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Jennifer Canfield/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly got an earful at their regular meeting last night about being more communicative with the Service Area 1 board. Chairman Scott Arndt says the assembly and borough staff failed to discuss or notify them of a charge of over $62,000 to their account. A paving project in Woodland Acres was completed in 2010 …

Jay Barrett/KMXT There has been some movement in the State Legislature on House Bill 125, which seeks to move the Alcohol Beverage Control Board out of the Department of Public Safety and into the Department of Commerce, where all other licenses in the state are issued and regulated. The bill, which languished in the House Finance Committee last session, moved …

Coming up this week: the Board of Fisheries has decided to close some territory of the Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring fishery; efforts continue to reduce chum salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea, Icicle buys SnoPac and ASMI’s boss updates the House Fisheries Committee. We had help this week from CoastAlaska’s Ed Schoenfeld in Ketchikan, KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham, …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Kodiak’s new fisheries adviser gave his first report Tuesday night at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council joint meeting. KMXT’s Jennifer Canfield spoke with Denby Lloyd about some of the more pressing issues in Kodiak’s fisheries and the hour-long crash course that he gave to the assembly and council.

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT About 20 percent of students who received scholarship money from the Koniag Education Foundation in 2008 ended up dropping out of college. In 2010 the foundation received a $700,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to create a program that would encourage Koniag shareholders and descendants to stay in college. KEF Executive Director Tyan Hayes says the …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT The Kodiak Lions Club and FairWind Players are teaming up again this year to bring dinner theater to Kodiak. The play is "Mrs. Mannerly," directed by Jared Griffin. Bob Brodie is the event’s main organizer. He says the production is all about the community. "We use it as an opportunity to support some of the high school programs …

Jay Barrett/KMXT At a press conference yesterday, the co-chairs of the Alaska Senate Finance Committee did not say how they stood on the governor’s request for $8-million to keep the Alaska Aerospace Corporation afloat for another year. Senator Bert Stedman of Sitka said the committee has been going through the governor’s budget, but have not yet held any discussion on …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Tuesday night the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and the Kodiak City Council held a joint meeting. Included on the agenda was a presentation about local government consolidation and the first report from Fisheries Adviser Denby Lloyd. KMXT’s Jennifer Canfield has more.