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Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska Legislature’s top lawyer says the special session is, indeed, over. Senate President Gary Stevens of Kodiak had asked attorney Doug Gardner if the Senate needed to adjourn again, after having done so last Thursday. Under the state constitution, the Senate could not stay out longer than three days without the concurrence of the House, so they …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly will be meeting in a regular session tonight. The assembly will be voting on a contract extension of the collective bargaining agreement between the borough and the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and adjust the pay scale and cost of living adjustments for both union and non-union employees. Also on the agenda is a …

Volunteers enter an investigator’s phone number into their cell phones. Jennifer Canfield photo Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Well over a hundred volunteers, mostly Coast Guard members and family, gathered early this morning at the Communications Station to help the FBI search for evidence related to the murders of Petty Officer 1st Class James Hopkins and retired Chief Petty Officer Richard Belisle. The …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT The state department’s rush to reform the J-1 visa program has slowed, says Senator Mark Begich. The program had been under intense scrutiny since last fall when hundreds of J-1 student workers at a Hershey’s chocolate plant in Pennsylvania walked out in protest of working conditions. Begich worked quickly to convince his colleagues that the program is essential …

Jay Barrett/KMXT At its most recent work session, Kodiak Island Borough Assembly members reiterated their call for the borough to hire a project manager to oversee the coming expansion and renovation of Kodiak High School. Several had strong words for the administration at the last regular assembly meeting, saying they felt their wishes were being ignored. On Thursday, Assemblywoman Carol …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT This week’s guest is Mary Guilas-Hawver, president of the Kodiak Filipino-American Association. Guilas-Hawver will discuss what the Fil-Am does, future plans and the organization’s stance on the J-1 Visa program.

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT This week’s guest is Mary Guilas-Hawver, president of the Kodiak Filipino-American Association. Guilas-Hawver will discuss what the Fil-Am does, future plans and the organization’s stance on the J-1 Visa program.

Retiring Tustumena Captain Robert Crowley at the wheel. Jennifer Canfield photo Jennifer Canfield/KMXT For the last 15 years Robert Crowley has been a kind of year-round Santa Claus to the Southcentral and Western Alaska ports that have relied on him as captain of the ferry Tustumena. After 36 years with the Alaska Marine Highway System, Crowley is retiring.