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The main hall of the new library will feature private study rooms, multiple lounge areas and a gas fireplace, as well as the main book collection. The wooden pillars are trees that were harvested from the new site. Construction on the library is set to wrap up October 15, and the facility should open its doors in early November. Brianna …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Tonight the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly will hold a public hearing on a hot button item that has been stirring up quite a few community comments in the past few weeks – second hand smoke. But tonight the assembly will not be deciding whether or not smoking should be allowed in indoor public places, rather if Kodiak residents …

Officer Mike Barnett stands with Max the police dog and their K-9 Patrol Unit. The two have been working together for almost seven years. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Seven years ago, Kodiak Police Officer Mike Barnett embarked on a life-changing endeavor when he applied for and was reassigned to be Kodiak’s lone K-9 officer. Since then, Barnett and his …

OLD HARBOR, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska Fish and Game Department official says a thin female brown bear with four young cubs has been fatally shot Monday at the Old Harbor landfill after numerous efforts to deter her failed and she repeatedly menaced people. Fish and Game regional supervisor Larry Van Daele described the bear as a landfill "junkie," saying …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT This fall Kodiak residents will take to the polls and elect a number of borough-related positions. The nominating petitions and candidates’ handbook became available on Monday, and the filing period for the October election opens on August 1. This year there are two borough assembly seats open as the terms of Assemblywomen Louise Stutes and Carol Austerman expire. …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak High School graduate Trevor Dunbar did something Monday night in Portland that no other Alaskan – not even his father – had ever accomplished: He ran a mile under four minutes. His time of 3-minutes 59.06-seconds came in the Portland Roughrider Twilight Meet. Dunbar told an interviewer from the running website Flo-Track that he was thankful to …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska Redistricting Board released Sunday what it hopes will be the last re-drawn map produced as part of the state’s reapportionment process. Last year’s elections were conducted under a temporary map that produced significant changes to the legislative district boundaries. The new map – at least for Kodiak Island voters – will look more like the one …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A high number of humpback whales have been spending their days close to town this summer. This is good news for those who like to watch them, but local Marine Mammal Specialist Kate Wynne wants to remind folks to do so in a safe manner. “There are a lot of moms with calves out there. So you’ll see …