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Kodiak’s salmon fleet is reeling from a number of Board of Fisheries decisions limiting Kodiak’s participation in the Cape Igvak salmon fishery. The decisions cap off a contentious allocation fight between Kodiak and Chignik, after several years of disastrously low sockeye returns in Chignik. Darius Kasperzak delivers testimony at the January, 2020 Board of Fish …

Kodiak’s Fish and Game Advisory Committee [AC] is making headway on its bylaws following a public fissure amongst committee members during a recent Board of Fish meeting. The Kodiak committee advises the state Department of Fish and Game on local hunting and fishing. During a committee meeting last Tuesday, Feb. 27, one of the hot …

The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly tonight has a wide range of items on its agenda. Everything from an ordinance to change the rules for attendance and vacancies on the assembly to an invitation to Governor Mike Dunleavy to visit. A letter in the meeting packet invites the governor to come to Kodiak as part of …

Kodiak Island’s last ferry of the season pulled away from the dock on Saturday, and there won’t be one returning until April. Aging vessels in need of repairs and cuts to the Alaska Marine Highway System budget have extended the service gap this year, making life for village residents more difficult in the meantime. M/V …

The Kodiak City Council will hold a public hearing tonight on a proposal to change the cost of some city fees and penalties, including vehicle impoundment and abandonment fees. The changes are part of an update to several sections of city code which the council will take up during its regular meeting. The city has …

Dr. Bob Johnson passed away on Friday, Jan. 31. He leaves behind his wife of nearly 70 years, four sons, and eight grandchildren. But he also leaves behind his ‘Kodiak family’—the many hundreds, maybe even thousands, of people who feel a strong connection to Johnson because he played some role in their lives. From delivering …

U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan is heading to Europe next month to convince trade officials there to ban Russian seafood. That was one policy goal the senator said he’s pushing in the coming month, during a visit to Kodiak’s annual commercial fishing trade show ComFish. Sullivan came to Kodiak to give his talk at ComFish in …

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 …