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 …
Read More »Consolidation committee eliminates option for a second-class, consolidated borough government
The Consolidation Committee took an incremental step forward on Monday night’s meeting, voting unanimously to strike the option of a consolidated second-class borough government from the list of potential outcomes. In the State of Alaska, a second-class borough government is different from either a first-class or home rule borough in that it has fewer powers. And to exercise the powers …
Read More »Kodiak to donate old ambulance to Larsen Bay
The city of Larsen Bay is set to get a new ambulance soon, after the Kodiak City Council voted unanimously to donate its old Medic 2 to the nearly 100-person community. Fire Chief Jim Mullican shows Councilmembers Laura Arboleda and Randall Bishop the newest addition to Kodiak’s fleet of ambulances after Thursday’s meeting. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) At Thursday’s city …
Read More »Kodiak fishermen find extra work through halibut research amid stock concern
Fisherman Terry Haines next to a container of bait. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Pacific halibut fishery may see a drop in stock over the next few years and the International Pacific Halibut Commission, which regulates the fishery, uses surveys in Kodiak waters to collect data. The surveys also give local fishermen another job to tackle …
Read More »Assembly Candidate Profile: Terry Haines
Terry Haines (Photo:Terry Haines) Mitch Borden/KMXT There are eight people running for the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly this year. To help our listeners get to know the candidates, KMXT will be airing profiles of them every Tuesday and Thursday leading up to the election. KMXT sat down with Terry Haines to discuss why he wants to be on the borough …
Read More »Five Community Members Run for KEA Board
Kayla Desroches/KMXT Five members of the Kodiak Electric Association are running for three seats of three years on the KEA Board of Directors. Several of the candidates have run before. According to his bio in the annual membership meeting notice, businessman Ron Acarregui has served 16 years – as vice chairman for nine of them. Cliff Ford, assistant professor of …
Read More »Six Applicants Line-up for Vacant Assembly Seat
Kayla Desroches/KMXT When he became borough mayor, Dan Rohrer left an open Kodiak Island Borough Assembly seat behind him, and the assembly has a number of applicants to choose from to fill that seat. Two of them ran for the positions that Scott Smiley and Matt Van Daele won at the recent election. They’re Ocean Beauty plant manager James Turner, …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: North Pacific Fishery Management Council
On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches holds a discussion about the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting going on in Kodiak and the three trawl bycatch management alternatives. Julie Bonney, Duncan Fields, and Terry Haines join.
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