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*CURRENT AS OF 8:45 A.M.* Tune to KMXT 100.1 FM for updates Jay Barrett/KMXT While Rezanof Drive West near downtown has been reopened, multiple landslides along Womens Bay are forcing traffic from Bells Flats and beyond to be turned around at the Fairgrounds. The Alaska State Troopers say more slides are expected between the Coast Guard Base and Bell’s Flats. …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Persistent and at times heavy rain has saturated hillsides in and around the city of Kodiak, causing at least five landslides, one causing a detour to the main route into town. The Kodiak Police Department reports a slide blocking Rezanof Drive West near Pier 2, forcing morning commuter traffic in both directions to take Shelikof Street. The police …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It was the beginning of the end for the landfill expansion project last night. The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly approved a handful of contracts for Phase III of the project during its regular meeting, in addition to passing an ordinance related to the landfill’s budget. Phase III of the project will construct the leachate treatment plant facility and …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The deadline for submitting an application for one of the four seats available on the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce board of directors is Friday afternoon. All are for three-year seats. Two current members of the board – Greg Deal and Bob Brodie – have reached their term limits, though Deal will serve as “past president” for the next …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Walmart executives were in Alaska last week, meeting with state and industry officials about salmon. Though it has not followed through, the world’s largest retailer last year said without the Marine Stewardship Council’s stamp of approval, they would have to cease carrying salmon from Alaska. ASMI spokesman Tyson Fick said he came away from the visit feeling confident …

Coming up this week, the Board of Fish breezes through its Kodiak area meeting, Walmart gets charmed by the state, and take your best shot. No, really, I mean it – with your camera. All that, and we wish we could think of something witty to say about buying crab at nail salons. We had help from KUCB’s Annie Ropeik …

Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Houvener, a marine science technician at the Marine Safety Detachment in Kodiak, Alaska, inspects survival suits with the captain of the 100-foot fishing vessel Pacific Storm during a commercial fishing vessel safety examination in Kodiak, Jan. 9, 2014. Survival or immersion suits are inspected thoroughly as they are a very important piece of equipment in …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak hasn’t had too much snowfall this winter, which is probably good considering the city has no place to put it. Last year the city learned that its age-old method of dumping snow removed from city streets into the harbor would no longer fly with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. This prompted the city to hire Dowl …