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The Skystream 3.7 is a 2.4 kW wind turbine recently installed outside the Kodiak Island Borough Building. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Just months after three new wind turbines were installed on Pillar Mountain the Kodiak High School got its own taste of wind energy when it raised another turbine outside the borough building on Signal Hill. While much smaller …

Jay Barrett/KMXT It looks like there will be a gap in where the City of Kodiak can dispose of the sludge left over from sewage treatment. After December 15th, the Kodiak Island Borough will no longer allow bio solids to be dumped in the landfill, and a commercial composting plan is awaiting permits from the state to move forward. City …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School (Aqua-) Bears are once again champions of Region III swimming and diving. The Kodiak girls won with 121 points by very nearly sweeping the event – the only one of the dozen races they lost was the 100 meter butterfly. Soldotna High School was a distant second with 61 points, followed by Palmer, Kenai, …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak City Council finalized its Capital Improvement Projects list at last night’s meeting. Not much had been changed since Tuesday’s work session when it was discussed at length. A new pump house at the Monashka reservoir is listed as the city’s top priority. City Councilman John Whiddon said the 40-year old building and 70-year-old equipment is called …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Bears continue to be a hot button issue in Kodiak, as evident by the hour long discussion Kodiak Island Borough Assembly members had about them during last night’s work session. The assembly heard from various community members that have dealt with the problem over the last few weeks including police officers, local residents and Alaska Department of Fish …

Coming up this week: There are more questions than answers at the state’s Chinook Salmon Symposium this week, the fate of foreign cannery workers is still up in the air, and Senator Begich issues a challenge to the makers of Xtra Tufs. We had help this week from KSKA’s Ellen Lockyer in Anchorage.

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Baranov Museum is slated for some changes in the coming year. Katie Oliver is the executive director for the museum and joined KMXT’s Talk of the Rock on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming exhibit redesign. “Well this is a project that we’ve been talking about for several years, but we wanted to finish up a lot of …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak City Council got one step closer to finalizing the state legislative priorities Tuesday night during its work session. City Manager Aimée Kniaziowski said four projects have made the priority list, but one project may show up later depending on how elections go in November. Currently, Monashka Bay pump house improvements are first on the list. Kniaziowski …