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Teen Shooter Arrested on Assault Charges

Jay Barrett/KMXT A Kodiak teenage boy is reported to be in critical condition after sustaining a shotgun wound Sunday night at a home on Woody Way Loop, and Police Chief T.C. Kamai says another teen is in custody, charged with first-degree assault. The 16-year-old victim was visiting in the home of the 15-year-old boy when the shooting occurred. “Well at …

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Kodiak Teen Injured in Sunday Shooting

Jay Barrett/KMXT A Kodiak teen is reported to be in critical condition after sustaining a shotgun wound Sunday night at a home on Woody Way Loop. Police Chief T.C. Kamai said the teen was visiting in the home of another when the shooting occurred. “Well at about 8:47 last night, officers were called to a residence on Woody Way Loop …

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F/V U.S. Intrepid Calls on Kodiak

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT More often than not, Kodiak’s fishing industry separates the catching and the processing. Most of Kodiak’s fleet heads out to sea, collects the bounty, and delivers it either directly to canneries in town, or to tenders that bring it back en masse. But last week a different type of boat was in town, one that pairs the two …

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New Way of Recycling Debuts in Kodiak

Marina Cummiskey/KMXT Threshold Recycling Services recently changed their self-serve recycling sheds into a drive-thru operation. Folks simply drive up with their recyclables and volunteers help unload and sort everything. KMXT’s Marina Cummiskey went to Threshold’s new “Recycling Haven” Friday and filed this report. To learn more about Threshold’s new recycling haven tune into KMXT’s Talk of the Rock Tuesday at …

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Freezer-Longliner Unloads Catch in Kodiak

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT More often than not, Kodiak’s fishing industry separates the catching and the processing. Most of Kodiak’s fleet heads out to sea, collects the bounty, and delivers it either directly to canneries in town, or to tenders that bring it back en masse. But last week a different type of boat was in town, one that pairs the two …

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Redistricting Board Hopes Map Redrawing is Done

Alexandra Gutierrez/APRN In a half-hour meeting on a Sunday afternoon, the Alaska Redistricting Board unanimously agreed on a new electoral map. The process of drawing the state’s political boundaries has been going on for nearly three years. Along the way, board members described it as a "struggle," Democrats characterized it as gerrymandering by a Republican-dominated group, and the courts deemed …

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Future Looks Bleak for Cutter Storis

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Alaskans hoping to save a former Coast Guard cutter as a museum have spoken to its new owner but say the odds are not good that the vessel can be preserved. Joe Geldhof of the Juneau-based Storis Museum and Educational Center says the group is in preliminary discussions with the new owner. The Storis was launched …

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SPAR Readies for Open House in Nome

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Jay Barrett/KMXT Residents of Nome will have a chance to tour the Kodiak-based Coast Guard Cutter SPAR this weekend. The crew will host an open house on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Nome pier, with crewmen available to answer any questions they may have about the ship’s mission in Alaska. The SPAR is a 225-foot seagoing buoy …

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