KMXT 100.1 FM Public Radio in Kodiak, Alaska

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 …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Kodiak woman has been sentenced to four months in prison for her role in an embezzlement scheme involving a seafood company. The U.S. attorney’s office says Jamie Fathke was sentenced Wednesday on two counts of wire fraud. Fathke is one of five defendants charged in the matter. Assistant U.S. Attorney Aunnie Steward alleges that Isairis …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and City Council met last night for a joint work session to discuss a number of topics pertaining to both governing bodies. One item on the agenda was an update on the bio solids composting plan. City Manager Aimée Kniaziowski said the assembly and council worked diligently over the last six months to …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Now that the Royal Dutch Shell floating drill rig Kulluk has been safely anchored up in Kiliuda Bay, the U.S. Coast Guard is launching an official “marine casualty” investigation into its grounding. Rear Admiral Thomas Ostebo, the Coast Guard commander in Alaska, ordered the formal investigation into the circumstances and contributing factors involved in the grounding of the …

A school bus sits in the ditch on the Chiniak Highway. Only the driver, who was wearing a seatbelt, was onboard. Scott Bonny photo Jay Barrett/KMXT Road conditions in Kodiak are regularly treacherous, but fortunately, we have people who go out in the wee hours to maintain them before we drive to work or send our kids to school. Crews …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Sometime before noon on Sunday local listeners started hearing the signal dropping out. The source of the problem was high atop Pillar Mountain at the site of KMXT’s transmitter. Inclement weather and looming darkness prevented a trip to investigate the problem until early yesterday afternoon. Around 1 p.m. yesterday KMXT’s volunteer engineer, Joe Stevens, made the trek up …