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Santa Spreads Christmas Cheer With Guard’s Help

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Children in Port Lions, Alaska, receive gifts from Santa and elf Erin Simone as part of on going outreach from the Coast Guard to the remote villages of Kodiak Island Dec. 2, 2013. The Coast Guard and Coast Guard Spouses’ Association have provided services such as eye exams and holiday cheer to the remote communities of Kodiak Island and more …

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Begich Cautions FDA Against Another Christmas Surprise

Liz Ruskin/APRN and Jay Barrett/KMXT Alaska Senator Mark Begich is trying to head off any surprise holiday announcement from the Food and Drug Administration regarding genetically modified salmon. It was the day after Christmas last year when the FDA officially announced its initial ruling in favor of genetically-modified salmon. Begich says it’s like they were trying to slip something by …

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Air Station Jayhawk Crew Heading for Cold Bay

Jay Barrett/KMXT An Air Station Kodiak helicopter crew and support personnel are scheduled to head off for Cold Bay on Saturday, in preparation for the Opilio crabbing season. It’s a move the Coast Guard does seasonally to respond to maritime emergencies quicker. It’s a return trip for the Jayhawk crews, who spent most of October and November in Cold Bay …

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Thomet 6th in West, Qualifies for Nationals

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Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak High School junior Levi Thomet finished in sixth place at Saturday’s Foot Locker West Region cross country championships in Walnut, California, qualifying him for nationals. The boys five-kilometer race was won by Matthew Maton of Bend, Oregon, in 15-minutes 39-seconds. Thomet was sixth in a time of 15-minutes 44.1-seconds. The two-time defending state champion in cross country …

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Maritime Refuge Eyeing Invasive Cattle on Two Islands

Jay Barrett/KMXT The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is looking for input from the public on how best to deal with about 1,000 head of cattle on two islands in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. About 200 of the animals are on Wosnesenski Island, between Sand Point and King Cove, and another 800 are on Chirikof Island, southwest of …

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Nutcracker Opens with Cast of Hundreds

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Ten-year-old Lacey Nugent tries on her costume during rehearsal for this weekend’s Nutcracker ballet. Lacey portrays a Chinese Tea dancer in Act II. (Cheryl Nugent photo) Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Every three years, dozens of dancers take the stage at the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium for what has truly become a Kodiak tradition. The local production of the Nutcracker ballet began more …

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Star KHS Junior Joining Midnight Sun Volleyball Club

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Kodiak High School volleyball star Issabelle Riina. As the team’s "libero," she wears a different color jersey than her teammates. She made the Midnight Sun Volleyball Club’s varsity gold squad, its highest level of players. (Photo courtesy Jodi Llamos) Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last week KMXT told you about Kodiak High School Senior Hannah Wandersee’s hopes to play college volleyball, but she …

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Putting the Tough Back into XtraTuf

Dave Bendinger/KDLG Honeywell corporation, which owns the company that makes what was once the official footwear for coastal Alaskan, is on a mission to improve relations with their disappointed, formerly loyal customers. They don’t want XtraTuf to be known as “Sort-of-Tough” anymore. They started getting that reputation two years ago when Honeywell transferred production of XtraTufs from Rock Island, Illinois, …

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