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Kodiak Attorney Matt Jamin addresses Exxon Valdez oil spill plaintiffs at a meeting Friday in Kodiak. (Photo by Stacy Studebaker). Casey Kelly/KMXT The first of several meetings with plaintiffs in the aftermath of last week’s Supreme Court decision in the Exxon Valdez oil spill punitive damages case was held in Kodiak Friday. The meetings are designed to help claimants understand …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak City Council came out in favor of federal funding for fisheries observers at processing plants and aboard boats in the Gulf of Alaska. Vessels participating in federal fisheries are required to have observers. For vessels between 60 and 125 feet, they must have observers 30-percent of the time. Over that length, and observers must be aboard …

Mary Donaldson/KMXT Public showers are a rare commodity in Kodiak. Harbor Laundry was the only business downtown that offered public showers for transients, and they closed last winter. Mary Donaldson has more.

This week on KMXT’s Talk Of The Rock, host Casey Kelly and guests discussed the Supreme Court’s decision to limit punitive damages in the Exxon Valdez case. Casey’s guests this week were Mike Warner from the Seattle law firm of Keller Rohrback, LLP, which administers the Exxon Qualified Settlement Fund, Kodiak Island Borough Mayor Jerome Selby, and Deedie Pearson, a …

This week on KMXT’s Talk Of The Rock, host Casey Kelly and guests discussed the Supreme Court’s decision to limit punitive damages in the Exxon Valdez case. Casey’s guests this week were Mike Warner from the Seattle law firm of Keller Rohrback, LLP, which administers the Exxon Qualified Settlement Fund, Kodiak Island Borough Mayor Jerome Selby, and Deedie Pearson, a …

Casey Kelly/KMXT This week’s Supreme Court decision to reduce punitive damages in the Exxon Valdez oil spill case comes as a blow to many in the Alaska Native communities around Kodiak that were affected by the spill. KMXT’s Casey Kelly has more.

Mary Donaldson/KMXT The investigation into the homicides of Darrell Cavaness and Justin McGriff earlier this year are continuing. Treva Moore, the administrative assistant to Police Chief T.C. Kamai, says the department has been working closely with the State Crime Lab on both cases.

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak City Council passed its annual budget at last night’s meeting. The general fund budget – that is salaries and operations – amounts to about 13-and-a-half-million dollars. There are 24-million-dollars for capital projects. Almost 2-million-dollars for insurance and retirement obligations, and there is 11-million in enterprise fund spending, largely related to water, sewer and the harbors. The …