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/images/stories/WayBackKodiak/CODE_MEETING_Jan_12 _hr1.mp3 The first hour of testimony at the P&Z meeting on January 12, 2015

  Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Planning and Zoning Commission resumed its public hearings on the zoning and building code last night with a highly anticipated and highly attended meeting broadcast live on KMXT.  Nearly 70 members of the public rose to address the commission, and they were overwhelmingly against what they saw as onerous changes to the code. …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School Bears basketball girls went 2-and-1 at the 48th Joe Floyd Tourney over the weekend. In fact, three of the four girls teams went 2-and-1. Due to the points scored differential, the East Thunderbirds were named the round-robin tournament champions. The Kodiak boys were 1-and-2. This upcoming weekend, the Kodiak boys will be playing in …

Kodiak Fire Department responds to a fire on Rezanof Sunday night. Jarred Griffin photo  Jay Barrett/KMXT A family of three is safe after their home on 1320 East Rezanof Drive caught fire around 10 o’clock last night. Acting Kodiak Fire Chief Jim Mullican said the two adults, child and their dog were not even aware their home was ablaze when …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska Aerospace Corporation has issued the required response to Governor Walker’s executive order that it and  other state departments and state-funded organizations cease any new spending on six very large projects due to the ongoing budget crisis. Walker in December ordered the time out on the projects and asked the agencies to submit a letter describing their …

Dave Bendinger/KDLG Thursday the Aleutians East Borough assembly unanimously passed a resolution opposing the nomination of the Aleutian Islands as a national marine sanctuary. The idea, proposed last month by a Non-Governmental Organization called Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, would put more than a half million square nautical miles under federal protection as a sanctuary. That’s an area …

  Jay Barrett/KMXT With a new year comes a new semester and new offerings at Kodiak College. In the Adult Basic Education department, there are three courses kicking off, GED preparation, English as a second language and, according to Adelia Myrick, one that hasn’t been offered in a few years: the Career and College Awareness Course. “Yeah, it’s actually a …

Coming up this week, could new conservation measures in the Aleutians put up more roadblocks to commercial fishing? Laine Welch gets all “Inside Baseball” with last summer’s salmon numbers, and though it never caught a fish itself, the most beautiful seafood-related vessel ever has a date with the breaking yard. All that, and as we get into the new year …