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Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Alaska Waste is teaming up with the local Boy Scouts Troop 626 to collect dead Christmas trees. The partnership and project came to fruition in less than 24 hours and will benefit both the borough landfill and the Boy Scouts.

Coming up this week: Gulf fixed gear fishermen get a surprise cod opening to end the year; it looks like there’ll be another herring fishery this spring in Behm Canal, and how sunlight makes spilled oil especially deadly to fish. We had help this year from: Rosemarie Alexander, Len Anderson, Tom Banse, Dan Bross, Jennifer Canfield, Libby Casey, Dave Donaldson, …

Alexandra Gutierrez/KUCB The Clean Water Act settlement between Trident Seafoods and the Environmental Protection agency might not be quite settled. St. Paul’s tribe, Native corporation, and fishing association are pushing the federal government to reconsider terms that they say could lead to the closure of their only year-round processing plant. KUCB’s Alexandra Gutierrez reports.

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT The Kodiak Police Department and the Alaska State Troopers will be out this weekend looking for drunk drivers and trouble makers. With free cabs available New Year’s Eve and the morning of New Year’s Day, KPD’s Lieutenant Ray Ellis says there’s no reason for anyone to drink and drive.

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Last January the Kodiak Police Department implemented a new system that lets people send anonymous tips via text message or the internet. It’s an add-on to the nationwide Crime Stoppers program that previously was only accessible by phone. The service is called TipSoft. It receives the anonymous tips and removes any identifying information about the phone or computer …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT If you got a real Christmas tree this year, it’s probably drying up and dropping needles all over your floor. Once you decide to get rid of it, where will you take it? Alaska Waste’s District Manager for Kodiak Rick Vahl says don’t leave it out for the garbage truck to pick up.

Jay Barrett/KMXT Local supporters of the signature drive to get the reinstatement of coastal management on next year’s general election ballot are working fast and furiously to gather enough signatures from the Kodiak Island Borough. Statewide, nearly 26,000 signatures of qualified voters are required to get a citizens’ initiative on the ballot, but they can’t all be from large population …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT It’s the season for making resolutions. If you’re concerned about getting into financial shape in 2012, Craig Johnson and Elliott Johnson have some advice for you. Craig has an Edward Jones office here in Kodiak and his son, Elliott, has an office in Anacortes, Washington. As guests on Tuesday’s Talk of the Rock- here on KMXT- Craig and …