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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Threats made toward some Borough Assembly members in recent days prompted a small police presence during last night’s borough work session. The presence consisted of a single officer, not dressed in uniform, who only identified themselves as a member of law enforcement when directly asked by Assemblyman Mel Stephens. Upon learning that an officer was indeed present, Stephens …

Jay Barrett/KMXT More results have come in from on-going studies looking for radiation in different fish from Alaska waters, and they continue to show no evidence of contamination from the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown in Japan. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released results from samples of four kinds of important food fish, and none had any trace of …

The necropsy crew poses in front of the beached humpback whale on Puffin Island earlier this week. Back row, from left to right: Nia Pristas, Glenn McKenney, Nesie Smith, Julie Matweyou and Dana Wright of the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center, Brent Pristas and Joe Sekerak from NOAA and Lei Guo from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Front row: …

Coming up this week, a judge says the Kenai River sportsfishing industry can go ahead with its attempt to end commercial setnet fishing in parts of Alaska. It’s a banner summer for Southeast crabbers, but are the days numbered for Alaska’s crustaceans? All that, and sometimes fishy news happens after we go to press, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A minor renovation at the Baranov Museum will allow for more art work to be put on display. Museum Director Tiffany Brunson said the museum received a grant from the Rasmuson Foundation via Museums Alaska to improve art storage in the historic Erskine House. “So Don Corwin, a local carpenter and who does great work for us always, …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Election season is here and tomorrow the filing period for a number of elected borough and city positions will open up. Two three-year city council seats are up for grabs this year. The terms for Councilmen Randy Bishop and Terry Haines are set to expire and nominations petitions to fill those spots are available from now until August …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The debate over the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly’s recently-passed “decorum” ordinance has turned ugly. At least two assembly members have received violent threats in recent days from citizens upset with the ordinance and the denial of a ballot initiative to repeal it. Assemblyman Dave Kaplan said he’s received many calls, and they were all civil, until one came …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A referendum to repeal an ordinance passed by the Kodiak Borough Assembly earlier this month will not make it on the October municipal election ballot. A letter to the repeal’s backers from Borough Clerk Nova Javier said the petition application was rejected by the borough’s attorney because needed paperwork was not provided and the ordinance itself isn’t actually …