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The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly held a special meeting on Thursday night with one purpose: to review and pass a letter it is sending to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. The letter, being sent in conjunction with the City of Kodiak, is in regards to the rules the fishery council is promulgating to manage Gulf of Alaska trawl bycatch. …

Residents interested in filling their evenings serving their neighbors for the next three years have until about 4:30 today to submit their nominating petitions for local office. On the city level, Councilmen Charlie Davidson and John Whiddon, the incumbents, were the only names in the hat as of late this morning. On the borough assembly, incumbent Scott Smiley is seeking …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly just got rid of the time period of five days it usually takes to advertise jobs to current borough employees. The ordinance was under public hearing at the regular meeting Thursday and Assemblyman Dan Rohrer expressed concern that the assembly’s position would impact the staff’s borough employee unionization discussion as it enters negotiations. …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Two people have so far expressed interest in filling the vacancy left on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly by the resignation of Mel Stephens. Monique Lewis of Chiniak and Scott Smiley of Kodiak have filed the necessary paperwork, according to the borough clerk’s office. Lewis lists her occupation as an emergency response consultant and property manager, and says …

Karl Short. Courtesy of the Kodiak Island Borough Kayla Desroches/KMXT A Kodiak Island Borough employee is trading a life of finance for a life of leisure and fishing. Borough Finance Director Karl Short says Friday was his last day of work and the conclusion to 33 years of borough employment. Short says he joined the borough in 1983 as a …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Situated between the City of Kodiak and the town’s priciest neighborhood on Spruce Cape is Jackson’s Mobile Home Park – 12 acres packed full of old single- and double-wide trailers. For decades, it has been Kodiak’s catch-all neighborhood. It has welcomed residents wanting to put down roots on a budget, people who needed a couch for a few …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Nearly a dozen seats on various boards in the Kodiak Island Borough still do not have any declared candidates, and the deadline for filing is tomorrow. While Assemblyman Jerrol Friend has filed for re-election, Chris Lynch, the other incumbent whose term is ending, has yet to file. The only other declared candidate for assembly is current school board …

Maggie Wall/KMXT A proposed land swap between the city and the borough would accomplish several things. First the Kodiak Island Borough would get a good building site near the hospital on which to build the new long-term care facility. Second, the City of Kodiak would get much needed land at the east end of the cemetery, which would provide better …

Jay Barrett/KMXT At Thursday’s Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting, funding to the local Girl Scouts and Little League was on the chopping block as the yearly grants to non-profits were considered. At the prior work session, Assemblywoman Louise Stutes had proposed zeroing out the two organizations. She was convinced to change her position after a room full of Girl Scouts, …

Jay Barrett/KMXT While the Kodiak Island Borough searches for a new manager, the director of the borough’s community development department has been filling in. Bud Cassidy gave the borough assembly a brief update of on-going projects at Thursday night’s meeting.