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Jay Barrett/KMXT The highly controversial decorum ordinance the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly passed last month will be coming back for reconsideration. The request is being made by Assemblywoman Carol Austerman, who originally introduced the ordinance. “We understand that people are concerned about the free speech. But the ordinance is really being interpreted in a way that we didn’t intend. I …

Jay Barrett/KMXT With the deadline to file for borough office looms on Friday, the number of people tossing their hats into the rink is speeding up. Former schools superintendent and state Commissioner of Education Larry LeDoux filed for the borough assembly on Thursday, and Brenda Schwantes did the same on Friday. Incumbent Tuck Bonney joined Assemblyman Dave Kaplan in filing …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last week Alaska Senator Mark Begich was in Kodiak on a campaign swing. Begich is running for re-election this fall and opened a campaign office on the island. While in town he took the time to stop by KMXT and talk about a few issues pertinent to the Kodiak community. This week we’ll bring you excerpts from that …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Representatives from the Alaska State Museum are in town this week to gather community input on the new museum being built in Juneau. Steve Henrikson is the curator of collections for the state museum and said construction isn’t expected to wrap up for another two years, but he and other museum staff and collaborators have been traveling the …

Al Asuncion/KMXT Hello, I’m Al Asuncion, an intern here at KMXT are part of the station’s summer archiving project. This week, I listened to "My Green Earth” hosted by Stacy Studebaker, also known as Leila Liverwort. "Hi there, Nature fans! Welcome to My Green Earth, a weekly radio show about our environment for kids and their parents. I’m your host, …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The three Republican candidates for U.S. Senate squared off in a forum produced by Bethel public radio station KYUK Thursday morning. The forum used pre-recorded questions from several other public radio stations around the state, including one sent in by KMXT’s Jay Barrett: Here’s the short segment of the forum devoted to the fisheries question and the candidates’ …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak voters will face a ballot measure related to bond issues during the October election. The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly approved putting it on the ballot during its regular meeting last night. If passed this fall, the borough would be allowed to issue general obligation bonds worth more than $10 million to finance renovations to various school facilities …

Coming up this week, a four-day troll closure starts this weekend in Southeast, a tailings dam burst in British Columbia, contaminating important salmon rivers, and we take another look into the archives. We had help from KCAW’s Rachel Waldholz and Greta Mart in Sitka, CoastAlaska’s Ed Schoenfeld in Juneau, KCHU’s Tony Gorman in Valdez, KUCB’s Annie Ropeik in Unalaska and …