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The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly passed its annual budget at a special meeting last week. As part of passing the budget, the Assembly also voted to lower the borough’s mill rate, or calculation of property taxes. Service areas such as the Women’s Bay Road Service Area or residents within Kodiak City limits may be subject …

If you’ve been to ComFish, you might recognize ALMA, or the Association of Latin Women in Alaska, as the host of fish taco night, right before the conference starts. The group accepts donations for the free tacos, but now they’re ready to put those donations to use and are making an effort to reignite participation …

While most residents were celebrating CrabFest last month, a few Kodiak residents were out saving marine mammals. The Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rescued an entangled sea lion pup as part of training to rescue even more animals. The Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak is the archipelago’s main entity for …

President BIden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Fumio announced efforts to strengthen military ties, as well as collaborations on space exploration and artificial intelligence.

The waters in and around the Buskin River will close this weekend to sport, commercial and subsistence sockeye fishing. The closure takes effect on Saturday, June 17 at 12:01 a.m. A fisherman at the mouth of the Buskin River. (Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS) Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game announced the closure Wednesday, June 14 …

Sen. Lisa Murkowski reintroduced a bill and shared support for another, both aimed at supporting coastal communities this week. The legislation is aimed at investing in research and local economies. Murkowski is bringing back the Ocean Regional Opportunity and Innovation Act. The bill would designate “Ocean Innovation Clusters” for the U.S. Department of Commerce. Each …

Kodiak’s annual Crab Festival turned 65 this year. The event kicks off just before Memorial Day Weekend with a ceremonial pardoning of the crab. A traditional Russian Orthodox Blessing of the Fleet closes out the event. And in between, there’s four days of food trucks, survival suit races and one big Grand Parade. And this …

The prizes, which will also go to the winners of the marathon and race walk, come as the Olympic Games have shifted away from amateurism. Many medalists already earn bonuses from their home countries.

Biomedical engineer Rachel Lance says British scientists submitted themselves to experiments that would be considered wildly unethical today in an effort to shore up the war effort.

The commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Military and Veterans Affairs was on the ground in Kodiak last week visiting the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Narrow Cape. Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe toured the facility and met with Alaska Aerospace personnel. Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, left, toured the Pacific Spaceport Complex and met with Alaska Aerospace personnel …