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Jennifer Canfield/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly continued its debate over trash and recycling at last night’s regular meeting and made public the impending resignation of the borough manager, Rick Gifford.

Lori Townsend/APRN More than three years after the late Senator Ted Stevens was found guilty of omitting gifts on financial disclosure forms, a report made public Thursday says federal prosecutors intentionally withheld information that could have exonerated him, as well as allowing testimony that they knew was false. Listen to the story here.

Coming up this week, Arne Fuglvog will spend less than a six months in prison for his fishing crimes; Southeast Native groups support trimming the sea otter population, but are concerned about some of a plan’s ramifications; and the start dates for two crab fisheries will remain flexible. All that and should seats on the North Pacific Council be dedicated …

< ![endif]--> < ![endif]--> This image of whaling in Kodiak was captured by W.J. Erskine. Photo courtesy of the Kodiak Historical Society, P 368-5-39 Jennifer Canfield/KMXT The Baranov Museum is unveiling a new exhibit this weekend that explores Kodiak’s whaling history. Anjuli Grantham is the curator of collections for the museum. She’s spent the past six months combing through their …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT The Kodiak-based Alaskan Star is being led back to port after hitting a rock. Petty Officer Grant DeVuyst says the crew from the 58-foot fishing vessel contacted the Coast Guard yesterday at 7:42 a.m. to request assistance.

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Coming up this week, A pirate ship in Unalaska will be up for sale soon; user groups on the Tsiu River near Yakutat clash over salmon allocations; Congress authorizes $1.7 million to dredge the entrance to Kodiak’s St. Paul Harbor; and Representative Alan Austerman touts coastal communities at a recent economic summit held in Anchorage. We had help …

Maggie Wall/KMXT The sharp fall in Kodiak’s unemployment numbers from December to January reflected the increase in local fishing activities as the first quarter’s ground fish seasons took off. The January rate of 6.7 percent for the Kodiak Island Borough was nearly a full 5 points less than December’s 11.8 percent. This year’s January rate was identical to that of …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT The whales and the crabs have their own celebration and now so do the brown bears. The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge along with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is hosting the first ever Kodiak Brown Bear Days. Also, this week KNWR is hosting the Far North Film Festival. Hans Klausner from KNWR and Larry Van Daele …