Unofficial_tally_write_in_votes(PDF) Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough clerk’s office has released the unofficial tally of write-in votes from Tuesday’s Municipal Election. There were seats on both the assembly and the school board that did not attract any declared candidates when the filing period closed, so several people waged write-in campaigns. The figures, released late Thursday afternoon do not include absentee …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The newspaper of record for pretty much the entire planet has taken notice of a Kodiak mother of four. The New York Times featured Petal Ruch Wednesday in an article about her staring in the latest advertising campaign for Vaseline Intensive Rescue Clinical Therapy body lotion. The web site Vaseline set up for the advertising campaign is: "Prescribe …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Voters in the Kodiak Island Borough weren’t the only ones to vote down a measure that would allow officials to use less stringent financial disclosure forms. Propositions were on the ballots in nine Alaska communities, and it failed in five of them. The movement to exempt officials in municipalities around the state is the result of the Alaska …

Jay Barrett/KMXT A series of incidents in Alaska waters recently has prompted the Coast Guard to step up its campaign to get vessel skippers and owners to report when something goes wrong at sea.

Jay Barrett/KMXT In the aftermath of the night of arson that destroyed eight automobiles and 10-thousand dollars in construction material and equipment, the Alaska State Troopers are urging residents to be even more watchful and to take steps to discourage vandals in their neighborhoods.

Casey Kelly/KMXT From KMXT in Kodiak, this is the Alaska Fisheries Report. Coming up this week…

Jay Barrett/KMXT Proposition One failed in Tuesday’s election. If passed, it would have exempted borough officials from the new, more detailed financial disclosure rules required by state law. The unofficial results, with all nine borough precincts reporting show the proposition lost by 85 votes, with 1,070 people voting no and 985 voting yes.

2008_election_results_tally (PDF) Jay Barrett/KMXT While there was only one contested race on Kodiak Island during yesterday’s municipal election, there were two closely-watched ballot propositions. The one that has attracted the most attention and advertising dollars was Proposition 2, authorizing the sale of $115-million in bonds to build a new Kodiak High School. It failed 1,260 to 821. The increase in …

Jay Barrett/KMXT A string of four fires were started over the course of about two hours early Tuesday morning in Kodiak, destoying eight automobiles and causing about $25,000 in damage. Bayside Fire Chief Bob Himes says it looks like they were the work of an arsonist.

Jay Barrett/KMXT The nation’s largest icebreaker, the 420-foot Coast Guard cutter Healy, arrived here today (Tuesday) for a brief port call before continuing on to its homeport of Seattle. The Healy’s arrival in Kodiak comes at the conclusion of the cutter’s Arctic West Summer 2008 mission. The Healy crew spent the past four months in the Bering Sea and Arctic …