The Kodiak City Council will hold a public hearing tonight on a proposal to change the cost of some city fees and penalties, including vehicle impoundment and abandonment fees. The changes are part of an update to several sections of city code which the council will take up during its regular meeting. The city has trouble getting people to pay …

The Kodiak Island Borough Board of Education hold both a work session and a special meeting on Monday. The work session begins at 6:30 p.m. It is followed immediately by a special meeting to consider hiring a temporary cosmetology teacher for the high school, as well as a special session to discuss school district finances. Work sessions are for discussion …

    We’re going to ease into the new year with a few good books. First up, we have the story of a Bering Sea Captain. Jake Jacobson recounts stories and memories of his five decades fishing Alaska’s dangerous and unpredictable waters. And an we look at the early days of ocean exploration Not the sailing the ocean blue kind …

UPDATE 8:20 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2 Here is a slightly different version of story that KMXT’s Maggie Wall recorded. Click arrow to listen to report, or continue below to read story.   The Coast Guard has identified the five men missing following the New Year’s Eve sinking of the F/V Scandies Rose. Included are two members of one family. Gary …

Brrrrr!  It’s cold out there. The official temperature at the airport was a big goose egg at noon today — 0 degrees. KMXT received the following Nixle message from the Kodiak Police Department.   Official temp at noon in Kodiak on Jan. 2 was zero.This thermometer is from a home in Bells Flats Thursday morning. Photo: KMXT/Maggie Wall.   The …

The Coast Guard Wednesday night suspended the search for five people who were missing following the sinking of the crabbing vessel Scandies Rose on Tuesday evening. KMXT’s Maggie Wall has this report.   Click arrow to listen to report, or continue below to read it.   The Coast Guard Wednesday night suspended its search for five crew members who were …

UPDATE   UPDATE  UPDATE 9:30 p.m. Wednesday  KMXT just received notification from the Coast Guard that the search for five missing crew members on the Scandies Rose has been suspended. Following is the press release we received my email moments ago.   JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard suspended its search Wednesday at 6:08 p.m. for five missing fishermen in the …

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE Update 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Coast Guard has suspended search for missing crew members from Scandies Rose on Wednesday evening.     The Coast Guard continues its search for five crewmen missing since the Dutch Harbor based crabber Scandies Rose sank near Sutwik Island, off the Alaska Peninsula Tuesday night. The vessel sank around 10 p.m. with seven crew …

  The Board of Fish is set to meet in Kodiak Jan. 11 – 14 to take up Kodiak specific fisheries proposals. KMXT’s Maggie Wall has this report. Click arrow to listen to report or continue on to read it.   The Alaska Board of Fisheries makes regulations regarding fisheries in state waters. Commercial fishing, sports fishing, and state subsistence …

    Overlapping maintenance schedules means Kodiak will be without a ferry for several months starting mid-January. KMXT’s Maggie Wal has more in this report. Click on arrow to listen or continue on below to read story.   Kodiak Island is looking at three months of no ferry service beginning Jan. 11. That’s the day the M/V Tustumena is set …