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Brian Venua/KMXTThe work group, which does not currently include representatives from the city, supported moving forward with the borough, the school district and the city to split the basic building costs for North Star elementary school equally. -
Brian Venua/KMXTKodiak’s commercial salmon season started on June 9 at noon. That’s according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s first announcement for the area this year. Duck Bay, Izhut Bay, and both the inner and outer Kitoi Bay areas will open until further notice, including the Foul Bay special harvest area.
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Alaska's Legislature adjourned on May 20 without addressing an issue that many residents of coastal, Native villages see as urgent: expanding access to commercial fishing careers. -
The second of three new Coast Guard cutters set to be homeported in Kodiak has arrived. According to a social media post from the Coast Guard on June 2, the Earl Cunningham reached the island on May 31 after a more than 7,000 mile, months-long journey from the shipyard in Louisiana. -
Almost one year after Brechan Construction first applied to purchase city land on Near Island, the Kodiak City Council officially rejected the company’s request. On May 22 the council decided to stick with its minimum development plan for the island next to town. -
Corey Potter was sentenced to a year in jail and two years of probation after he plead guilty to two counts of violating the Lacey Act for shipping Tanners with Bitter Crab Syndrome. -
The Kodiak Island Borough will increase how much it will fund its school district by more than half a million dollars. That’s after a unanimous vote by its Assembly on May 29th. But the district still needs money from the state for its budget plan to work. -
Seniors across the Kodiak Archipelago officially completed their high school careers last week. That includes four seniors from rural schools that celebrated the milestone as well; half of those were recognized during a graduation ceremony in Ouzinkie. -
The museum reopened on May 22 after being closed for a construction project to nearly double its exhibit space and display hundreds more objects and artifacts. It’s now open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. -
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. -
The head of Providence’s Kodiak Island Medical Center officially leaves his administrator position next week on May 31. But that job vacancy is only one of a few leadership jobs and one of dozens of medical positions Providence is struggling to fill in Kodiak. -
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.
