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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak girls and boys swimming and diving teams dominated the Homer Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Both won 10 of the 12 events. The Kodiak girls scored 135 points to take first, while the Kodiak boys scored 150. Kenai was second among the girls teams, followed by Palmer, Seward and Homer. On the boys side, Colony was …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Last week’s primary election held limited interest for many folks in Kodiak, with no contested legislative races here, but there was one resident who watched closely. Kodiak’s Gary Stevens, who heads the coalition majority in the state senate, said there were some surprises for members of the Bi-Partisan Working Group, when two of its Republican members were defeated …