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Coming up on this Elvis Birthday Week edition: The state slaps down the Cook Inlet sports fishing industry’s attempted resource grab, the Board of Fish is meeting right now in Kodiak, and why fish are more anxious than ever. All that, and 2013’s best fishing films, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help from KDLL’s Shaylon Cochran …

Shaylon Cochran/KDLL A proposed initiative to ban commercial setnetting was rejected earlier this week by Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell. He was in Kodiak Wednesday, campaigning for his Senate run and talked about that decision, and the previous court cases that were used to make it. KDLL’s Shaylon Cochran has more. Read more after the jump. KMXT’s Jay Barrett contributed to …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A local organization is going to be ramping up efforts to promote biking and walking to school among Kodiak’s youth this year. Kodiak Island Trails Network received $65,000 from the Department of Transportation to promote its Safe Routes to School program for Kodiak’s four elementary schools and middle school. Tom Pogson is the director of marine programs and …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It’s a new year now, which means permanent fund dividend applications are available to Alaska residents looking to cash in on some of the state’s oil wealth. But the annual PFD is also an opportunity for Alaska’s non profits to collect some extra money each year. Pick. Click. Give. is a program that allows residents to donate a …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak Borough Assembly has decided not to provide extra funding to Discover Kodiak this year. The organization was requesting $18,000 from the assembly in addition to its annual $75,000 in borough funding. The money was to be put toward international marketing at trade shows across the globe. Discover Kodiak Director Chastity Starrett said the hope was to …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT While the holidays are over for many folks in Kodiak, they’re also just beginning for some. Today is Russian Christmas, a holiday celebrated by the Russian Orthodox Church, which follows the Julian calendar. Alutiiq Museum Director Alisha Drabek said the holiday often spans multiple days, and is best known for the practice called starring. “The caroling or starring …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak’s Lady Bears are once again Joe Floyd Tournament champions. The girls’ basketball team won their third and final game of the 47th annual tournament Saturday night when they beat the Dimond Lynx 36-19. The lady bears were tournament champions last year, as well. Prior to Saturday’s game the girls beat Sitka 52-12 and West Valley 53-34. Those …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be in town this week to hold public meetings about what to do with cattle on remote islands south of Kodiak. Chirikof and Wosnesenski islands have been uninhabited for years, unless you count the herds of cattle that have been roaming the combined 36,500 acres since the 1880s. The islands are …