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This week we hear about more than half a million dollars in federal grant money slated for Kodiak College is frozen, the Alutiiq Museum's archaeology team has pieced together a historical timeline for Shuyak Island, the City approved its FY26 budget, the borough is on the hook for a quarter million dollars for school bond debt, and another dead whale washed up on Surfer's Beach.
Born and raised in Dillingham, Brian Venua graduated from Gonzaga University before 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.
Kodiak College is joining a list of educational institutions left scrambling after the White House froze billions in grants on Monday. Campus staff say the future of some programs is uncertain.
"I think we found that one village that had 11 house pits, probably had two to three hundred people living in it, you know, 300 years ago," Patrick Saltonstall with the Alutiiq Museum said.
Kodiak City leaders expect services to the community to be maintained into next year, although the expense of paying for them will likely increase. The city council unanimously approved a fiscal year 2026 budget Thursday night.
Borough manager Aimee Williams told the Borough Assembly on June 26 that the state Department of Education and Early Development informed her last week that the borough owed $254,000 more than it budgeted for.
NOAA has authorized $95 million worth of work on the Oscar Dyson to take place after the 2026 field season concludes. That’s according to a press release from the agency last month on June 18.