Brian Venua
Senior ReporterBorn and raised in Dillingham, Brian Venua attended Gonzaga University before graduating and ultimately returning to Alaska. He moved to Kodiak and joined KMXT in 2022. Venua has since won awards for the newsroom as both a writer and photojournalist, with work focused on strengthening community, breaking down complex topics, and sharing stories of and for the people of the Kodiak Archipelago.
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The school system's financial situation is only getting more dire, as politicians in Juneau scramble to figure out how to increase funding for schools. It’s submitting a draft budget to local government for approval this week. -
Kodiak’s St. Herman Harbor is in dire need of replacement. City officials took Alaska’s senior senator to tour its waterfront infrastructure on a recent stop to the island. -
Commercial fishing is inherently competitive. But there’s one event at Kodiak’s annual commercial fishing trade show where the competition is friendly – the Fisherman’s Showcase. It’s sort of a pentathlon race where captains and crew show off their skills this year. -
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, commonly known as ICE, arrested a Philippine national in Kodiak this week, according to a post on X on April 16. The arrest comes as the Trump administration has ramped up deportation activities. -
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan as well as Rep. Nick Begich III all gave speeches at ComFish, Kodiak's annual commercial fishing trade show. The three-day event kicked off on April 15. -
This year’s Comfish kicked off with a fish taco night at Kodiak Island Brewing and Still on Monday, April 14, and the forum sessions begin at 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the Best Western/Kodiak Inn’s harbor room. -
"You have to stop sometime," said Norma Dutt, the store's owner. It's one of just a few places to buy fabric locally. All of it's products are marked down while she ends the operation. -
Duncan, Wallace, Beth, and Leslie Fields –all of Kodiak – are charged with perjury and lying on fish tickets. Duncan and Wallace Fields are also both charged with multiple counts related to fraud, theft, and other fishery violations. -
The movement targets Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, protesting the federal government's sweeping budget cuts. More than 1,300 protests were held across the country, with several in Alaska including Ketchikan, Juneau, Anchorage, Bethel, and Nome. -
This week we hear about the Tustumena returning after its annual winter repairs, shakeups in federal agencies could change how weather data from buoys works, Flying Geese, a longtime fabric store, is closing, the Alaska Food Policy Council held its statewide food festival and conference, and Kodiak Harvest Food Coop has grown significantly in less than a decade.
