City of Kodiak Mayor Pat Branson announced Monday, Aug. 4, that she is retiring from public service after holding local elected offices for nearly three decades.

Alaska Republican Congressman Nick Begich III proposed a U.S. House subcommittee rollback parts of the landmark legislation to “modernize” it. Conservation groups warn that it’s a gutting that endangers already struggling whale populations around the state.

Dunleavy has canceled a broadly supported bill proposed by a legislative task force and intended to help commercial fishers in Alaska. The governor issued his veto of Senate Bill 156 on Wednesday July 16, marking his seventh veto of a policy bill this year.

Borough manager Aimee Williams told the Borough Assembly on June 26 that the state Department of Education and Early Development informed her last week that the borough owed $254,000 more than it budgeted for.

About 200 people lined downtown with signs sharing disapproval for President Donald Trump. It's the fifth protest this year, and second-largest one so far.

Some of the larger ticket items include roughly $13 million for education support, $6 million for the debt service and $2 million for the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center.

All the finalists have at least two decades of experience working with various municipal governments in a variety of roles, not just as city managers. Three out of the five have worked in Alaska communities. But none have lived or worked in Kodiak.

The Alaska Legislature’s session ended on May 20 after lawmakers passed the capital and operating budgets. Before those final hours, Kodiak’s legislators pushed forward bills on topics ranging from a world trade committee to commercial boat registration.

Alaska school districts hiring from the Philippines are taking some of the country’s best and brightest teachers. It’s a win for Alaska kids, but what does that mean for students back in Southeast Asia? KMXT’s Brian Venua explores brain drain and brain gain in Part 5 of his series, Mabuhay sa Alaska.

Alaska school districts are hiring teachers from the Philippines, but it’s not the first time employers in the state have looked to the island nation to address a labor shortage. In part 4 of Mabuhay sa Alaska, KMXT’s Brian Venua reports that this is just the latest wave in more than a century of ebb and flow.