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Assembly Updated on Long Term Care Facility Plan

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly can look forward to being very busy in the coming months. The assembly met with Borough Attorney Cheryl Brooking last night during a work session to discuss the plan of attack for approving and building the Long Term Care Facility near Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center.

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New PSP Tests Under Evaluation in Kodiak

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT As some Kodiak residents may have heard, eating local shellfish can be a deadly endeavor. While the archipelago’s shellfish are plentiful, the bounty is also prone to a naturally occurring marine biotoxin that causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, or PSP. Brian Himelbloom is an associate professor of Seafood Science and Technology at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center. …

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The Alaska Fisheries Report with Jay Barrett

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Haines fishermen JR Churchill, Bob Rude, and Karl Johnson wearing the new suspenders and hold a life ring throw bag provided through the Richard Boyce Inflatable Suspenders Memorial Fund. Photo courtesy Randa Hopper Szymanski Coming up this week, Senator Mark Begich gives us more details on his nationwide seafood marketing plan, we also hear from the professor who wrote a …

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First Home Match for Kodiak Volleyball

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Members of the Kodiak High School Bears volleyball team practice this week. Their first home match is Friday. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photos Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak High School volleyball team will host their first home game of the season Friday. KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs stopped in at practice earlier this week to talk with Head Coach Amy Willis about the season ahead. …

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Arts Council Seeks Director as Quass Departs

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT After serving three years as the executive director of the Kodiak Arts Council, Tom Quass will say his goodbyes to the organization on Friday. Quass said his primary reason for leaving is health reasons, but said he probably wouldn’t have stayed much longer despite that. "You know I probably wouldn’t have only done this a couple more years …

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Selby and Stevens Say Coastal Management Not Dead

Jay Barrett/KMXT The initiative on Tuesday’s primary election ballot re-creating a Coastal Zone Management Program for the State of Alaska went down handily at the polls almost two-to-one. Statewide, 64,210 people voted against Measure 2, while 39,624 voted in favor of it. Here in District 35, voters overwhelmingly were in favor of Measure 2, with 1,400 Yes votes and 580 …

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Selby Says Sea Party Will Continue Coastal Management Fight

Jay Barrett/KMXT The initiative on Tuesday’s primary election ballot re-creating a Coastal Management Program for the State of Alaska went down handily at the polls almost two-to-one. Statewide, 64,210 people voted against Measure 2, while 39,624 voted in favor of it. Here in District 35, which includes Kodiak, voters overwhelmingly were in favor of Measure 2, with 1,400 Yes votes …

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KMXT Morning News with Jay Barrett

Jay Barrett/KMXT Today on the KMXT Morning News, the ballot is set for Kodiak voters after yesterday’s Primary Election. Statewide, the Coastal Management initiative fails, and water levels are getting low at the Terror Lake, which means Kodiak Electric might have to start using diesel generation if they fall too far. Also, Alaska’s junior senator is looking to boost the …

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