Jay Barrett/KMXT There are now even more votes left to count in the District 36 State House race between Alan Austerman and Andy Lundquist. The Alaska Division of Elections announced this afternoon that there are 565 Questioned Ballots in the close election. Added to the absentee votes still waiting to be counted, and there are 1,946 outstanding votes. That is …

Jay_Barrett/KMXT Hannah Kaplan, a Kodiak High School senior, has produced a short documentary film exploring the world of ‘professional’ female skateboarders in Kodiak. Kaplan’s film will be screened on December 13th at the Beartooth Movie Theater during the Anchorage International Film Festival. You can see her movie on YouTube .

Jay Barrett/KMXT There will be another majority coalition in the Alaska State Senate this upcoming session. With Democrats picking up two seats this year, the 20-seat senate is split right down the middle. Kodiak Senator Gary Stevens, who is now the senate president, put together this year’s majority coalition, roughly along the same lines as the one that ran the …

On this week’s show: Alaska Senator Ted Stevens has the slimmest of leads in his re-election bid, the hearing into the sinking of the Katmai wrapped up, the EPA has turned over water quality permitting to the state of Alaska, and Kodiak tanner fishermen are looking at a catch 20-percent less than last season. All that plus a visit with …

House District 36 Tally (PDF) Jay Barrett/KMXT Voter turn out in Tuesday’s General Election was moderate to high in Kodiak. Of 10,480 registered voters, 4,170 cast ballots. That’s a turnout of very nearly 40 percent. District 36 residents went for the McCain-Palin ticket 2,649 to 1,385 for Obama/Biden. Of course, Obama won the national vote. In the race for U.S. …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak City Manager Linda Freed has announced her retirement. She spoke with KMXT’s Jay Barrett about her plans. Freed has been Kodiak city manager for eight years, before that, she worked for the Kodiak Island Borough for over 20.

Jay Barrett/KMXT There has been no change in the District 36 election report all day today. The numbers that came in at 12:30 this morning remain standing, though the number of absentee votes remaining to be counted has been revealed to be 1,381. Republican Alan Austerman has a thin lead over Democrat Andy Lundquist. With 13 of 14 precincts reporting, …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The saga of Mission Road continues. In mid-summer there were no plans to fix the deteriorated state-owned section of asphalt at all, but by early fall, bids had gone out to repave it. But then, soaring costs of asphalt derailed those plans.

Jay Barrett/KMXT It’s déjà vu all over again for residents of Alaska House District 36, which includes the Kodiak Island Borough and portions of the Lake and Peninsula Borough. It was weeks after the August primary election before the winner of the Democratic contest was known, and now it might be just as long before we know the results of …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Four teams finished the 11th annual Chiniak to Kodiak Relay race on Saturday. The winning team, made up of five high schoolers and two adults, ran the 42-point-7 mile course in 4 hours 57 minutes and 45 seconds. The team included Christy Roe, Analise Delos Santos, Trevor Dunbar, Jake Salus, Sam Salus, Jordan Foster and Bree Witteveen. They …