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Jay Barrett/KMXT Two state records fell at the hands of two Kodiak sophomores Saturday at the state swimming and diving championships at Bartlett High in Anchorage. Ila Hughes and Tahna Lindquist powered an impressive performance by the Bears, as the Kodiak girls won their second straight team title. Each won two individual titles for the second straight season and each …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Despite being a few years away from legal voting age, Kodiak Middle School students flocked to the polls on Friday during a mock election. Sixth, seventh and eighth grade students lined up outside designated precincts throughout the school in anticipation for casting their first ballot in a patriotic cardboard poll booth. In the days leading up to the …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Development is underway at the site of Koniag Native Corporation’s new hard-rock quarry on Kodiak Island. Company CEO Will Anderson said the quarry, located on Shakmanof Cove northwest of Kodiak City, is anticipated to open in the spring. Anderson says the granite quarry will be especially suitable for extraction of large “armor” rock, often used in breakwaters around …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last night the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly met for a rather quick regular meeting. The evening kicked off with Mayor Jerome Selby’s run down of which assembly members will serve on what boards and committees. The assembly also held a public hearing on a change to the architectural engineering review board. Acting Borough Manager Bud Cassidy said the …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Tonight, community members will have an opportunity to see the work of various local artists at a variety of venues during the Kodiak Arts Council’s First Friday Art Walk. It’s the third first Friday the council has put together, but only the second this year. Kate Helligso is the events coordinator for the arts council and said the …

Jay Barrett/KMXT With their opening round wins on Thursday, the Kodiak Bears have qualified to go to the state volleyball tournament next week. Kodiak downed Wasilla 3-0 in the first round match, and later in the quarterfinals shocked the number 1-seeded Palmer Moose 3-1. The second-ranked Soldotna Stars got a bye in the first round and came out to sweep …

Coast Guard members form a human chain during wet drill in Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska, Wednesday, Oct. 31. 2012.The human chain is just one of many open water survival formations Air Station Kodiak rescue swimmers teach Coast Guard members during annual wet drill exercises. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg

Jay Barrett/KMXT A Kodiak man is reportedly okay after getting bit by a brown bear on Tuesday afternoon. As several sources relate the story, the man was walking a dog near Swampy Acres, when they chanced upon a young sow with two cubs about 20 feet away. The man told Fish and Game’s Larry Van Daele that the bear turned …