Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last night the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly got its first taste of what the budget climate might be during the legislative session this year. During the work session the assembly spent a good chunk of time reviewing potential options for its state legislative capital improvement projects priority list, and heard from Borough Lobbyist Mark Hickey about what the …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT During Wednesday’s joint work session the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council briefly discussed animal control outside of city limits and what needs to be done before the service is implemented. For many years the borough shared in the cost of the city’s animal control service, expanding it beyond city limits. But a few years ago …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last night the Kodiak Borough Assembly and City Council met for a joint work session to discuss, among other things, fish. Specifically, bycatch in the Gulf of Alaska groundfish trawl fishery. The two governing bodies were gearing up for the matter being a topic during the upcoming North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s meeting at the end of the …

Marina Cummiskey/KMXT Kodiak will get a glimpse of different cultures this Saturday during Media Action’s film festival. The nonprofit organization, based out of Kodiak, travels internationally to put on film workshops for youth and encourages them to speak their minds through film. KMXT’s intern Marina Cummiskey has more. During the film festival, Media Action will be showcasing the best documentaries …

The Alaska/Horizon Air Q400 aircraft, which will offer one flight a day between Anchorage and Kodiak starting in March, visited Benny Benson State Airport Tuesday. The Bombardier Q400 is a modernized version of the deHaviland Dash 8 which Era Aviation serves Kodiak. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Alaska Airline’s Boeing 737 jets has served passengers flying between Kodiak and Anchorage …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Tonight continues the busy week of municipal government meetings with the city and borough coming together under the same agenda. The borough assembly will chair a joint work session with the city council and hear a fisheries analyst report, including a discussion about Gulf of Alaska trawl bycatch management. Following that will be a discussion about city sales …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak’s only video rental store, Blockbuster, will be closing its doors in the near future, but not before selling everything in stock. Today kicked off the franchise’s closing sale, sending viewers home with videos, TV shows and video games for $15 or less. Lyle Phillips manages Kodiak’s Blockbuster and said the closing is nobody’s fault, it’s simply a …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak Launch Complex isn’t located in the most accessible part of the island. It’s more than 35 miles of winding, two-lane highway from the nearest shipping port in Women’s Bay, and another five miles from the Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport. When equipment comes in, especially large equipment for a launch, the road is often completely shut …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It’s a busy week for Kodiak’s municipal government, with four meetings in the next three days. It all starts tonight when the City Council meets for a work session to discuss, among other things, composting. There will be an update on the Class B composting currently being done at the landfill, as well as an update on Quayanna …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Alutiiq Museum has seen quite a few changes in the past few months. Long-time Director Sven Haakanson retired in June, and in August the museum welcomed Alisha Drabek as its new director. Now, the organization will start seeing less of another decade-long employee, Katie St. John. St. John has served the Alutiiq Museum for the past 12 …