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Jay Barrett/KMXT A vote on the floor of the U.S. Senate today turned back an amendment by Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski to require a comprehensive study before genetically-engineered salmon can be sold to consumers. Murkowski said she was disappointed with the vote on her amendment, which failed 50-to-46, but noted it was closer than previous votes on the subject. Her …

Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers aboard the International Space Station with his can of Alaska Salmon. Photo by Andre Kuipers Coming up this week, the families of five commercial clam diggers killed last summer are suing Pacific Seafoods, Copper River’s salmon season has opened, with the expected fanfare, and another installment of Fish In Space. We had help from KCHU’s Tony …

Jennifer Canfield photos Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Rezanof Drive between piers 2 and three has reopened. The road is clear and traffic is moving through without delay. The quarter-mile stretch of road was closed before 10 a.m today due to rockslides that became more severe in the afternoon. DOT employees on the scene say they’d been intermittently monitoring the situation for the …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT A section of Rezanof Drive between piers 2 and 3 is has been closed a reopened several times today due to severe rockslides. The Kodiak Police Department announced the closure just before 10 this morning. Around 12:45 the Department of Transportation started to allow limited traffic through the area. Only 45 minutes later the DOT again closed the …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska Supreme Court yesterday approved an interim plan for legislative districts in time for primary elections coming up in August. The interim plan is very similar to one submitted by the Alaska Redistricting Board in April, and does not incorporate the changes to Southeast the court had asked for when sending it back for revision. The changes …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Kodiak Island Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Janet Buckingham has an optimistic outlook on tourism in Kodiak despite recently learning that the cruise operator Holland America is cutting some visits to the island. Buckingham addressed the Kodiak City Council last night during its work session.

Jay Barrett/KMXT The president of both the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce and the Morning Rotary Club has been appointed to a seat on the Alaska Aerospace Corporation board of directors. Lindsey Knight, who owns and operates the Kodiak Athletic Club, was appointed Friday by Governor Sean Parnell. Knight was appointed as a representative of the private business sector and as …

John McDonald hours before his ferry departure. Jennifer Canfield photo Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Only two days after graduating from Kodiak High School, John McDonald boarded the ferry Tustumena with his bike and just enough gear to make his trip to Key West, Florida a little more comfortable. McDonald won’t be traveling cross-country like the rest of us might, by plane or …