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Jay Barrett/KMXT Jeff Loman, the deputy director of the Alaska Region of the U.S. Minerals Management Service is in Kodiak today to hold a scoping meeting on oil and gas drilling in Bristol Bay and the North Aleutian Basin – basically the waters north of the Alaska Peninsula. He dropped by the KMXT studios for a live interview on the …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The first of what could be three special legislative sessions this summer kicked off today in Juneau. This first session will be to discus the governor’s plan under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act whether to award the trans-Alaska gasline to T-C Alaska, formerly known as Trans Canada.

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Mary Donaldson/KMXT A Kodiak resident is gearing up for a race that will raise awareness for a genetic disorder that affects the nervous system, and only three Alaskans statewide. Mary Donaldson has more.

Casey Kelly/KMXT The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is meeting in Kodiak this week. The council’s Advisory Panel and Scientific and Statistical Committee started meeting Monday, while the council itself will get together for the first time Wednesday. KMXT’s Casey Kelly has more.

The complete interview with Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski. In addition to the items covered in the story, Jay Barrett also spoke to her about offshore aquaculture, Hugo Chavez supplying heating oil to Alaskans, her colleagues Ted Stevens and Don Young, and her relationship with Governor Sarah Palin.

Jay Barrett/KMXT Alaska’s junior senator, Lisa Murkowski was in Kodiak over the weekend. She visited the Coast Guard base to praise those involved in the Alaska Ranger rescue earlier this year, and held a community meeting at Fishermen’s Hall. She also dropped by the KMXT studio to chat with Jay Barrett. Murkowski pins a medal to the chest of rescue …

Mary Donaldson/KMXT Recent developments in the discovery of toxic chemicals on the U.S. Coast Guard base in Kodiak brought to light new health hazards in some of their buildings. Mary Donaldson has more.