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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 …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska State Legislature kicks off the new session next week, and Kodiak’s delegation of Senator Gary Stevens and Representative Alan Austerman are busy packing up for the trip to Juneau. KMXT spoke with both earlier this week. Stevens indicated money will be tight because of the lower revenue projections coming out of the governor’s office. “It’s way …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT This year educators across the nation are facing new classroom standards, and Kodiak teachers are no exception. Common Core is a new educational program adopted by 45 states that seeks to increase the rigor of math and reading curriculum. Alaska didn’t adopt the standards, and instead drafted its own version of Common Core, adding some areas that weren’t …

Jay Barrett/KMXT When Alaska Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell swung through Kodiak last week on a campaign swing, he took time for an interview with KMXT about a number of topics. One was about the announcement that Alaska, and specifically Kodiak, has been selected by the FAA to conduct unmanned aerial vehicle flight tests. He said he believes Kodiak is ideally …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Nominations are now being accepted for three seats on Kodiak’s cooperative electric utility board. Filing petitions will be accepted until March 12th. The three seats on the Kodiak Electric Association up for grabs currently belong to incumbents Ron Acarregui, Ben Millstein and Cecil Ranney. All three are for three-year terms. Nominating packets are available at the KEA office …