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 …
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Everything Must Go At Now Closed Blockbuster
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 …
Read More »Fire Damages Pacific Seafoods Shop
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 …
Read More »TOTR: Film Fest Highlights International Works
Kodiak will get a glimpse of different cultures Saturday during the Media Action Film Festival, which will showcase the best documentaries from workshops over the past three years. KMXT News student intern Marina Cummiskey spoke with Media Action co-founder Marie Acemah for this week’s the Rock.
Read More »Alaska Aerospace Seeks Barge Landing Site in Pasagshak
Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak Launch Complex isn’t located in the most accessible part of the island. It’s more than 35 miles of winding, two-lane highway from the nearest shipping port in Women’s Bay, and another five miles from the Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport. When equipment comes in, especially large equipment for a launch, the road is often completely shut …
Read More »Protected Harbor Seal Found Dead from Gunshot
Jay Barrett/KMXT Federal officials are looking into the suspicious death of a protected marine mammal, which washed up on the Pasagshak beach late last week. NOAA Fisheries investigator Michael Killary said a 300-pound female harbor seal was found dead with a wound to its head. “It looked like a bullet wound. But we picked it up and took it back …
Read More »Kamai Reflects on Wins and Losses as Chief
Jay Barrett/KMXT As KMXT first told you Monday, Kodiak Police Chief T.C. Kamai will be retiring at the end of the month after 25 years with the department, about half of it as chief. Today we hear a little more from Kamai about his career and future.
Read More »Busy Meeting Week Kicks Off With Composting Discussion
Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It’s a busy week for Kodiak’s municipal government, with four meetings in the next three days. It all starts tonight when the City Council meets for a work session to discuss, among other things, composting. There will be an update on the Class B composting currently being done at the landfill, as well as an update on Quayanna …
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