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Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak wrestlers came back from the 4-A state championship tournament in Anchorage with two titleholders and a fourth place overall finish. The Wasilla Warriors won the team title. Kodiak Junior Joel Valdez won the 113-pound weight class after his opponent, Matt Glover of South Anchorage went out with a leg injury in the second round. In the 195-pound …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A handful of volunteers gathered at the Kodiak Baptist Mission Heritage Center on Saturday for a community bike exchange. Kodiak Island Trails Network, along with several other local charities and churches partnered to collect used bikes all day, with the hopes of fixing them up and providing them to cannery workers at reasonably low prices. Sandra West was …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT This Saturday girls in Kodiak will have an opportunity to explore future career opportunities by learning from local women working in various trades. The Women of Science and Technology Day is sponsored by the Girl Scouts of Alaska and takes place in various cities across the state. It aims to introduce girls to careers in the STEM fields …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The city and borough entered the New Year without a fisheries advisor, but they won’t be without one much longer. During its regular meeting last night the borough assembly approved a contract with Heather McCarty of McCarty and Associates for fisheries analyst consulting services. The contract is split between the city and the borough and will send McCarty …

Jay Barrett/KMXT It’s well known that Pacific salmon return to the stream they were born when it’s time for them to spawn and die. When they get close, they might be able to smell their home stream, but how do they know which way to go in the first place? It’s been suspected since the 1960s that salmon migrate successfully …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Fans of TV weather forecaster Jackie Purcell on KTUU will be pleased to know that she, along with other news and programming, has been returned to GCI cable customers in rural Alaska after a three-month blackout. The KTUU programming returned Thursday morning, just in time for the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. NBC is …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Wednesday KMXT told you about common core and the new Alaska standards for learning, and what those look like in Kodiak classrooms. The new curriculum has changed the way information is presented, but more than that, it’s also changed how students’ understanding is measured. Superintendent Stewart McDonald said students are now being asked to apply things they learn, …

Kodiak middle School students discuss their answer during a Battle of the Books competition on Thursday. From left to right: Kaia Hendrickson, Kylie Cobban, Nia Pristas and Solomon Himelbloom. Brianna Gibbs Photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It’s a big week for Kodiak’s young reading enthusiasts. The Battle of the Books competition kicked off yesterday at the Kodiak Public Library and KMXT’s Brianna …

Lauren Rosenthal/KUCB Southwest Alaska residents will have a few extra weeks to weigh in on invasive cattle near Kodiak and Sand Point. The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge was supposed to stop taking suggestions on how to handle wild cow herds on Wosnesenski and Chirikof islands last week. Refuge manager Steve Delehanty says they’ve already gotten about 100 comments. But …

Annie Ropeik/KUCB State officials are hoping the ferry Tustumena’s replacement will be bigger, faster and more efficient — but they also say the current ferry doesn’t need to be retired just yet. Tuesday, the ferry system updated the House Transportation Committee. Captain John Falvey is the general manager of the Alaska Marine Highway System. He was on hand to talk …