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Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Chamber of Commerce will be receiving an award for its yearly clean up efforts – the most recent of which was last Saturday. ALPAR, Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling, will be presenting the award, along with a number of others to organizations and individuals around the state, at its annual awards banquet tonight in Anchorage. …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Kodiak’s State Senator Gary Stevens spent over a decade in local government. He was this week’s guest on Talk of the Rock and host Jay Barrett asked the Senator what he thought of the proposed sales tax increase in the City of Kodiak. Stevens said that as a citizen he applauds the council for tackling such a difficult …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski took the opportunity during a Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee hearing yesterday to express her condolences to U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Robert Papp over the deaths of two men last month at the ComSta (com-stay) here in Kodiak. "I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the very difficult situation the men and …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT A 60-day public review period on the Kodiak Island Borough’s development code is coming to an end and the borough is making one last push to get more input. The borough’s development code was developed in the late sixties and early seventies and hasn’t been updated since. Duane Dvorak is an associate planner for the borough’s Community Development …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak Senator Gary Stevens is back in town after the state legislature finally wrapped up, and he dropped by KMXT to be on Talk of the Rock yesterday. For a second year in a row, the session was marked by a deep divide between the Senate and the House over oil taxes.

Kodiak City Council work session. Jennifer Canfield photo Jennifer Canfield/KMXT At last night’s Kodiak City Council work session, City Manager Aimee Kniaziowski gave an extensive report highlighting the proposed 2013 budget. In it she addressed many of the concerns that were voiced at a meeting two weeks ago during which the council introduced an ordinance that would increase the sales …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Today on KMXT’s Talk of the Rock, guest host Jay Barrett welcomes Kodiak Senator Gary Stevens, who recently returned from the Legislature’s regular and special sessions. Topics include relations with the State House, capital projects for Kodiak, the Pebble Mine and where he fits in the Alaska Republican Party.

Jay Barrett/KMXT Today on KMXT’s Talk of the Rock, guest host Jay Barrett welcomes Kodiak Senator Gary Stevens, who recently returned from the Legislature’s regular and special sessions. Topics include relations with the State House, capital projects for Kodiak, the Pebble Mine and where he fits in the Alaska Republican Party.