KMXT 100.1 FM Public Radio in Kodiak, Alaska

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School Bears basketball teams swept the field in the inaugural Joe T. Classic at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks over the weekend. The Lady Bears won the championship with a 48-36 win over the Bartlett Golden Bears, while the Kodiak boys downed the host Malemutes 50-49 on a buzzer-beating three-pointer by Austin Frick. He was …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last night the Kodiak City Council met for its first regular meeting of 2013. On the agenda was a first reading of an ordinance that would exclude reference and transitory documents from the definitions of city and public records. City Manager Aimee Kniaziowski said the ordinance is more of a clarification than an actual change.

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT On Tuesday the Kodiak City Council met for a work session and received a presentation of the city’s 2012 audit. Each year the city is required by law to undergo an audit. Michelle Drew is an auditor from Mikunda, Cottrell and Co. and led the 2012 audit. Drew said there weren’t any big concerns in 2012 but advised …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A recent article on The Business Journals online pointed out something Kodiak residents have known for years: traffic and commuting aren’t very big problems on Alaska’s emerald isle. Scott Thomas from On Numbers used data from the 2011 U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey to find the places in the West with the shortest and longest commutes. The …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT On Saturday Kodiak community members will have an opportunity to hear an award-winning Canadian musician. Singer-songwriter and guitarist Matt Andersen won Memphis Tennessee’s “International Blues Challenge” and was recently nominated for two Maple Blues awards, including male vocalist of the year. Andersen has played shows all around the world and is currently on a six city tour of …

Coming up this week, a Board of Fish member resigns citing “personalities” as part of the reason; a unique salmon share program out of Sitka is gaining some national recognition; and the Commercial Fishing Film Festival wraps up this weekend in Juneau. All that and, has the new record price for a single tuna soured some bidders in Japan. We …

Full Meeting Audio Part 1: Full Meeting Audio Part 2: Jay Barrett/KMXT Representatives from the “unified command,” which oversaw the recovery effort of the Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk address the Kodiak community last night in the high school commons. Though the meeting was interrupted by a fire alarm that forced their evacuation for about 20 minutes, the public …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT All eyes and ears were on visiting fisheries professor Seth Macinko Tuesday night during the joint session of the Kodiak Island Borough and the City Council. Macinko, who teaches at the University of Rhode Island has worked closely with catch share management programs thought the world and offered hi take on the growing issue in Alaska. The North …