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The Alaska Fisheries Report with Jay Barrett

Coming up this week the fish council proposes a compromise for everybody who loves halibut – though not many from either side are happy about it all; Paycheck Poker doesn’t pan out for processors in Dutch, and Alaska’s junior senator says looking for chinook disaster money will be a multi-state effort. We had help this week from KBBI’s Marcia Lynn …

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Election Canvas Shows Voter Turnout Extremely Low

Jay Barrett/KMXT Write-in, absentee and question ballots have been counted for last week’s municipal elections. Some of the totals may have changed but the results have not. In the City of Kodiak, 46 additional votes were added to the total, bringing the number of ballots cast to 483, which is just over 13-percent of the city’s registered voters. Councilman Gabriel …

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Five Safe After FV Kodiak Isle Hits Rock Near Sitkinak

Matt Miller/KTOO Jay Barrett/KMXT Five people were rescued early this (Thursday) morning after their fishing vessel hit a rock southwest of Kodiak Island. The 58-foot “Kodiak Isle” reportedly hit a rock and began taking on water near Sitkinak Island. The Coast Guard says the vessel’s dewatering pumps were not keeping up with the flooding and the five male crewmembers donned …

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Michigan Man Tapped to be Kodiak Borough Manager

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough will welcome a new face in the coming months. The borough plans to hire Erick Strahl as borough manager. Former Manager Rick Gifford left sometime in June and Bud Cassidy has been filling the position since then. Mayor Jerome Selby said the hiring process took multiple months because the borough was trying to be …

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Grace Period for Collectors to Return Whale Souvenirs

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A few weeks ago a dead humpback whale washed up on a beach in Chiniak after what was most likely a killer whale attack. Marine mammal specialist Bree Witteveen told KMXT that the plan was to leave the whale on the beach and let it decompose naturally, but she reminded Kodiak residents that it is illegal to take …

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Council, Assemblly Meeting Separately Tonight

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Despite having to cancel its work session on Tuesday, the Kodiak City Council is scheduled to meet for a regular meeting tonight in the borough assembly chambers. Heavy fog prevented a number of members from returning to Kodiak and the work session on Tuesday was cancelled because due to lack of a quorum. Items that were on that …

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Urban Bears Spotted in East Midtown

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Some Kodiak residents got company this week when some four-legged mammals paid a visit in their neighborhoods. Kodiak Police Lieutenant Kyle Valerio said now is the time of year that community members can expect more bears to be out and about in residential areas. “In the town primary, Kodiak, we’ve had the last few days reports of two …

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