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State School Board Meeting in Kodiak

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State Board of Education Chairman Jim Merriner Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska State Board of Education and Early Development is holding its September meeting here in Kodiak, starting today. Chairman Jim Merriner will ring in the proceedings this morning at 8 a.m., over in the borough assembly chambers. It is open to the public. The first item on the agenda is …

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Base Remembers Sept. 11

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Coast Guard police officers Joe Lovette and Rachel Ranstead raise the POW MIA flag and Coast Guard ensign while Coast Guard fire fighters Luke Nymeyer and Patrick Callahan raise the National Ensign and firefighter Daniel Smith renders honors for morning colors in front of assembled Coast Guardsmen at Coast Guard Base Kodiak, Alaska, in observance of Sept. 11, Tuesday, Sept. …

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Stevens Tours Tundra Runways – Finds Some ‘Shocking’

Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak Senator Gary Stevens got a look at a part of the state that will be in his district if he wins re-election this fall – communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta outside Bethel. Stevens says he wasn’t on a campaign swing, though, saying he went there at the invitation of the Alaska Department of Transportation. “I was checking …

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Marine Highway Goes Back to the Future with New Logo

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Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska The Alaska Marine Highway System has a new logo. The retro blue-and-white image includes a ferry surrounded by a circle with the system’s name, plus an orange anniversary banner. Officials say the shape is inspired by portholes of oceangoing vessels. The colors represent the ocean and waves ferries sail through. Department of Transportation spokesman Jeremy Woodrow says it’s …

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Legislative Wish List on Council’s Work Session Agenda

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak City Council is gathering for a work session tonight (Tuesday). In addition to going over the agenda for Thursday night’s regular meeting, the council has scheduled several discussions. One will be to review the downtown parking plan, and another to go over the preliminary findings of the compensation and classification study for city employees and their …

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Assembly Takes Steps to Open Up Borough Land

Jay Barrett/KMXT A short-handed Kodiak Island Borough Assembly took another step Thursday night in freeing up some land to sell to the public. The assembly approved declaring 11 parcels not needed for government purposes, which is required before it can be offered to the public. The assembly vote upheld an earlier recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission. As Mayor …

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Assembly and Council Gearing Up for NPFMC Meeting

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Come October Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council representatives will depart for Anchorage to attend the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting. During a joint work session between the borough assembly and city council last Tuesday, Denby Lloyd addressed a few topics on the agenda for the October meeting. Lloyd is a Kodiak fishery advisor and …

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Coast Guard Clearing Trees Too Near Runway

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The trees that will be cut down at Coast Guard Base Kodiak are outlined within the blue lines. Image courtesy US Coast Guard Jay Barrett/KMXT More trees are coming down in Kodiak. The stands of trees around the Kodiak State Airport in Lower Government Housing on Coast Guard land will get chopped down starting sometime this month. That word from …

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