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The Alaska Legislature is planning to create a seafood industry task force that will give recommendations to help sustain the state’s seafood industry. A joint legislative resolution forming the task force, SCR 10, had its first hearing on March 7 in the Senate Finance Committee.

Ouzinkie’s head teacher gave the school’s annual presentation for the Kodiak Island Borough School District Board of Education at its meeting on March 11. The district struggled to keep teachers in Ouzinkie last year, but now has a new pair to lead the elementary and secondary students and is fully staffed this year. The head …

Kodiak’s Pacific cod season closed last week for fishermen using pot gear in state-managed waters. The guideline harvest level for those gear users was about 2.84 million pounds and the season lasted a bit longer than usual, lasting from Feb. 16 until early March. Boats tied up in Kodiak’s St. Paul Harbor (Brian Venua/KMXT) A …

Governor Mike Dunleavy today established a new work group to make recommendations on funding and service levels for the Alaska Marine Highway System. Most of the members will be from specific groups, but three seats are for the general public who represent “areas of broad statewide public interest.” KMXT received the following press release from …

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski praises Kodiak commands for the work the Coast Guard does to keep Kodiak and Alaska safe. Following is the text of a speech Murkowski gave on the U.S. Senate floor on Wed. Jan. 15, 2020. It has been formatted to make it easier to read. SENATE SPEECHES AND INSERTS Page …

State House Representative Louise Stutes last week proposed a bill that should make boat registration easier on commercial fishermen if it passes. HB 185 would exempt vessels with a current state Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC) sticker from being required to register their boats with the DMV. Kodiak’s harbor, January, 2020. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) …

The rising cost of local emergency dispatch services and how that service is paid for was the priority of a work session between the Kodiak City Council and Kodiak Island Borough Assembly last week on Feb. 28. Police Chief, Timothy Putney said the Kodiak Police Department handles more than 13,000 emergency phone calls annually, which …

The only resident veterinarian in Kodiak has her last day at the local clinic Mar. 1. Pet parents need not worry though, as KMXT’s Brian Venua reports, the clinic will still be business as usual, as rotating vets will fill the gap until the next resident doctor arrives in June. Dr. Emily Iacobucci is a …

On Saturday afternoon the ferry Tustumena is scheduled to pull away from the dock in the channel and not return until May 1. The Alaska Marine Highway vessel will be getting its annual mandated overhaul at a shipyard in Ketchikan. Since the other ferry that services the island, the Kennicott, is already in the yards …

The first draft of the Kodiak Island Borough School District’s budget includes staff and funding cuts for the upcoming school year. It comes at the same time as the State Legislature approved a bill to increase education funding – although it’s unclear whether it will ultimately be signed into law by Gov. Mike Dunleavy. As …