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On a narrow 4-3 vote, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly passed a budget last week. The budget hotpoints concerned funding for Kodiak College, nonprofits, new assessing software, facilities maintenance (called “R&R”, or “renewal and replacement”) and, of course, the possibility of a mill rate increase, which did not sit well with assembly member Aimee Williams. …

Photo courtesy of Jarod Ross. Around 30 miles out of Kodiak City limits, a wildfire sprang into being on Pasagshak Road Saturday night. The fire had gained considerable size by Sunday evening, and firefighting aircraft and fire crews responded to control the blaze. Women’s Bay Fire Department and Coast Guard Fire both deployed to the …

Red king crab (NOAA) June 4, 2021 by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media Last we checked, king crab was narrowly ahead of three other Alaska seafoods in the Division of Elections’ mock primary. King crab, of course, will never hold elected office. But for now at least, it’s got a lead for the title of “Best Seafood …

Brian Mattson, with the 396 pound halibut caught near Petersburg. (photo/Abbey Collins) By SABINE POUX – Kenai Regulations for halibut charters are looser this summer for the second year in a row. The bodies regulating halibut fishing in Alaska relaxed restrictions on the fleet to again make fishing more appealing to Alaska anglers amid the pandemic. …

By OLIVIA EBERTZ • MAY 28, 2021 On May 25, the Bethel City Council voted to create positions for youth aged 14 to 17 on city committees and commissions. Bethel City Clerk Lori Strickler wants to educate kids about how local government works.CREDIT ELYSSA LOUGHLIN / KYUK Bethel City Clerk Lori Strickler wants to educate kids about how …

By Krysti Shallenberger, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Bethel The site of the proposed Donlin Mine, 145 miles northeast of Bethel. (Dean Swope/KYUK) On May 27, the commissioner for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation chose to uphold a key state water quality certificate for the proposed Donlin Gold mine. The decision came after administrative law …

400 million pounds of fish, representing $120 million, traveled through Kodiak’s commercial fishery in 2019. This makes Kodiak the third leading commercial fishery in the United States, and the sixth most valuable. That’s according to an annual report published this week by NOAA, which looks at every fishery in the United States to document landings …

The Senate is poised to pass the bill the House advanced over the weekend. President Biden is set to sign it. From there, TikTok says the battle will move to the courts.

A U.S. District Court judge today [Friday] sentenced commercial fisherman James Aaron Stevens of Kodiak to six months in federal prison and a $1 million fine for falsely labeling fish in violation of the Lacey Act. Stevens pleaded guilty to the charges in November 2020 after an investigation by NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement. Stevens …

Kodiak has crossed 100 active COVID-19 cases for the first time since late 2020. The Kodiak Emergency Operations Center announced 34 new cases today (FRIDAY), bringing the total active case count to 105. Three people are currently hospitalized in Kodiak. Half of the 34 new cases are close contacts of previously reported cases. Only two …