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Skateboarders Plea For New Park

Jay Barrett/KMXT Supporters of improvements to the skateboarding area at Baranof Park appealed to the Kodiak City Council on Thursday. It was a follow up to the large turnout at the council’s work session last Tuesday. There is a tidy sum of money left over from the new track, football field and baseball diamond improvements, which Jeremiah Gardiner thinks should …

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City Council Says ‘Goodbye’ to Ian Fulp

Jay Barrett/KMXT On Thursday evening, retiring Kodiak Parks and Recreation Director Ian Fulp attended his last city council meeting. After nearly 40-years, Fulp is retiring and will be moving with his wife Judy to the mainland to be closer to their kids and grandkids. Fulp addressed the council at the beginning of the meeting:

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City Council Takes A Closer Look At City Salaries

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The City of Kodiak is taking a closer look at salaries this fall to see if Kodiak is competitive with the national workforce. Lori Messer is a Senior Consultant for Fox Lawson and Associates, the company conducting the compensation and classification study for the city. She spoke to the Kodiak City Council during the September 11 work session …

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Locals Heading to Helsinki to Examine Alutiiq Sewing

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Staff and volunteers at the Alutiiq Museum will travel abroad in January to learn the fine art of skin and fur stitching. The museum recently received a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services to send Museum Director Sven Haakanson and five local skin sewers to Helsinki, Finland. Haakanson joined master sewer Susan Malutin and Museum …

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Turnovers Spoil New Field’s Inauguration

Jay Barrett/KMXT The weather gods christened the new track and turf at the Joe Floyd Field in grand fashion, with storm-force winds and torrential rain on Saturday in the homecoming game between the Kodiak Bears and their arch-rival the Soldotna Stars. Unfortunately, the result was the same as every other game the Bears have ever played against So-Hi – a …

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Era Aviation Grounds All Aircraft for Upgrades

Jay Barrett/KMXT Era Aviation grounded all of its aircraft Saturday afternoon after a Federal Aviation Administration investigation revealed cockpit voice recorders didn’t meet regulatory standards. Both FAA officials and company spokesman Steve Smith said the cockpit recorders were not up-to-date and needed to be replaced. The FAA investigation stemmed from an incident earlier this month when an Era Dash-8 flying …

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Fall Storms Change Course of Cruise

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The cruise season in Kodiak will end on a slightly disappointing note this year. Janet Buckingham is the executive director for the Kodiak Island Convention and Visitors Bureau and said the last cruise ship of the season is cancelling its trip to Kodiak. She said the Holland America Amsterdam ship is foregoing its usual tour across the Gulf …

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Avalanche Safety Topic of End-of-Summer Presentation

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT While some Kodiak residents are hanging onto the last moments of summer, others have already set their sights on the prospect of snow-filled mountains come winter. A gathering of these winter enthusiasts showed their allegiance to the prospect of snow by ditching the sunny weather last night to attend a presentation on avalanche safety at the Bayside Fire …

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