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A front-end loader dumps fresh asphalt into a paving machine’s hopper downtown at The Y intersection Tuesday afternoon. After more than a year, the road, with new medians and traffic patterns, is almost done. (KMXT photo by Jay Barrett )

Jay Barrett/KMXT The people of Kodiak will get a chance to provide feedback on the draft solid waste plan the borough commissioned. Two representatives from the consulting firm of Bell and Associates are in town this week to hold a series of meetings on what Kodiak can do about its garbage. Presentations will be made before Noon Rotary Tuesday, at …

Mary Donaldson/KMXT Driving down Mission Road in Kodiak is almost like playing a game of dodge ball, except you aren’t dodging a ball, you’re dodging potholes. Kodiak motorists have been dealing with the growing potholes for years now, and some wonder if anything will ever be done to fix the problem. Mary Donaldson has more. The condition of Mission Road …

Casey Kelly/KMXT The City of Kodiak is considering an increase to its sales tax on alcoholic beverages to pay for soaring construction costs for a new police station and jail. KMXT’s Casey Kelly has more.

Jay Barrett/KMXT The results are in for the Kodiak Peace Cup King Salmon Derby, and the awards ceremony and banquet will be held this evening. The top prize will go to Billy Boyce, a Washington angler, who reeled in a 65-point-4-pound king salmon. Two other Evergreen State fishermen were in second and third. Darryl Jensen hooked a chinook just one …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Governor Sarah Palin announced a number of appointments to state boards and commissions last week, including a couple from Kodiak. The area also received several grants from the federal government.

Mary Donaldson/KMXT The issue of noisy fowl within Kodiak city limits is still an issue for some residents living in the Aleutian Homes area. Mary Donaldson has more.

Jay Barrett/KMXT On Saturday, KMXT will present live in concert Toubab Krewe at the Fairgrounds, along with special guests, the Kodiak Island Drummers. Toubab Krewe is a five-member band from North Carolina that fuses West African rhythms with American musical styles. Afro-Pop World Wide’s tongue-in-cheek description of their genre is “Afro-Cowboy-Ninja-Surf” music. Jay Barrett spoke with one of the band’s …