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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alutiiq Museum has completed an illustrated book of traditional stories. A new volcano may be waking up in the far Aleutians. And The Governor has presented his proposed budget.

The City of Kodiak sign at the Kodiak Island Borough Building. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) There is a city council meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Borough Assembly Chambers. At tonight’s meeting, the city council will vote to certify the results of the October municipal election. Incumbents, Mayor Pat Branson and Councilmembers John Whiddon and Charlie Davidson, will also be …

Kodiak City Council passed a resolution in support of Kodiak salmon fisheries on Thursday night. The resolution urges the Board of Fisheries, under the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to maintain traditional management of Kodiak salmon fishery. It also requests that the upcoming January meeting of the board stay in Kodiak, instead of being moved to Anchorage. The seiner …

The Borough Assembly voted last night to advance the “minimized development” version of the City of Kodiak’s Near Island Development Plan to a public hearing at the next assembly meeting. A view from the South End Trail on Near Island. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) Development plans for Near Island have been the works for several years now. In 2017, the …

The nominating period for soon-to-be available city and borough positions closed on Thursday. Here’s an overview of who’s in the running for the October 1 election.   The City of Kodiak sign at the Kodiak Island Borough Building. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) City of Kodiak On the city side, the mayor’s seat, as well as two city council positions will …

The city of Kodiak is looking ahead to the upcoming municipal elections this fall, starting with nominating petitions for the mayor’s seat, as well as two city council member seats. The positions that will be up for election are currently held by Mayor Pat Branson and City Council members John Whiddon and Charlie Davidson. The City of Kodiak sign at …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A former deputy city manager who was dismissed from his position without explanation has declined to participate in a third party review of the decision. Matt Van Daele was hired in August 2017 and worked with city staff at the same time as he served on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly. While some members of the assembly viewed …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A community member recently alleged that a city councilman asked her to censor a comment she’d planned to make before the city council. At a city regular meeting last week, Judi Kidder approached the microphone and recalled an incident that she claims happened shortly before an earlier work session. “Councilmember Whiddon appeared at my house and cautioned me …

Kodiak downtown area. (Photo byRaymond Bucko, SJ / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak may be without a fisheries analyst for a while. That’s according to Kodiak City Councilman John Whiddon, one of the two city representatives who attended what was scheduled to be a meeting of the city and borough’s joint Fisheries Work Group yesterday (WED). Without a quorum, the meeting …

Vessel in Kodiak. (Photo by Gruscana / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Gulf of Alaska is seeing a Pacific cod decline just a year after a disastrous pink salmon season, and it has Kodiak representatives looking at the next steps for the community. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council recently decided to reduce the Gulf of Alaska cod quota by 80 …