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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT During its regular meeting last night the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly approved almost $11 million dollars for the school district for the FY 2015 school year. As borough manager Bud Cassidy explained, $10,625,600 of that will be generated from personal property taxes collected by the borough according to its mill rate. “Along with this is an additional $280,000 …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough is putting up for auction almost a half-million dollars of borough-owned land on Saturday. Bob Sholze in the borough manager’s office said interest is high: “This will be the first borough outcry auction land sale since 2005. We have eight parcels – one is in Monashka Bay, five are in Womens Bay area and …

Dan Johnson, national director of PANDA. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A nationally-known activist is in Kodiak this week and will present his views on the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA. Dan Johnson is the founder and national director of PANDA, which stands for people against the NDAA. “We are a national, non partisan, grass roots organization that is dedicated to …

Coming up this week, reports from NOAA bring good news about America’s fisheries, attention in Bristol Bay turns from herring to salmon. All that, and yes, another reality show set in Alaska. We had help from KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham and KYUK’s Ben Matheson in Bethel.

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A local geography whiz is heading to Washington D.C. this week. Thirteen-year-old Gray Harver will represent Alaska in the National Geographic Bee after winning the state competition last month. Harver beat out nearly 100 fourth-through-eight-graders to earn his spot in the D.C. competition. In order to make it to the state competition he needed to place first in …

Brianna Gibbs and Jay Barrett/KMXT Three people are behind bars and more heroin is off the streets in Kodiak after their arrest Monday afternoon. Charged with robbery, theft, assault, kidnapping and drug misconduct are 39-year-old Jami Gibson, 38-year-old Phil Gibson and 27-year old Julian Valdez. The three were arrested after allegedly tying up three men living in a tent and …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Two new reports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show that America’s commercial fish stocks are largely healthy and worth significant money to the nation. Recently two officials with NOAA Fisheries presented the findings of the reports. Alan Risenhoover is director of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, and Rita Curtis is an economist with the Office of …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Yesterday KMXT told you about the new Alaska driver license and photo identification cards that will begin being issued in June. Amy Erickson is the director of the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles and said the hope is to deter counterfeiters and protect the identities of Alaskans. “According to the Association of American Motor Vehicle Administrators Alaska’s license …