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Last week a group of folks gathered in Kodiak to learn about emergency preparedness. The two-and-a-half day event brought representatives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service and Division of Homeland Security to Kodiak to help train emergency planners, responders, and mayors, among other city and borough staff members. Some of those involved with the training stopped …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT While the high school wrestling season wrapped up at the state tournament earlier this month, the Kodiak Kid Wrestling program is in full swing. This Friday dozens of young athletes will take to the mat for a jamboree tournament in the gymnasium at Main Elementary. The tournament is the second of three events the club wrestling program puts …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Next month marks the 50th anniversary of the 1964 earthquake and tsunami that devastated much of Alaska’s coastline, including Kodiak. In the half century since that fateful Good Friday, communities across the state have been working to make sure they are prepared for similar emergency situations. Last week a handful of emergency management and tsunami specialists hosted a …

Mike Mason/KDLG A bill that would continue a tax credit that’s heavily used by seafood processors passed out of the House Fisheries Committee yesterday (Thursday). The intent behind House Bill 204 is to continue the tax credit on new processing equipment beyond its scheduled sunset date of December 31st, 2015. If approved the Alaska Salmon Product Development Tax Credit would …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last week’s Heart for Hospice Ball was the best fundraising event Hospice and Palliative Care of Kodiak has ever hosted. It was the third annual formal event the organization put on, and all total it raised more than $36,000. Christy Kamai is the director of the hospice organization and said they mainly operate on donations and grants. Each …

Coming up this week, bad news for Cook Inlet commercial fishermen is coming out of the Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting, the stormy weather caused a number of injuries on a factory trawler out west, and, wait for it: Magnetic Salmon. We had help from KDLL’s Shaylon Cochran in Kenai, KUCB’s Lauren Rosenthal and Annie Ropeik in Unalaska, and KMXT’s …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The number of car and home break-ins is on the rise in the borough. Sergeant Eric Olsen is the post supervisor for the Alaska State Troopers office in Kodiak and said there have been more reports of break-ins and suspicious activity coming to the trooper’s office in recent months. While crime spikes can often come in waves, Olsen …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It’s a double feature in terms of municipal government meetings tonight. The city council will hold a regular meeting starting at 7:30 p.m. and the borough assembly will hold a work session at the same time. Starting with the city’s agenda, council members will take a look at their 2015 budget goals, and consider bringing a fulltime cooperative …