Opening night of the Pililuki exhibit. On the left hand side are the two different types of hats and the booth to create them. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alutiiq museum’s new exhibit opened Friday and is called Pililuki, which means “make them” in the Alutiiq language. Activities in the room invite people to interact with Alutiiq culture and history, …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Programs around the state have been under threat of closure due to budget issues, and in the City of Kodiak, the future of one seafood research and training center has also been uncertain. But that may change if a resolution to save the center passes. The Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center, which opened in 1981 as the …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The City Marijuana Advisory Committee has a little more time before they need to turn in their suggestions on marijuana regulation to the Kodiak City Council. Last week, they gathered to go over the last few recommendations. One issue that inspired a lot of discussion is the distance between a marijuana establishment and school property. At the meeting, …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Electric Association unveiled its new building on Mill Bay Road in 2015, and now it’s demolishing its former headquarters on Marine Way. According to a KEA press release, the old building was constructed in 1965 and was the home base for member service operations and the finance and administrative offices. The Hartman Sub-station was in a …

Marine debris whale by Elizabeth Roberts. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT Imagine a small black whale. It’s big enough to hold in two hands. Upon further inspection, the whale is made from plastic. But not just one plastic object. Many of them. Like the heel of a shoe, a spear gun handle, and a goggle strap. The whale is a piece …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Marijuana is one issue that will appear before the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly again at its regular meeting tonight. Marijuana business, and its regulation within the borough, continues to be a work in progress. Tonight, the assembly will hold a public hearing of a resolution to make the borough the local regulatory authority. That would allow the borough …

Kodiak Electric Association President and CEO Darren Scott testifying in favor of HR 220. Screen capture via YouTube Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Electric Association hopes to speed up an expansion of the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project. Congressman Don Young recently introduced a bill, House Resolution 220, for that purpose. On Tuesday, Young spoke before the House Subcommittee on Water, Power, …

Joan Barnowsky with PSP presentation in Anchorage. Photo courtesy of Bobbi Barnowsky Kayla Desroches/KMXT A couple of Old Harbor students recently won recognition for their scientific experiments, one which tests for PSP. In late March, the 62nd  Alaska Science & Engineering Fair in Anchorage brought in over 200 submissions.  Among them were Ruby Taylor’s examination of the process of extracting …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Arts Council will hold its annual auction this weekend. The council has been around for over fifty years, says Council Board President Veronica Costa Bolton, and the council not only raises money for the organization, but also exhibits local talent. “People donate art pieces, prints, sometimes original works of local artists, and it’s an opportunity to …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A film festival Friday will fit some of Kodiak’s biggest adventures into one room. The event is in its eighth year and Island Trails Network Executive Director Andy Shroeder says it showcases the fantastic trips people have done over the year. “There is paragliding, sea cucumber diving, just everything you can imagine whether it’s commercial or professional or …