Jay Barrett/KMXT      Monday afternoon Trident Seafoods announced it intended to complete the purchase of the Western Alaska Fisheries cannery in Kodiak by the end of the month. The Western plant is owned by Westward Seafoods, a subsidiary of Maruha-Nichiro of Japan.      Trident CEO Joe Bundrant was in town this week along with his father, company …

  Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough is facing a fast-approaching deadline to shut down its incinerator out at the landfill. Borough Manager Bud Cassidy said the deadline was originally at the end of the year, but was pushed back to the end of February.  The number of users for the landfill’s incinerator is surprisingly large and varied: “The types …

  Josh Edge/APRN The Alaska U.S. District Attorney’s Office announced Monday a plea deal has been reached between the federal government and Noble Drilling for incidents involving the drill ship Noble Discoverer and drill barge Kulluk while under contract with Shell Oil during the 2012 arctic drilling season.  As part of the plea agreement, Noble Drilling has agreed to plead …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Trident Seafoods announced Monday it had signed a letter of intent to purchase the Western Alaska Fisheries processing plant in Kodiak from Maruha-Nichiro-owned Westward Seafoods.  They expect to finalize the deal by Dec. 31, Trident said in release on Monday. The Western processing plant handles pollock, cod,  salmon and other species. It’s located on Shelikof Street, about a …

Kodiak Mayor Pat Branson receives the Vic Fischer Local Government Leadership Award from Vic Fischer, at AML’s recent conference. Photo provided  Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak Mayor Pat Branson was honored recently by the Alaska Municipal League for her contributions to improve local government and communities in Alaska. Branson was awarded the Vic Fischer Local Government Leadership Award at the recent Alaska …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Wednesday the Kodiak Island Borough is presenting an opportunity for the public to get to know a widely-used mapping software, that’s accessible on the web. Assemblywoman Rebecca Skinner highlighted some of its capabilities at last week’s meeting: “I encourage the public to go see how different organizations in the community utilize GIS. And I think of GIS as …

  Jay Barrett/KMXT On Monday, the Alaska Alcohol Beverage Control Board unanimously voted to revoke the liquor license of the Wild Alaskan, a floating bar and grill that also features exotic dancers after 9 p.m. The issue ABC director Cynthia Franklin asked the board to considered was the “common carrier” license the Wild Alaskan sold liquor under. It allows the …

Liz Ruskin/APRN The U.S. House Wednesday passed a bill to keep the Coast Guard in operation. Alaska Congressman Don Young says he inserted a provision to allow long-term leases on tidelands managed by the Coast Guard, which he says is aimed at spurring development at Womens Bay. The bill has several provisions for Arctic operations. It requires the Coast Guard …

  Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak’s already ultra-tight housing situation is going to get much worse come the new year, as residents of about 30 apartments – some individuals, some families – are being asked to leave their downtown apartment building by the end of the year. The Kodiak Plaza building, which housed state offices at street level and apartments on the …

  Coming up this week, about 50 crew members aboard a South Korean factory trawler are feared lost after their ship went down in the Bering Sea; a new test fishery opened up in Cook Inlet this week, and the IPHC says recruitment of halibut appears to be up a bit. All that, and the former FV Shaman couldn’t muster …