Coming up this week, a plan to shut down the largest herring fishery in the state has been turned aside by an advisory committee, the members of the Cook Inlet Salmon Task Force have been named, and how salmon are like money in the bank. All that, plus: PETA mourns the loss of saltwater bass. We had help from KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham, KDLL’s Shaylon Cochran in Kenai, and CoastAlaska’s Ed Schoenfeld in Sitka.

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            The proposed bike path from downtown Kodiak to Deadman’s Curve hit another dead end during Tuesday’s City Council work session when City Manager Aimee Kniaziowski said she had not heard back from the State Department of Transporation. During last month’s work session council members were told they would have to sign a draft agreement with the DOT on the bike path project before any definitive costs could be provided. Many council members expressed concerns about the unknown cost and didn’t feel comfortable signing a contract without knowing the cost. There were other questions about the agreement that council members raised, but Kniaziowski said she was unable to reach anyone with the DOT since then. Councilman Charlie Davidson said it wouldn’t behoove the council to continue discussions about the project without those answers.

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         This weekend community members will get an opportunity to experience a portion the revitalized Kodiak College theater class during the production of Silent Night, Lonely Night. The drama will feature more than a dozen cast and crew members from the college community. Jared Griffin is the director for the play and said this particular production came about after a theater class last spring.

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         Despite an exciting election taking place outside the borough conference room, it was business as usual for the Kodiak City Council when the met for a work session last night. One item on the agenda was an update on the public library. Roe Sturgulewski is the project manager for the library and presented a proposal for the next phase of construction.