Kodiak Island Borough election precinct map, located inside the borough building. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) Candidates for school board and Borough Assembly participated in a forum on Wednesday night in Borough Assembly Chambers. The race for one school board seat includes two candidates, Cejie Benoit and Julie Cain Hill. Hill currently serves on the board. Benoit and Hill responded to …

Representative Louise Stutes responded forcefully to a statement last week from Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Commissioner John MacKinnon, about ferry service being a “convenience.” The M/V Aurora normally services Prince William Sound, including the communities of Cordova, Valdez and Tatitlek. (Photo by Christoph Strässler/Wikimedia Commons) “To say that the loss of our ferry service is a convenience is …

Joining millions of demonstrators across Alaska and around the world, Kodiak held its own climate strike on Saturday morning. Roughly 30 protesters turned out on the lawn outside the post office, hoping to spread community awareness and encourage political action on climate change. Protestors gather outside Kodiak’s post office to advocate for climate action on Sept. 21, 2019. (Photo by …

The Borough Assembly voted last night to advance the “minimized development” version of the City of Kodiak’s Near Island Development Plan to a public hearing at the next assembly meeting. A view from the South End Trail on Near Island. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) Development plans for Near Island have been the works for several years now. In 2017, the …

The Borough Assembly is having a regular meeting tonight in Borough Assembly Chambers tonight at 6:30 pm. On tonight’s agenda, the assembly will be considering adopting the “minimum development” version of the City of Kodiak’s Near Island Development Plan. This version was the most conservative of three plans to develop Near Island, limiting industrial area and adding no new commercial …

The Pacific Spaceport Complex — Alaska wrapped up a series of defense-contracted launches this summer and is looking ahead to a busy schedule this fall and into next year. The state-owned Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) operates the launch complex on Kodiak’s Narrow Cape. Its launch history involves primarily federal government contracts, though in recent years, the corporation has stressed they’re …

Gov. Mike Dunleavy made board appointments for two state-owned corporations, according to a statement released on Tuesday evening. Dunleavy appointed former Alaska Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell to the “business owner/manager” seat on the Alaska Railroad Corporation board. He also tapped retired Air Force Col. John “Jack” Anthony for the Alaska Aerospace Corporation board. Campbell formerly served as lieutenant governor under …

Like many parts of coastal Alaska, Kodiak Island is gearing up for a gap in ferry service this winter. While the city of Kodiak has relatively reliable alternatives for transportation to the mainland, the gap will pose serious difficulties for the some of the island’s outlying villages. The M/V Tustumena docked in Kodiak. It’s the smaller of two ferries that …

Kodiak City Council is having a meeting tonight at 7:30 pm in Borough Assembly Chambers. On the agenda tonight, the city council will name election workers for the upcoming municipal elections next month. They will also be appointing a new member to the Kodiak Fisheries Development Association. There are also three permits up for approval to allow excavation on Near …

The USS Comstock docked in Kodiak on Tuesday, en route to participate in a joint forces military training exercise spread across the Gulf of Alaska and the Aleutians. The visit brought some indicators of the Navy’s growing presence in Alaska, and what that might mean for the future. Navy personnel stand on the flight deck of the USS Comstock, docked …