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The Kodiak City Council breezed through its short agenda during last night’s regular meeting. There were no public comments during the one public hearing about the proposed changes to city fines and fees. That measure was passed unanimously. As KMXT’s Maggie Wall reports, council comments tended to focus on fish. Click arrow to listen …

The cost of food production in rural Alaska continues to be challenging, but farmers, ranchers and growers of all kinds in Kodiak are adapting. As KMXT’s Davis Hovey reports, a new federally funded position on the island is hoping to help ease the growing pains. It’s a sunny afternoon in late-February, and a few inches …

Kodiak Island, like many places in Alaska, has dozens of historic military installations in need of cleanup, known as Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS). There are 533 total in Alaska, 138 of them are in need of cleanup. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in charge of the remediation of multiple sites across the …

For the first time in 30 years, electric rates are going up in Kodiak. The Kodiak Electric Association (KEA) announced a proposed 12.5% rate hike for all customers in an open letter published on the company’s website Friday, Feb. 23. That means the average resident will see a monthly bill that costs about $12 more, …

The state Board of Fisheries is convening in Kodiak this weekend for the next Kodiak Finfish Meeting. After pushing to keep the regulatory meeting in Kodiak, instead of Anchorage, Kodiak salmon fishermen are organizing to oppose a number of proposals that they say will harm the local economy. The seiner Jaime Marie sails past other …

UPDATED Jan. 8 to include background information in an audio version of story. A Kodiak man will spend his life in prison after being sentenced to six life terms in the 2012 murders of two co-workers at the Coast Communication Station in Kodiak. KMXT’s Maggie Wall has more. Click arrow to listen to report, …

Thick snow continues to blanket Kodiak as the island enters its third day in a row reaching record low temperatures. Lows the last three days have hovered around zero degrees Fahrenheit, even dipping to negative 1 early Tuesday morning. “To get three days in a row, especially in a place like Kodiak that has records …

The Kodiak Island Borough Board of Education hold both a work session and a special meeting on Monday. The work session begins at 6:30 p.m. It is followed immediately by a special meeting to consider hiring a temporary cosmetology teacher for the high school, as well as a special session to discuss school district finances. …

The Coast Guard Wednesday night suspended the search for five people who were missing following the sinking of the crabbing vessel Scandies Rose on Tuesday evening. KMXT’s Maggie Wall has this report. Click arrow to listen to report, or continue below to read it. The Coast Guard Wednesday night suspended its search for …

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE 9:30 p.m. Wednesday KMXT just received notification from the Coast Guard that the search for five missing crew members on the Scandies Rose has been suspended. Following is the press release we received my email moments ago. JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard suspended its search Wednesday at 6:08 p.m. for …