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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 …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Coast Guard is warning mariners on the west side of Kodiak Island to be on the look out for a partially-submerged fishing boat that went down Sunday. An Air Station Kodiak Jayhawk crew rescued five crew members from the vessel Scandia more than 70 miles west of Kodiak City Sunday afternoon. The Coast Guard received a call …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Alaska State Ferry service is set to begin to Old Harbor today (Monday). The ferry Tustumena is scheduled to arrive from Sand Point at about 6:30 this evening on its first regularly scheduled stop. It will depart an hour later, and arrive in Kodiak at 3 a.m. tomorrow. Port calls to Old Harbor this summer will only occur …

Jay Barrett/KMXT While there still is no free lunch aboard airliners, you can get free beer on Era Alaska flights in and out of Kodiak. At least through the end of the month. The company announced Friday that Kodiak has been added to the small list of routes where a beer will be complimentary for those 21 and older. Era …

Jay Barrett/KMXT A statewide arts education group has selected several Kodiak residents for its annual "Champion of Arts" award. Seven people, in fact: Melissa Borton, Aaron Griffin, Catherine Le, Patrick McElligatt, Katie Oliver, Peggy Rauwolf and Norm Wooten. If those names sound familiar, and they should, they are the members of the Kodiak Island Borough School District Board of Education. …