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Annie Ropeik/KUCB Unalaska’s lobbyists will be gearing up for a fight to keep the State Trooper patrol vessel Stimson homeported there. At last week’s city council meeting, Unalaska City Manager Chris Hladick said the state wants to relocate the Stimson to Kodiak. He said it would save the state about half a million dollars as part of governor’s proposed budget …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It’s so far so good for the Kodiak High School renovation project. At least that’s the word from the construction manager Bruce Walter of Wilson Engineering. Walter provided an update to the borough assembly during its work session on Thursday, and said the project is about 30 percent complete. “We’ve contractually been into the contract 10 months and …

Jay Barrett/KMXT It’s the last home-stand for the Kodiak High School boys basketball team this weekend, and the Bears will be hosting the Palmer Moose. With C-team, JV and varsity all playing there’ll be plenty of action starting this afternoon. The C-teams face off at 4 today, with the JB at 5:30. The varsity players hit the court at 7. …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The city and borough have been without a fisheries analyst for more than three months now, but that might be changing soon. Last night the city council and borough assembly sat down for a joint work session and discussed the potential hire of Heather McCarty from McCarty and Associates. McCarty comes from a broad background of fishing interests …

A red king crab caught in Russian waters was discovered to be not so red. Coming up this week: Walmart commits to Alaska salmon, Is trophy sportfishing responsible for the decline in abundance and size of Kenai River King Salm?, and don’t let Facebook scare your friends away from Alaska seafood. All that, and the coolest red king crab you’ll …

Austin Roof/KSDP On January 15, 2014, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service held an open house in Sand Point as part of a public scoping process to address “unauthorized” wild cattle herds on two refuge islands. Speaking with KSDP before the meeting, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Manager Steve Delehanty said they are visiting Sand Point. Fish and Wildlife Service …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The city council and borough assembly will come together tonight for a joint work session and discuss a handful of topics affecting both the city and the borough. First up on the joint agenda is a fisheries analyst update. Back in September Denby Lloyd announced his resignation as the city and borough’s fisheries advisor, and both groups have …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT This month’s unusually warm weather is starting to affect local roads these days. This week the Alaska Department of Transportation implemented emergency weight restrictions on the Chiniak Highway and a portion of Rezanof Drive because unseasonal freezing and thawing is making the ground slightly unstable beneath roadways. Jill Reese is the media liaison for the DOT’s central region …