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Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska Senate passed its version of the state capital budget Wednesday afternoon. Kodiak Senator Gary Stevens anticipates working out the differences with the House and having both bodies pass the budget by session adjournment time on Sunday. The City of Kodiak’s Pier 3 replacement is funded to $18-million in the Capital budget, with an additional $15-million in …

Files of census information housed at the Baranov Museum. Jennifer Canfield photo Jennifer Canfield/KMXT After the required 72-year wait, the National Archives has released data from the 1940 census. The records were made available online last week and have been so popular that the site often crashes. Census data inspires endless hours of research for history buffs like Anjuli Grantham …

Timothy Geer chats with a passenger from the Crystal Serenity. Jennifer Canfield photo Jennifer Canfield/KMXT KMXT’s Jennifer Canfield headed downtown to the water dock at the end of the spit where the Port of Kodiak’s Timothy Geer greets passengers as they set foot on Kodiak Island. You can find this year’s cruise ship schedule here.

Jay Barrett/KMXT A supplier to Kodiak Electric Association announced yesterday that it will sell a battery back up system to the co-op as part of this summer’s expansion of the Pillar Mountain wind farm.

Jay Barrett/KMXT Though it’s scheduled for repaving sometime this summer, Rezanof Drive East continues to deteriorate with the spring break up. Hundreds, maybe even thousands, of potholes cover much of both lanes, especially where the street turns north starting at Sharatin Road, and extending to the vicinity of the Pillar Creek Hatchery.

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Today’s guests are Kate Wynne who is a marine mammal specialist at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center and Stacey Studebaker, the project coordinator for the Kodiak Gray Whale Project. We’ll be talking about Whale Fest and more. Here’s a short video of Stacey’s experience petting gray whales in Mexico. {youtube}UTT1igD7nsg{/youtube}

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Today’s guests are Kate Wynne who is a marine mammal specialist at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center and Stacey Studebaker, the project coordinator for the Kodiak Gray Whale Project. We’ll be talking about Whale Fest and more. Here’s a short video of Stacey’s experience petting gray whales in Mexico. {youtube}UTT1igD7nsg{/youtube}

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska State Legislature is in the last week of the session, and there are many issues still unresolved that would affect Kodiak directly – namely education funding, the capital budget and a proposed general obligation bond. Among other items included in the Senate’s Capital Budget released over the weekend, there is about $2.5 million allotted for two …