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Maggie Wall/KMXT The Kodiak City Council will hold a special meeting tonight in the borough conference room to approve next year’s budget. While there are no public hearings slated, there is a public comment period scheduled just before the budget vote. In her report to the council, City Manager Aimee Kniaziowski said the proposed budget for the coming fiscal year …

Jay Barrett/KMXT It looks like a long-standing Kodiak tradition might truly be fizzling away. For the second year in a row there will be no public fireworks display in the city on the 4th of July. Last year a replacement could not be found in time to conduct the show after the long time pyrotechnic experts retired. This year, according …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak National Refuge Visitor Center is offering two extra programs for the public during the summertime. On Thursdays, sit down with some coffee with a ranger, and on Saturdays, enjoy hikes suitable for kids of all ages – including the grown up ones. Coffee with a Ranger is led by Caryn Hacker, who is an interpretive park …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Perhaps it was too good to be true. Or perhaps the state frowns on this sort of thing. Whatever the case, the free beer promotion on Era Alaska flights has been modified, and no longer includes free beer. Under the old promotion the first sample of Denali Brewing Company’s "Single Engine Red," was free, but each additional 6-ounce …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Legislators, educators and aerospace industry representatives will be in Anchorage this week for a hearing on the future of Alaska’s role in space. Kodiak Senator Gary Stevens, the Senate President, says he called the summit to take a closer look at the challenges facing Alaska’s commercial space industry and how the state and the university might help advance …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Work from two local artists will soon grace the new Kodiak swimming pool. At last night’s meeting work was approved by the school board. Superintendent Stuart McDonald introduced the pieces, saying he was very pleased to present them. The work is funded through the state of Alaska’s One Percent for Art program, which requires state-funded projects to set …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The fishing vessel that partially sunk Sunday afternoon in the Shelikof Strait has gone to the bottom. A Coast Guard spokesman in Kodiak reports the Scandia went down in Uyak Bay about 1:47 Monday morning as it was being towed by the Good Samaritan vessel Hazel Lorraine. Petty Officer Johnathan Klingenberg said the Hazel Lorraine took the Scandia …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The City of Kodiak just received special permission from the State of Alaska to spend grant money it hasn’t actually received yet to complete both phases of upgrades at Baranof Park. In April, the city and Ohno Construction of Seattle negotiated a lower bid price to come within just a few dollars of the $3-million available. Because of …