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Majority of Welds on Dry-Docked Tusty Fail Certification

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska State Ferry Tustumena, which has been in a Seward dry dock for months, has hit another potential roadblock on its way back into the water and into service. Reportedly 80 percent of the welds made while working on the ship did not pass inspection.: “Well, recently, the Coast Guard was inspecting some repairs to the Tustumena …

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Kodiak Woman Injured in Danger Bay Shooting Incident

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska State Troopers say a woman at Danger Bay on Afognak Island suffered a gunshot wound to her lower left leg on Sunday. Forty-three-year-old Shawn Strauss of Kodiak is an employee of Evergreen Timber. The Trooper investigation indicated that around 2:30 Sunday afternoon on a beach near the logging camp, the woman was shot in the leg …

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Young Scientists Seek Answers on Blue King Crab Decline

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Michelle Ridgeway, left, William Lekanof, Anthony Lekanof and Dani Merculief are pictured before the NOAA vessel Rainier. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Schools out for summer, which means most teenagers are relishing the three months of freedom before they’ll have to hit the books again come fall. But for three high school students from St. George Island in the Pribilofs, the learning hasn’t …

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New Ambulance, Fire Engine May Soon Come to Kodiak

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A new ambulance and fire engine may soon be coming to Kodiak. During last night’s city council work session Fire Chief Rome Kamai presented the two potential purchases to the council, both of which he said were very needed. Kamai said an ambulance would cost around $201,000, but thanks to two grants the city will only pick up …

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CHARR Staff Preparing for Kodiak Convention

Jay Barrett/KMXT The executive director of Alaska CHARR and some of his staff are in Kodiak this week making arrangements for the organization’s annual convention, which will be held here at the end of September. Dale Foxx expects about 100 representatives from the restaurant, hotel, bar and liquor store industry to attend. He’s here this week talking with Kodiak CHARR …

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Project Updates and Purchases on City’s Agenda Tonight

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A Pier III update, ambulance purchase presentation and nonprofit grant requests are just a few of the many items on the Kodiak City Council’s work session agenda tonight. Last month the council passed the 2014 budget, which included an ambulance and fire engine purchase. Tonight the council will hear about those purchases, and get an update on the …

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Young St. George Scientists Share Studies on Talk of the Rock

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Today on Talk of the Rock we’ll hear about the future of science, or to be more specific, future scientists. Three high school students from St. George Island were in Kodiak for the past few days to learn about different research methods being used by NOAA, UAF and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The three students …

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