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This week we hear about a busy cruise ship week season in Kodiak, statewide recognition and awareness events for national Missing and Murdered Indigenous People's day, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is preparing to sell land it owns, and a story from our partners at Alaska Public Media about the Alaska Legislature passing a budget with a $1,000 PFD which now heads to Gov. Dunleavy's desk.
Davis Hovey was first drawn to Alaska by the opportunity to work for a radio station in a remote, unique place like Nome. More than 7 years later he has spent most of his career reporting on climate change and research, fisheries, local government, Alaska Native communities and so much more.
During this year’s cruise ship season, between May and the end of September, 25,663 cruise ship passengers are scheduled to visit Kodiak according to Discover Kodiak, after Hurtigruten Expeditions’ ships Roald Amundsen and Nansen recently canceled their port calls in Kodiak for this year.
For the culmination of a week of events, roughly a dozen Kodiak residents from children to Elders gathered at the shore of the Near Island channel at Oscar’s Spit Monday evening, May 5, for a vigil and wreath ceremony.
The Borough-owned land sits near Island Lake Road and Scout Circle, at 593 Island Lake Road, and is currently vacant. Roughly half of the area, which includes wetlands, will be subdivided into four lots and sold to the public in the near future.
Senate Bill 113 would update the corporate income tax for companies doing business online in Alaska, and pay for parts of an education funding bill now on Gov. Dunleavy's desk.