Kayla Desroches/KMXT Rain and moderate weather has dominated Kodiak’s winters over the last couple of years, but that could be due to end this season. The increase in snow and last weekend’s windstorm may mean that island weather has taken a tempestuous turn. Michael Lawson, a general forecaster with the National Weather Service in Anchorage, says NOAA issued a high …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough may return to the 2012 building code in the near future. This summer, the assembly caused tension with the Kodiak City Council when it decided to roll back to the 1997 uniform building code. Assemblyman Kyle Crow led the change in an attempt to relax restrictions for home owner-builders in the borough. It turned …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The public spoke against the sale of two lots of land by Baranof Park at a Kodiak Island Borough Assembly regular meeting in September. The properties were among those that the Borough Lands Committee had identified for sale, zone change, and possible future development. Community members had came forward and identified the lots as ones that should be …

Blythe Brown and Rich Phaneuf. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT Local partners in Kodiak are pursuing the replacement of culverts along the road system. The culverts ensure the easy passage of salmon from stream to ocean to stream again, and their upkeep means the continued health of the salmon population. Blythe Brown from the Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation District leads …

Lydia Stanford and Nic Gili rehearsing. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT The first performance of the Nutcracker is tonight. The holiday special runs every three years, and the cast has been hard at work rehearsing. Lydia Stanford’s ballet slippers squeak on the auditorium stage. This afternoon, she’s practicing with the male lead dancer, who flew in from Idaho to play the …

Members of the public at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly regular meeting. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kids played outside the assembly chambers last night during the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly regular meeting. They’d abandoned bags, coats, and papers on the hallway carpet. Their parents were likely among those who filled the assembly chambers for their chance to give comment on …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Weather has gotten in the way of some of the food importation to the island, but Kodiak Safeway store manager Mike Murray says staff will work around it. Usually Safeway receives food shipments on Mondays and Wednesdays, and unloads one extra container of perishables on Fridays. This coming Monday, Murray says the barge will skip the island due …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The second year of Kodiak Strong Planning Day brings promise for new community developments in 2017. The kick-off event last year gathered locals together to decide on goals to work toward. They ended up choosing three: a housing assistance program, a food co-op, and downtown business and cultural events. Event organizer and Healthy Tomorrows coordinator, Merissa Koller Williams, …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak boasts quite a few quilting and knitting shops, and for a town full of crafters, it’s fitting that fiber arts will feature in this upcoming First Friday art walk. The Rookery will show a collaboration between fiber artist Chris Lynch and painter Natasha Pristas. They’ve put together embroidery kits based on Pristas’ designs. Erin Starr Hollow from …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly may redirect state bond funds to a specific issue within the school district. The topic of how to fund maintenance projects came up last night at the borough assembly work session during discussion about the Main Elementary School walkway. Borough Manager Michael Powers said the structure is in disrepair – in part due …