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Jay Barrett/KMXT For five days starting Tuesday, it’s National Wildlife Refuge Week. Here on the island, the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge is a major landholder, and its manager, Gary Wheeler, would like residents to be aware that it has more to offer than just the relatively new visitor center near the ferry dock.

Jay Barrett/KMXT At Thursday night’s Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting considerable time was devoted to a pair of items regarding potential conflicts of interest in general, and about Assemblywoman Chris Lynch’s contract with the borough in particular. Just days before the recent municipal election, an accusation of conflict was brought up at an assembly work session, but it did not …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School Bears football team has completed its season with an early exit from the medium-size school playoffs on Saturday. Soldotna continued their unbeaten streak against the Bears with a 62-to-7 romp up on the Stars’ home field. Soldotna pressured Kodiak from the beginning, putting up 53 points in the first half. At one point, the …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The results of a worldwide survey conducted by the makers of Gore-Tex fabric revealed what local hunters have always known: Kodiak is one of the best places for hunting, and the weather can be challenging. Tim Dennis is the marketing leader for W. L. Gore Associates, the company behind the survey. “It was a pretty simple survey. We …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly postponed two ordinances during last night’s regular meeting, both pertaining to pay benefits for borough employees. First up on the list was longevity pay for long-term employees, an ordinance intended to reward borough employees for their commitment and to attract future candidates. Assemblywoman Louise Stutes made the motion to postpone the ordinance because …

From KMXT in Kodiak, and with help from public radio station reporters across the state, this is the Alaska Fisheries Report. I’m Jay Barrett. Coming up this week, we get a summer troll wrap up from Southeast and a gillnet wrap up from Bristol Bay. We had help this week from KFSK’s Joe Viechnicki in Petersburg, KDLG’s Mike Mason in …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Baranov Museum will open a new exhibit on Friday that showcases the history of Filipino-Americans in Kodiak. Anjuli Grantham is the curator of collections for the museum and said the exhibit is the result of a summer film workshop. “Well the Filipino Community Stories exhibit highlights the work done by a group of students who took a …

Jay Barrett/KMXT There’s another Coast Guard cutter patrolling Alaska waters. The “Chandeleur” will be welcomed during a ceremony Friday afternoon in Juneau, where the 110-foot ship will be homeported. It will be the seventh Island Class Patrol Boat stationed in Alaska. Others are in Petersburg, Auke Bay, Valdez, Seward, Ketchikan and Homer. The Chandeleur, which has a crew of 18, …