Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The cruise season in Kodiak will end on a slightly disappointing note this year. Janet Buckingham is the executive director for the Kodiak Island Convention and Visitors Bureau and said the last cruise ship of the season is cancelling its trip to Kodiak. She said the Holland America Amsterdam ship is foregoing its usual tour across the Gulf …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT While some Kodiak residents are hanging onto the last moments of summer, others have already set their sights on the prospect of snow-filled mountains come winter. A gathering of these winter enthusiasts showed their allegiance to the prospect of snow by ditching the sunny weather last night to attend a presentation on avalanche safety at the Bayside Fire …

Coming up this week, a lot of sockeye salmon showed up around Haines this y ear, but they get no love. The feds won’t be taking over management around Angoon, and spending 24 hours in a fish tote – adrift on the ocean. We had help from KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs in Kodiak. KHNS’s Margaret Friedenauer in Haines, and CoastAlaska’s Ed …

Folks line up at the local foods potluck held Wednesday night. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT More than 100 community members gathered last night at the Kodiak High School commons for a potluck dinner celebrating local agriculture. Goers filled their plates with locally harvested salmon, organically grown vegetables, big game chili and other samplings of more than a dozen local …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A small gathering of staff from the Chamber of Commerce learned about the value of Alaska’s exports during lunch at the Harbor Room of the Kodiak Inn. Greg Wolf is the executive Director for World Trade Center Alaska and said last year Alaska earned $5.2 billion from worldwide exports. He said the dollar amount ranks Alaska 40th among …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository will dabble into literary works this fall when it plans to sell two different books that celebrate Alutiiq culture and heritage. The first book is a hefty catalog of Alutiiq artifacts. Sven Haakanson is the executive director of the Alutiiq Museum and said the book was a collaborative project with another museum …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak City Council will take a more comprehensive look at parking downtown in meetings to come. The council heard from Police Chief T.C. Kamai during last night’s work session about the lack of long term parking near the downtown “mall.” “Now I think if you study this slide real closely, you’ll see, you’ll come to the same …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Come October Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council representatives will depart for Anchorage to attend the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting. During a joint work session between the borough assembly and city council last Tuesday, Denby Lloyd addressed a few topics on the agenda for the October meeting. Lloyd is a Kodiak fishery advisor and …

The route posted on his blog that John McDonald followed from Kodiak, Alaska to Key West, Florida. He completed his bicycle trip this week. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT On Wednesday, Kodiak High School alumnus John McDonald arrived at the southernmost point of the continental United States, a journey three months and 6,200 miles in the making. Back in May, McDonald boarded a …

Coming up this week, Southeast Dungies finish up a few pounds less than last year; could endangered coral become a stumbling block to fishing in the future? And the problem with other critters eating or displacing targeted fisheries. We had help this week from KFSK’s Matt Lichtenstein in Petersburg, KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs in Kodiak, KCAW’s Ed Ronco in Sitka, and …