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Despite some opposition, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly voted four to one last night to extend the dates during which fireworks can be legally purchased and used on the island. This is in response to the state fire marshall’s ban on the sale and use of fireworks around much of Alaska due to hot, dry weather, and the dozens of …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly held a special public meeting Tuesday night (Aug 28) to discuss whether to share a legal opinion with the public. The assembly is considering waiving the confidentiality of the borough attorney’s legal opinions about an Alaska Aerospace Corporation land-use issue. AAC runs a launch facility, Pacific Spaceport Complex, at Narrow Cape. At a …

Nova Javier swears in Andy Schroeder, Julie Kavanaugh, and Rebecca Skinner. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly voted last night on whether or not it would certify its municipal election results. Nova Javier, the Kodiak Island Borough Clerk, is swearing in Andy Schroeder, Julie Kavanaugh, and Rebecca Skinner to the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly at …

(Photo by Carol Smith) Mitch Borden/KMXT There are eight people running for three seats on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly this year. To help our listeners get to know the candidates, KMXT will be airing profiles of them every Tuesday and Thursday leading up to the election. KMXT’s Mitch Borden sat down with current Assemblywoman Rebecca Skinner to discuss her …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly addressed a letter to the Alaska state legislature last week, urging legislators to pass the budget in light of impending commercial fishery openings. In the letter, the assembly writes that the “salmon won’t stop and wait for a government budget solution.” The letter stresses the economic effect a potential government shutdown on July …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The borough is working to clear the muddy waters of land sale. At the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting on Thursday, the assembly altered language in its code that Borough Manager Michael Powers said modernizes the land disposal process. “It basically puts the onus on a developer or developers to present proposals for the development and then, once …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT If there’s one concern that’s come to the forefront for marijuana regulation in the borough, it’s children’s well-being. Last week, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly looked over recommendations from its marijuana task force on possible regulation on marijuana business and cultivation in the borough. One issue it reviewed is buffer zones. The task force suggested the borough stick …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough may return to the 2012 building code in the near future. This summer, the assembly caused tension with the Kodiak City Council when it decided to roll back to the 1997 uniform building code. Assemblyman Kyle Crow led the change in an attempt to relax restrictions for home owner-builders in the borough. It turned …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Last night at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly regular meeting, borough staff cleared up confusion regarding a slash pile situation in Chiniak. The assembly had been under the impression that private land owners in Chiniak would like to hire A-1 to remove burned trees on their land and was requesting that A-1 be able to transport those trees …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council talked communication at their joint work session Tuesday night. First on the agenda was the assembly’s decision to change building codes, which it did without sitting down with the council. The borough and city share a building department through a memorandum of agreement, and the assembly’s decision to revert …