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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak High School’s track and field team wrapped up its regular season last weekend at the state meet in Anchorage. While Alaska School Activities Association competition is done, more than a dozen of Kodiak’s athletes, in addition to 100 more competitors from around the state, will take part in a post-season track meet here in Kodiak this weekend. …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Salmon are already starting to make their way up the rivers along the Kodiak road system, which means they’re also showing up on dinner plates. It’s probably safe to say that everyone has a favorite way to cook their prized catches, but few methods are probably as elaborate and celebrated as those of local Chef Joel Chenet. This …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Crab Fest 2014 attracted a number of folks to the downtown area over the weekend, and even some visitors to the island. One of those visitors was Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell – a current Republican candidate for U.S. Senate. Treadwell’s trip to Kodiak wasn’t his first. In fact, he’s been to the island many times, more recently for …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Tonight the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly will meet for a work session and discuss logging at length. The assembly is set to hear from Robert Deal, a research forester and ecosystem services team leader from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Deal is set to present his thoughts on logging practices, specifically what has been done in …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Sewer rates are set to rise this summer. During the City Council’s regular meeting on Thursday the council voted in favor of a 5 percent rate increase per year for five years. The increase comes after the city contracted with CH2M Hill for a sewer rate study to consider the personnel, capital and other costs associated with operating …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A contemporary Christian music group from Nashville will make an appearance on Kodiak’s biggest stage this week. KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs has more on The Katinas.

Alex Petropavlovskiy and Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Crab Fest 2014 wrapped up yesterday and it was a different festival than most folks were used to. Last year Golden Wheel, the long-time vendor for rides, said they would not be returning to Kodiak, but Anchorage-based Tons of Fun Entertainment did make the trip and brought with it slew of new activities and games. …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The requirement that genetically-modified salmon be labeled as such cleared a significant hurdle Thursday. The Senate Appropriations Committee passed the Murkowski-Begich amendment during debate of the agriculture spending bill for FY 2015. The FDA has been considering the approval of Aqua-Bounty’s genetically modified Atlantic salmon for a couple of years, and both of Alaska’s senators have been trying …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT About two dozen people gathered in the Kodiak Public Library’s multipurpose room Wednesday night to hear about the state’s plan for replacing the aging ferry Tustumena. David Larsen is a naval architect from Seattle who has been working on the design process since November. Even though the Tustumena underwent a significant amount of repairs last year, Larsen said …

Shaylon Cochran/KDLL and Jay Barrett/KMXT The Funny River Fire that has been burning on the Kenai Peninsula since Monday grew to nearly 63,000 acres overnight, and smoke continues to fill the sky from Kasilof to Kodiak. Dan Nelson, the Health and Safety Officer for Central Emergency Services in Soldotna, says the fire is only about five percent contained, but is …