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Coming up this week, Walmart officials seem sound open to accepting Alaska salmon – even without MSC approval; Bristol Bay gillnetting permits are increasing in prices, even though this summer didn’t live up to expectations, and the fella who’s towed more grounded fishing boats off the rocks than almost anyone, sells his company – but doesn’t retire. All that and …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last night the Kodiak Borough Assembly and City Council met for a joint work session to discuss, among other things, fish. Specifically, bycatch in the Gulf of Alaska groundfish trawl fishery. The two governing bodies were gearing up for the matter being a topic during the upcoming North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s meeting at the end of the …

Marina Cummiskey/KMXT Kodiak will get a glimpse of different cultures this Saturday during Media Action’s film festival. The nonprofit organization, based out of Kodiak, travels internationally to put on film workshops for youth and encourages them to speak their minds through film. KMXT’s intern Marina Cummiskey has more. During the film festival, Media Action will be showcasing the best documentaries …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Alaska seafood officials came away from a meeting Thursday with Walmart executives in Arkansas pleased with the conversation about the sustainability of Alaska salmon. The company announced earlier this year that it would not source seafood unless it had the Marine Stewardship Council, or MSC, stamp of approval. Alaska salmon does not carry the MSC endorsement. KMXT reached …

The Alaska/Horizon Air Q400 aircraft, which will offer one flight a day between Anchorage and Kodiak starting in March, visited Benny Benson State Airport Tuesday. The Bombardier Q400 is a modernized version of the deHaviland Dash 8 which Era Aviation serves Kodiak. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Alaska Airline’s Boeing 737 jets has served passengers flying between Kodiak and Anchorage …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Tonight continues the busy week of municipal government meetings with the city and borough coming together under the same agenda. The borough assembly will chair a joint work session with the city council and hear a fisheries analyst report, including a discussion about Gulf of Alaska trawl bycatch management. Following that will be a discussion about city sales …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak’s only video rental store, Blockbuster, will be closing its doors in the near future, but not before selling everything in stock. Today kicked off the franchise’s closing sale, sending viewers home with videos, TV shows and video games for $15 or less. Lyle Phillips manages Kodiak’s Blockbuster and said the closing is nobody’s fault, it’s simply a …

Jay Barrett/ KMXT Shelikof Street in downtown Kodiak was closed for a time yesterday evening as the Kodiak Fire Department responded to a fire in a workshop owned by Pacific Seafoods. The building, at 330 Shelikof, is across the street from the small seafood processing plant. The fire department says the call came in just after 5:30 p.m. Firemen were …