Recent News

Grand Opening for Refurbished Track and Turf Tomorrow

Jay Barrett/KMXT While the City of Kodiak is thinking about a dedication ceremony for the newly refurbished Joe Floyd Track and Field at a future date, Kodiak High School athletes intend to make a big deal about its first day of official use tomorrow. Starting at 1 p.m. the high school choir will sing the National Anthem, followed by a …

Read More »

Buskin River Coho Bag Limit Reduced

Jay Barrett/KMXT The bag limit for larger coho salmon in the Buskin River drainage is being cut in half because of extremely low escapement. As of Tuesday, the weir count of the silver salmon was only 506 fish, where as the escapement goal is a minimum of 3,200. As a result, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has issued …

Read More »

Locavores Celebrate the Season with Potluck

local-food-potluck.jpg

Folks line up at the local foods potluck held Wednesday night. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT More than 100 community members gathered last night at the Kodiak High School commons for a potluck dinner celebrating local agriculture. Goers filled their plates with locally harvested salmon, organically grown vegetables, big game chili and other samplings of more than a dozen local …

Read More »

Seafood Still Alaska’s Top Export

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A small gathering of staff from the Chamber of Commerce learned about the value of Alaska’s exports during lunch at the Harbor Room of the Kodiak Inn. Greg Wolf is the executive Director for World Trade Center Alaska and said last year Alaska earned $5.2 billion from worldwide exports. He said the dollar amount ranks Alaska 40th among …

Read More »

Air Station Kodiak Jayhawk Hoists Ailing Man from Trawler

Jay Barrett/KMXT An Air Station Kodiak helicopter crew spent some long hours in transit to hoist a 43-year-old man from a factory trawler in the Bering Sea Wednesday. The ailing man aboard the 255-foot Alaska Juris was suffering from heart attack symptoms, which were reported to the Coast Guard at about 9 a.m. Wednesday morning. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter was …

Read More »

Two New Books Soon to be Published by Alutiiq Museum

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository will dabble into literary works this fall when it plans to sell two different books that celebrate Alutiiq culture and heritage. The first book is a hefty catalog of Alutiiq artifacts. Sven Haakanson is the executive director of the Alutiiq Museum and said the book was a collaborative project with another museum …

Read More »

Council Not Standing Still on Parking Issue

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak City Council will take a more comprehensive look at parking downtown in meetings to come. The council heard from Police Chief T.C. Kamai during last night’s work session about the lack of long term parking near the downtown “mall.” “Now I think if you study this slide real closely, you’ll see, you’ll come to the same …

Read More »