Today on Talk of the Rock we will hear from Borough Mayor Jerrol Friend, Borough Manager Bud Cassidy and Borough Assemblywoman Carol Austerman. The three recently returned from a lobbying trip in Washington D.C., where they met with a number of agencies to discuss Kodiak’s projects and needs in the coming years. The trio was also joined in the nation’s …

Today on Talk of the Rock we will hear from Borough Mayor Jerrol Friend, Borough Manager Bud Cassidy and Borough Assemblywoman Carol Austerman. The three recently returned from a lobbying trip in Washington D.C., where they met with a number of agencies to discuss Kodiak’s projects and needs in the coming years. The trio was also joined in the nation’s …

Today on Talk of the Rock we will hear from Borough Mayor Jerrol Friend, Borough Manager Bud Cassidy and Borough Assemblywoman Carol Austerman. The three recently returned from a lobbying trip in Washington D.C., where they met with a number of agencies to discuss Kodiak’s projects and needs in the coming years. The trio was also joined in the nation’s …

Maggie Wall/KMXT Morale among Kodiak’s teachers is at an all-time low and communications within the district and with parents leaves a lot to be desired. Those were just a few of the concerns expressed by residents who spoke during Public Comment periods during last night’s regular meeting of the Kodiak Island Borough School District Board of Education. The meeting was …

Maggie Wall/KMXT The Alaska Legislature continues to struggle to come up with a funding plan for the state’s education system. That has put a real wrench into plans for the local school budget. Because of deadlines and timetables, the Kodiak Island Borough School District must present a budget for next year to the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly on Thursday. To …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It’s a full agenda for the Kodiak City Council’s work session tonight. The seven-item list includes a discussion of sales tax exemptions, as well as discussion about depreciation funding for city assets. The council will also hear an update on capital projects and talk about the possibility of allowing the Kodiak Football League to build a permanent snack …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) A judge Monday refused to allow five defense witnesses to testify in the trial of the man charged with killing two co-workers at a Kodiak Coast Guard communication station. One rejected Kodiak witness was detained for trying to carry a gun through security at the Anchorage federal building. The five were called in the trial of 62-year-old …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT This week kicks off the Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium, also known as KAMSS. The free event starts on Tuesday night and will run through Saturday, with dozens of scientific presentations and workshops designed to engage the general public in research being done around the archipelago. Kate Wynne is a marine mammal specialist with the Alaska Sea Grant …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It was a relatively quick meeting for the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly on Thursday. Half of the meeting was spent honoring borough employees, presenting awards and recognitions and proclaiming April as Month of the Military Child. When it came down to business items, the assembly breezed through a handful of ordinances and postponed the vote on a change …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) The wife of a Coast Guardsman shot to death two years ago at a Kodiak communications station says she didn’t shoot her husband and his co-worker. Deborah Hopkins was called as a defense witness Thursday in the trial of James Wells, who’s charged with first-degree murder in the death of Petty Officer First Class James Hopkins and …