On this first episode of KMXT’s Corner Studio, host Jared Griffin talks with Mitchell Davidson and Laura Arboleda of the Kodiak Community Foundation, and Hazel de los Santos with Kodiak Arts Council, to talk about Pick. Click. Give. and the Kodiak Downtown Block Party on September 10. Listen here:
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The City of Kodiak has relatively low salaries but remarkably good benefits. That’s the takeaway from Halcyon Consulting, conducted by consultant Jonathan King, hired to review Kodiak’s city employee compensation and compare it around the state. He gave a presentation Tuesday night to the city council. “So you are not certainly as a community, what we consider to be a …
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To help secure the United States’ position in the Arctic, the Department of Defense founded a new regional center in June – the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies. It’s the first regional center to be founded since 2000. Other regional centers focus on continent-sized areas, such as the Daniel Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies or the Africa …
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Today (Friday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported one (1) new case of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough. All cases in Kodiak are now classified as community spread. One hundred forty-five (145) cases are currently classified as active locally. There are no active cases currently hospitalized in Kodiak. Two thousand four hundred twenty-seven (2427) cases, …
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Listen to this story; Final results for Kodiak’s local election aren’t expected before Wednesday. That’s when the city and borough canvassing processes are set to begin with results expected in the evening. The city and borough canvassing boards go over absentee ballots and questioned ballots, and review and add them to the final count. Absentee by mail ballots are still …
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Listen to this story; Unofficial returns from Tuesday showed Scott Smiley take a commanding lead in his bid for a seat on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly. He reportedly received more votes than both incumbents to likely unseat assembly member Dennis Symmons. Incumbent James Turner came in second in the five-way race for two seats, with Symmons taking third …
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Commanding Officer of the USS John Paul Jones Robert Watts in his cabin. A Navy destroyer pulled into port at Kodiak’s Pier 2 on Thursday Morning. As it took on 300,000 gallons of fuel at the Kodiak City Dock, the USS John Paul Jones was easy to spot among the fishing vessels. The Arleigh Burke class destroyer is 505 feet …
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As food trucks continue to pop up around Kodiak, with ten active trucks operating now plus a brand new pizza truck opening just this week, the city is taking steps to regulate the growing industry. Listen: In this week’s city work session, the city council discussed ways to standardize how food trucks operate in city limits, and most notably, on …
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The City of Kodiak decided this week where to build their new fire station. They settled on a lot at 1240 Mill Bay Road, which the city purchased a few months ago. 1240 Mill Bay road will be the location of the new fire station. According to Fire Chief Jim Mullican, the location will work. “I can support this site, …
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The ongoing effort of the Borough Assembly to consolidate the borough and city governments may slow down for the summer. The City Council is preparing to table the discussion until after the summer, but it is still looking at tactics that they can apply towards rebuffing the consolidation effort. The borough formed the consolidation committee in 2019, and since then, it has made recommendations …
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