was made late Friday, Kodiak runner Bree Witteveen had already made her way from the Emerald Isle to the Big Apple.