Updated 02.08.2024 Kodiak City Manager Mike Tvenge is stepping down from his role at the end of April after the end of his current three-year contract. Tvenge has held the position since 2017. The City Council is currently weighing its options to fill Tvenge’s seat. During a work session Tuesday night, the council discussed amending the future city manager’s residency …
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Midday Report – February 07, 2024
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A former firefighter who sued the Kenai Peninsula Borough last year settled out of court with the borough. A legislator from Big Lake has a vision of an Alaska Port Authority. And the Anchorage School Board presented a budget that would cut nearly 100 full-time positions. The seven-member Anchorage School Board is …
Read More »Cost Savers’ liquor store license being transferred to new owners, the Native Village of Afognak
The Native Village of Afognak is one step closer to full ownership of the liquor store in Cost Savers, after purchasing the bulk grocery retailer last year. The package store license for the Liquor Cabinet, which is the liquor store owned by Cost Savers in Kodiak, will be transferred to the Native Village of Afognak under Back Bay LLC. The …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Juvenile Justice in Kodiak
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin takes a deeper dive into juvenile justice with guests Rebecca Luther, Division of Juvenile Justice; Darlene Turner, Executive Director of Kodiak Teen Court; Payton Callahan, Vice President and attorney for Kodiak Teen Court; and Maddox Diemer, attorney and board member with Kodiak Teen Court. Listen here:
Read More »Midday Report – February 06, 2024
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Advocates call for more education funding locally, and state wide. Lieutenant Governor Dahlstrom’s US House campaign is funded mostly by outside PACs. And Governor Dunleavy wants to eliminate the state board that oversees the nation’s biggest state park. Lake Kulik, in the Wood Tikchik State Park.
Read More »Public calls for Kodiak Island Borough Assembly to contribute more money to school district
Future funding for education dominated the first 30 minutes at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 1. Although there has not been an official draft budget released yet by the Kodiak Island Borough School District, residents are already calling on the Assembly to provide more money to local schools in the upcoming fiscal year. “As I stated …
Read More »Midday Report – February 05, 2024
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska is a motherlode of characters, and Lulu Small is one of them. Tribes have submitted evidence to the Canadian government that they hope will give them a voice in transboundary mining discussions. And a condo developer in Juneau borrowed money from the city’s affordable housing fund, but is not offering affordable …
Read More »Kodiak bear cubs caught on video thousands of miles away from home after escaping from a Florida “bear trainer”
UPDATED 02.06.24: After the bears’ origin and species were called into question last week, Florida Fish and Wildlife officials again confirmed with KMXT that the cubs are Kodiak brown bears. Fish and Wildlife did not say how they determined the animals were Kodiak bears but referred back to the charging documents. A video of a pair of Kodiak brown bear …
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