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Jay Barrett/KMXT Today is National Peace Officers Memorial Day, as proclaimed by President Barack Obama. U.S. flags will be flown at half-staff today, and Governor Sean Parnell has ordered state flags to do the same. In addition, Parnell declared May 11-18 as Law Enforcement Memorial Week. Nationally, 158 police officers were killed in the line of duty during 2011, and …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The State of Alaska released its winter ferry schedule on Friday, and there will be some significant changes to service to and from Kodiak because the ferry Tustumena will be out of service for nearly six months. In the meantime, as Marine Highway spokesman Jeremy Woodrow in Juneau explains, the ferry Kennicott will try to pick up the …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT During a work session Thursday evening, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly discussed a resolution that will set the minimum amount at which the borough would fund the school district. The cap is set at $10.3 million and the resolution calls for just over $9.9 million as the minimum contribution from the borough.

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School boys track and field team dominated the competition at the Region III championships over the weekend up in Palmer. The Bears racked up 120 team points to Skyview’s 80 and Wasilla’s 76. Jordan Fogel took first in the 400 meters, Cole Christiansen won the 1,600, and Levi Thomet was first in the 3,200 meters, …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak’s Trevor Dunbar collected one medal and helped the Oregon Ducks to the Pac-12 Track and Field Championship yesterday in Eugene. Dunbar, a sophomore running in his first season at Oregon, placed third in a very close finish of the 1,500 meters, just one-half second behind the winner with a time of 3-minutes 37.55-seconds. In the 5,000 meter …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska Marine Conservation Council received a sizable grant last week to help Kodiak jig fishermen get better prices for their Pacific cod and rockfish catches. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation gives grants with the goal of sustaining fishermen’s jobs while building fish stocks. Theresa Peterson, the Kodiak outreach coordinator for AMCC says they will use the …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT The Kodiak City Council has postponed a vote on a proposed ordinance that would raise the sales tax rate and cap. At last night’s meeting the council voted unanimously to move the vote to June 14th to allow more time for city staff and the council to adjust the FY 13 budget and to look for more ways …

Coming up this week: the damage to Ocean Beauty’s dock in Petersburg won’t keep them from packing fish this summer. A fisherman’s luck turns from bad to worse in Sitka, and teaching kids about halibut. We had help from KFSK’s Matt Lichtenstein in Petersburg and KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham.