Kodiak Island Borough

The Kodiak Island Borough will be getting a new Borough Manager. After interviewing a dozen applicants in a nationwide search the Borough Assembly has hired Valdez’s assistant city manager Roxanne Murphy. Kodiak Borough Mayor Bill Roberts said she was an excellent candidate for the position. “It was a unanimous decision, which is always really good. And we’re really looking forward …

Listen to this story; James Turner’s tenure on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly began in 2018, and it seems that it will continue into the next three years following this recent re-election. Turner spoke about his priorities coming into a second term. He said that for him, tackling the borough budget is the foremost issue. “Fixing some of the budget …

Kodiak’s election results have yet to be finalized; both the borough and city governments will do their canvassing of the election on October 13. There are some apparent winners and some races that are still too close to call.  The race for the second city council seat, between incumbent Terry Haines and Tracy Craig, is still quite close. Haines, who …

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 …

A divided Kodiak Island borough assembly recently voted to dismiss its manager who’s held the job for the past five years. It came up to a vote last Thursday following an hour-long closed executive session.  The motion, called by Geoff Smith, carried 4-3, with Geoff Smith, Dennis Symmons, Aimee Williams, and Scott Arndt in favor. None of the three against …

The Kodiak Island Borough Assemby appointed Joseph Delgdo to the seat that Borough assemblymember Duane Dvorak gave up earlier this summer during a special session Tuesday evening. He will be sworn in during a Thursday Borough Assembly meeting. Delgado has been a longtime public servant. “I’ve been doing public service for a long time, 10 years or more. It’s something …

Election season is fast approaching for the Kodiak Island Borough, and with Duane Dvorak and Julie Kavanaugh both stepping down from the Borough Assembly, it’s going to be a little complicated. Aside from two Borough Assembly seats up for grabs in the election, there are two seats open on the School Board, two seats on the Bay View Road Service …

U.S. Census data released today (THURSDAY) revealed the changing race and ethnic demographics of Kodiak Island. It tells a story of the island’s overall shrinking population, despite growth in Kodiak’s racial minority communities. The White population in Kodiak, for instance, plummeted by 12% since 2010, making the borough’s overall population exactly 50% White and 50% nonwhite. Statewide, the White population …

Julie Kavanaugh (official KIB Assembly photo) Kodiak Borough Assembly member Julie Kavanaugh resigned her seat on the assembly this [TUESDAY] afternoon. In a brief letter addressed to Mayor Bill Roberts and the Assembly, Kavanaugh wrote that her reasons for resigning are due to QUOTE “new challenges” END QUOTE that require her attention. Kavanaugh was first elected to the Borough Assembly …

June 10, 2021 by Nat Herz, Alaska Public Media Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage, wraps up debate on House Bill 126 relating to a code of military justice, Feb. 3, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/KTOO) Former Anchorage GOP Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux faces four new felony counts of voter misconduct, state prosecutors announced Thursday. LeDoux’s former legislative aide, Lisa Simpson, also faces two new …