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Katmai Ash Whipped Up by Strong Winds

Jay Barrett/KMXT There was volcanic ash in the air over the Shelikof Straight and parts of Kodiak Island yesterday. A person in Port Lions called KMXT to ask if a volcano had erupted, but the Alaska Volcano Observatory showed all was normal. However, it turned out that a volcano had erupted, though it wasn’t yesterday – it was almost exactly …

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Introduced Species on Kodiak = ‘Trouble in Paradise’

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Travis Tennessen didn’t have a typical childhood. His adolescent years were split between the lush orchards of Wisconsin and the mountainous terrain of Kodiak Island. Unlike most seasonal residents of Alaska’s emerald isle, Tennessen and his family didn’t flock to the archipelago during the bountiful summer months, but rather the cold, dark days of January. Tennessen’s parents taught …

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Halloween at the Erskine House is Spooky Tale

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Halloween is considered a time for costumes, trick-or-treating and ghost stories. While Kodiak residents can get their fix of the first two in most areas of town this evening, the Baranov Museum’s Curator of Collections, Anjuli Grantham, stepped in to help with the latter.

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Kodiak Site of Invasive Species Conference

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Today kicks off the 13th Annual Invasive Species Conference organized by the Alaska Committee for Noxious and Invasive Plant Management, the Alaska Invasive Species Working Group and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Gino Graziano is an invasive plants instructor for the extension service and helped coordinate this year’s conference, which is being held in Kodiak. …

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State Rep. Cissna Seeks New Title: US Rep. Cissna

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Jay Barrett/KMXT Alaska House Representative Sharon Cissna has taken on one of the biggest political challenges in Alaska: trying to beat Representative Don Young for the seat he’s held in Congress for 40 years. The Anchorage Democrat has served in the state house for 14 years, and rose to nationwide prominence when she refused to allow a TSA agent to …

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High School Looks to the Sky for Energy

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The Skystream 3.7 is a 2.4 kW wind turbine recently installed outside the Kodiak Island Borough Building. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Just months after three new wind turbines were installed on Pillar Mountain the Kodiak High School got its own taste of wind energy when it raised another turbine outside the borough building on Signal Hill. While much smaller …

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Sludge Could Be Stored at Gibson Cove

Jay Barrett/KMXT It looks like there will be a gap in where the City of Kodiak can dispose of the sludge left over from sewage treatment. After December 15th, the Kodiak Island Borough will no longer allow bio solids to be dumped in the landfill, and a commercial composting plan is awaiting permits from the state to move forward. City …

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Bears Heading to State as Region III Champs – Again

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School (Aqua-) Bears are once again champions of Region III swimming and diving. The Kodiak girls won with 121 points by very nearly sweeping the event – the only one of the dozen races they lost was the 100 meter butterfly. Soldotna High School was a distant second with 61 points, followed by Palmer, Kenai, …

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