The Kodiak village of Akhiok is replacing its 40-year-old power grid and generator. The new system will be vastly more efficient, and comes with the ability to add solar energy in the near future. Akhiok Mayor Dan McCoy talks with former Kodiak Island Borough Mayor Dan Rohrer inside the existing powerhouse in August, 2018. (Photo by Tyler Kornelis) The village …
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Tyler Kornelis speaks to members of the Kodiak Harvest Food Cooperative at annual meeting. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Harvest Food Cooperative is trying to expand its business plan into selling seafood. The group formed in 2016, following a community gathering the year before which pinpointed a need for “a food co-op with [a] local …
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KEA wind turbine. (Photo by LaniElderts/Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Four people are up for three seats on the Kodiak Electric Association’s Board of Directors. There are a total of nine elected board members and each seat is for a term of three years. Kodiak Area Native Association project coordinator Tyler Kornelis is the one candidate who’s never served on the KEA …
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Volcanic area of Krafla in Northern Iceland. Iceland uses hot springs like this one for its geothermal energy.(Photo by Fougerouse Arnaud / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A program is leading representatives of Arctic nations to Alaska, Canada, Iceland, and Greenland to look at the microgrids in remote communities. The Arctic Remote Energy Network Academy, or ARENA, is in the middle of …
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Facilitator Rachael Miller listens to ideas from the locals in the room and writes them down on the paper behind her. Kayla Desroches / KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT How do locals get good food when the produce shipped up from the Lower 48 is often so expensive and not so fresh? It’s an issue of concern for rural areas across the …
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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 …
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Spinach, a crop that grows well in Kodiak. Laura Ericson / Flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT The vision for a cooperative grocery store downtown is developing with the help of the co-ops that came before it. Merissa Koller-Williams with Healthy Tomorrows and Tyler Kornelis with the Kodiak Area Native Association are both involved in organizing the co-op and its storefront along with …
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