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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last week all three major candidates for Alaska governor were in Kodiak for the fisheries debate, and they each dropped by KMXT for a chat. The gubernatorial landscape changed over the long Labor Day weekend, with Democrat Byron Mallott joining independent Bill Walker on an “Alaska First Unity Party” ticket. And though there are now two candidates for …

Matthew Smith/KNOM, Steve Heimel/APRN Alaska’s three-way race for governor is now a two-ticket contest after Democratic candidate Byron Mallott and Independent Bill Walker declared they’ll run together. Today [Tuesday] is the last day for changes to the November ballot, and that deadline kept the Mallott and Walker campaigns negotiating until late last night — before announcing the two men will …

Jay Barrett/KMXT One of the longest-standing sports records in the state was wiped from the record books on Friday. The girls’ cross country mark of 18-minutes 48-seconds, set by Kristi Klinnert, now Waythomas, in 1986, fell during the Kodiak Invitational at Fort Abercrombie. Two-time defending state champion Allie Ostrander of Kenai Central High School bested the record with a time …

Jay Barrett/KMXT It was another dominating weekend for the Kodiak High School swimming and diving team at home, with both the girls and boys swamping the Soldotna Stars. Led by Tahna Lindquist with eight first-places between relay and individual races, the Kodiak girls won by a score Friday of 164 to SoHi’s 116, and on Saturday 157 to 128. Kodiak …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The vote over the controversial resolution asking the Kodiak City Council to declare a federal law unconstitutional had to go to a mayoral tie-breaker last night. The resolution, suggested by local followers of the group “People Against the National Defense Authorization Act,” or PANDAA, was tied three-three on the six-man council, forcing Mayor Pat Branson to cast the …

Gubernatorial candidates Bill Walker, Sean Parnell and Byron Mallott in Kodiak Thursday night to debate fisheries. Pam Foreman/KMXT photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The three primary candidates running for governor this year convened at Kodiak’s Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium last night for a debate focused solely on topics related to the seafood industry. Incumbent Sean Parnell, Democrat Byron Mallott and Independent candidate …

Retired Coast Guard Captain Richard Waddell donated his private submarine to the Alaska Chapter of the Explorers Club. Club Chair, Michelle Ridgeway, accepted the submarine last week. Photo Courtesy of Michelle Ridgeway Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A retired Coast Guard Captain made a sizeable donation to the Ocean Exploration group of the Alaska Chapter of the Explorers Club. Last week Richard Waddell …

Coming up this week, Alaskan fishermen respond to Russia’s seafood ban; Alaska’s part of the Yukon River king salmon is over, but what is Canada’s management plan? All that, and where people go when they’re stranded in a fishing town. We couldn’t have done it without help from KUCB’s Lauren Rosenthal AND Annie Ropeik in Unalaska, KUAC’s Emily Schwing in …