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Jay Barrett/KMXT The only two teams to defeat the Kodiak High School Bears at the state volleyball championships were the ones who eventually faced off for the state title. Every other team that came up against Kodiak, went away empty-handed. The Bears tied their best performance ever at state with a third-place finish over the weekend in Anchorage. South beat …

Kodiak Police Chief Ronda Wallace. KPD photo Jay Barrett/KMXT The City of Kodiak didn’t have to look far for its new chief of police. Ronda Wallace, most recently the lieutenant in charge of the department’s operational division was named chief on Friday. Wallace is a 15-year veteran with the Kodiak Police Department, beginning her career in 1998. She worked her …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Today (Friday) is America Recycles Day around the nation, and of course here in Kodiak. Ken Renke, the executive director at our local recycler, Threshold Services, chatted with KMXT’s Jay Barrett about what he’s got planned.

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last night the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly got a glimpse at what’s been going on in the school district recently, and what’s to come. The assembly has begun to tackle its strategic planning for the year, and education makes up a large portion of the borough’s budget. During last night’s work session Superintendent Stewart McDonald gave an introduction …

Jay Barrett/ KMXT A Port Lions woman has won the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute’s Instagram photo contest. Sara Squartsoff, an artist and chef at the Kodiak Paradise Lodge won the “Show Us Your Alaska Seafood” contest with her photo of home-canned salmon. In a release, ASMI spokesman Tyson Fick said the image impressed the ASMI board and committee members who …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School volleyball team was involved in two sweeps yesterday during the first two rounds of the 4-A state championship tournament in Anchorage. Unfortunately, one of those was a loss. The Bears, the number 1 seed from the Northern Lights Conference, came out strong to sweep the host Chugiak High School Mustangs 25-22, 25-11 and 25-19 …

Su Coe, left at KMXT in the 1970s, and a more recent photo of Alice Anderson-Soto, right. They were less than friends at Kodiak High School, but have become close all these years later. Photos provided Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Su Coe and Alice Anderson Soto were classmates at Kodiak High School in the mid 1970s. But they were far from friends. …

Thomas B. Crowley, Sr. Memorial Scholarship recipients (left to right) Diloola Erickson, Kimberly Greenway, Alexandra Bateman and Gabrielle Bragg. Jay Barrett/KMXT A Kodiak High School graduate, now a senior at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is one of four students there who have been awarded $2,500 through the Thomas B. Crowley Senior Memorial Scholarship fund. Crowley Maritime announced the awards …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It’s strategic planning season for the Kodiak Island Borough. Tonight the borough assembly will kick off those discussions during a work session and first up is an introduction to the education section of that plan. Assembly members will hear from the school district about their goals and needs for the upcoming year, and how those fit within the …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School Bears kick off state volleyball championship tournament play this afternoon at 3:15 against host school Chugiak. The Mustangs are one of the few teams to win even one set against the powerhouse Bears this season. Kodiak is the top ranked team from the Northern Lights Conference, while Chugiak is the number three team from …