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New College Class Pairs Science With Art

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A new class offered at Kodiak College will give students a chance to blur the line between their left and right brains. Switgard Deusterloh will teach this fall’s introduction to marine science through experiments and art, a new class that pairs her two passions: science and art. Deusterloh spoke on KMXT’s Talk of the Rock on Tuesday and …

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Borough to Decide on CIP List Tonight

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Each day this week KMXT took a closer look at the Kodiak Island Borough’s capital improvement projects priority list, focusing on a few of the eight items each day. Tonight that list will be before the Borough Assembly as a resolution and they will vote on whether or not to submit it to Governor Sean Parnell and the …

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USCG: Tusty Inspections Vital to Ensure Passenger Safety

Jay Barrett/KMXT Before the Alaska State ferry Tustumena can be put back into the water on Friday, it must again pass U.S. Coast Guard inspections. Inadequate material and poor workmanship have caused several months of delays in the Tusty’s return to service. Dan Buchsbaum is the chief of inspections for the Coast Guard’s Sector Anchorage office. He said the Coast …

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Road Improvements Round Out Borough’s CIP List

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last week the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly narrowed down its state legislative capital improvement projects priority list for the 2014 legislative session. From a pool of about 16 projects, the assembly, with the help of Borough lobbyist Mark Hickey and Kodiak’s Representative Alan Austerman, narrowed its list down to eight tentative items. All week KMXT has been taking …

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City’s New Librarian Selected, Due in Mid October

Jay Barrett/KMXT The city of Kodiak has a new librarian. Kathleen Baxter has been offered the job that became vacant after long-time librarian Joe D’Elia retired this summer. In a release, City Manager Aimee Kniaziowski said Baxter was chosen from a field of eight applicants. No specific details about Baxter’s experience or background, or where she’s from was included in …

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After 80 Days at Sea, Munro Returns to Kodiak

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Coast Guard high-endurance cutter Munro returned to its Kodiak homeport over the weekend, wrapping up 80-plus days of patrol in the North Pacific Ocean. While at sea the Munro worked with the Chinese Fisheries Law Enforcement Command, the Japanese Coast Guard and the Russian Federal Security Service on joint patrols and even engaged in cultural exchanges between …

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Anton Larsen Bay Road Extension, Straightening on Borough’s CIP List

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Yesterday KMXT told you about the first two items on the Kodiak Island Borough’s state legislative capital improvement projects priority list. The borough assembly narrowed the eight-item list from a pool of 16 projects during its work session on Thursday, with the help of Kodiak’s Representative Alan Austerman and Borough lobbyist Mark Hickey. Third on the CIP list …

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As Other Rivers Open, Olds Remains Closed Above Highway

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Mid September is a good time of year for Kodiak anglers. Up until then fishermen are often crowded in and alone the shorelines of road system rivers, unable to fish above the highways that bisect them. But yesterday things spread out a little when the Alaska Department of Fish and Game opened up the rivers and creeks above …

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Kennicott Sailings Increase as Tusty Lingers

Jay Barrett/KMXT As we wait for the state ferry Tustumena to return to service, the Alaska Marine Highway System has announced a change to the ferry Kennicott’s September and October schedule. The system has added additional sailings between Kodiak and the Kenai Peninsula communities of Seldovia and Homer through October 17th. However there remains only one sailing to Unalaska with …

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Spikers, Swimmers and Thomet Continue Winning Streaks

Jay Barrett/KMXT Another good weekend – mostly – for Kodiak High School athletes. Save for a drubbing on the gridiron, the Bears saw victories in cross country, volleyball and swimming. Cross country In cross country, Levi Thomet once again dominated the field while running away with the win in the Frank Dieckgraeff Invitational in Seward. He ran the five kilometer …

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