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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 …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Some of Kodiak’s pot cod fishermen will be shifting gears in the coming week. The National Marine Fisheries Service announced yesterday (Tuesday) that the Central Gulf of Alaska A-Season would close at noon today (Wednesday). Therefore, according to an announcement from Kodiak Fish and Game, the Kodiak area state-waters p-cod pot gear season will open at noon next …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The State of Alaska is looking for someone to supply over 6,000 cases of pink salmon to be donated to disaster relief efforts in the Philippines. That adds up to nearly 150,000 15-ounce cans. In an announcement this week, the State Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development, is soliciting bids for the purchase and shipment of the …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Several provisions to the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act added by Alaska Congressman Don Young could have direct implications in Kodiak. One would give the Coast Guard commandant the discretion to approve leases of submerged or tidal land for longer than the current term of five years. He cited such unused land in Womens Bay, which could be freed …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT There’s a lot of moving and shaking in the Alaska legislature this year, especially when it comes to education. Last month Governor Sean Parnell introduced his omnibus education bill, which proposed a handful of changes to different aspects of the state’s education system. One of the biggest changes Parnell proposed was repealing the high school exit exam. In …

Lauren Rosenthal/KUCB A civil war being fought on the other side of the world has hit home for one Unalaska resident. Mayak Bilkueiis from South Sudan, where ethnic and political violence have claimed up to 10,000 lives — including some of his own family.