Politics

Kodiak Republican House Speaker Louise Stutes has announced two appointees to a new state ferry oversight board. That’s according to a Monday press release from the Alaska House Coalition. Shirley Marquardt and Wanetta Ayers will be stepping up to staff the recently formed Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board. Marquardt served on the Marine Transportation Advisory board for nine years, and …

The Alaska Redistricting Board will be having a Friday afternoon open house hearing to discuss the proposed plans for redistricting the state.  Kodiak’s House district could be altered under six different proposed plans, sometimes adopting wide swaths of land from Homer and southcentral Alaska, and in other versions encompassing just the island and the nearby coast- all plans have around 18,000 people …

Listen to this story; Final results for Kodiak’s local election aren’t expected before Wednesday. That’s when the city and borough canvassing processes are set to begin with results expected in the evening. The city and borough canvassing boards go over absentee ballots and questioned ballots, and review and add them to the final count. Absentee by mail ballots are still …

Listen to this story; James Turner’s tenure on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly began in 2018, and it seems that it will continue into the next three years following this recent re-election. Turner spoke about his priorities coming into a second term. He said that for him, tackling the borough budget is the foremost issue. “Fixing some of the budget …

Listen to this story;   Unofficial returns from Tuesday showed Scott Smiley take a commanding lead in his bid for a seat on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly. He reportedly received more votes than both incumbents to likely unseat assembly member Dennis Symmons. Incumbent James Turner came in second in the five-way race for two seats, with Symmons taking third …

At a local candidate forum hosted by KMXT and Kodiak Daily Mirror, local candidates presented statements and, in the case of contested seats, answered a series of questions Tuesday night. Hear the full forum here:    

Julie Kavanaugh (official KIB Assembly photo) Kodiak Borough Assembly member Julie Kavanaugh resigned her seat on the assembly this [TUESDAY] afternoon. In a brief letter addressed to Mayor Bill Roberts and the Assembly, Kavanaugh wrote that her reasons for resigning are due to QUOTE “new challenges” END QUOTE that require her attention. Kavanaugh was first elected to the Borough Assembly …

Republican House Speaker Louise Stutes of Kodiak joined KMXT’s Talk of the Rock Tuesday afternoon to discuss the upcoming special legislative session. She also touched upon her relationship with the state Republican Party’s leadership and minority Republicans in the legislature. Speaker Stutes spoke very candidly on the state legislature during her talk show interview in Kodiak. Concerning the working relationship …

Speaker for the Alaska State House Majority Caucus and Kodiak Representative Louise Stutes joined KMXT’s Dylan Simard Tuesday afternoon to discuss some of her points of interest for the upcoming special legislative session. Right off the bat, Rep. Stutes reiterated her belief that it would not be possible to have a $2000 Permanent Fund Dividend without dipping into the corpus. …

June 10, 2021 by Nat Herz, Alaska Public Media Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage, wraps up debate on House Bill 126 relating to a code of military justice, Feb. 3, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/KTOO) Former Anchorage GOP Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux faces four new felony counts of voter misconduct, state prosecutors announced Thursday. LeDoux’s former legislative aide, Lisa Simpson, also faces two new …