Kayla Desroches

NOAA Survey Fills Database and Food Bank Freezer

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Researchers filled their databases and the freezers at a local food bank through a recent study. For the survey in December, scientists collected data in order to determine how many female sablefish will spawn in the coming year. They did similar work with female rockfish as a side project. Katy Echave, a NOAA fisheries research scientist with the …

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City Council Weighs in on Fisheries Analyst Contract

Kayla Desroches/KMXT     The Kodiak City Council is at odds with the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly over the renewal of the contract with its joint fisheries analyst. The contract was originally to extend Heather McCarty’s employment for another year, but the assembly was split at its last regular meeting and amended the contract to a length of six months. The …

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Port Lions Gets Federal Funding for Breakwater Project

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Port Lions just obtained federal funding for a breakwater construction that will help ease the wear and tear on its harbor. The project will be completed through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which works on the construction and maintenance of water resources and other forms of infrastructure. Bruce Sexauer is the chief of the civil works branch …

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Coast Guard Medevacs Two Injured Men

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Tuesday, the crew aboard a cargo ship 220 miles southeast of Kodiak faced rough weather which resulted in multiple injuries and two men being medevac’d off the vessel. A Coast Guard crew that afternoon would report conditions on-site closer to Kodiak to be 18 mph winds and 19-foot seas. Earlier in the day, a 32-year-old and 28-year-old man …

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KPD Focuses on Better Training Following Pletnikoff Incident

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Police Department is working to improve its staff’s sensitivity towards people with special needs. That includes new approaches to identifying members of the community affected by autism. The change comes after an incident in September where three police officers used excessive force in subduing an autistic young man, Nick Pletnikoff, originally accused of trying to enter …

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City to Discuss Fisheries Analyst Contract at Work Session

Kayla Desroches/KMXT At the Kodiak City Council work session tonight, the council will discuss the same contract which had been under examination at Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meetings up until its final decision last week. The assembly had been split over whether to extend its year-long contract with the fisheries analyst, Heather McCarty, who it shares with the city. At …

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Name of Saint Herman Harbor Shooting Victim Released

Jay Barrett/KMXT Yesterday afternoon the Kodiak Police Department released the name of the fisherman shot and killed aboard the fishing vessel Katherine in Saint Herman Harbor early Sunday Morning. He is 25-year-old Welton Daniel Albers of Houston, Texas. An earlier Kodiak Police report initially gave his age as 28. The KPD press release details a timeline that starts with a …

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Air Station Kodiak Helicopter Pilot Earns Distinguished Flying Cross

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Hess (left) with Capt. Mark Morin, commanding officer of Air Station Kodiak. Lauren Steenson/U.S. Coast Guard Kayla Desroches/KMXT          The Distinguished Flying Cross is America’s oldest military aviation award and none too easy to earn – it’s only awarded for remarkable acts of heroism. Like what happened south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts one February morning in 2015. A …

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