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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Staff and volunteers at the Alutiiq Museum will travel abroad in January to learn the fine art of skin and fur stitching. The museum recently received a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services to send Museum Director Sven Haakanson and five local skin sewers to Helsinki, Finland. Haakanson joined master sewer Susan Malutin and Museum …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The weather gods christened the new track and turf at the Joe Floyd Field in grand fashion, with storm-force winds and torrential rain on Saturday in the homecoming game between the Kodiak Bears and their arch-rival the Soldotna Stars. Unfortunately, the result was the same as every other game the Bears have ever played against So-Hi – a …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Era Aviation grounded all of its aircraft Saturday afternoon after a Federal Aviation Administration investigation revealed cockpit voice recorders didn’t meet regulatory standards. Both FAA officials and company spokesman Steve Smith said the cockpit recorders were not up-to-date and needed to be replaced. The FAA investigation stemmed from an incident earlier this month when an Era Dash-8 flying …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The cruise season in Kodiak will end on a slightly disappointing note this year. Janet Buckingham is the executive director for the Kodiak Island Convention and Visitors Bureau and said the last cruise ship of the season is cancelling its trip to Kodiak. She said the Holland America Amsterdam ship is foregoing its usual tour across the Gulf …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT While some Kodiak residents are hanging onto the last moments of summer, others have already set their sights on the prospect of snow-filled mountains come winter. A gathering of these winter enthusiasts showed their allegiance to the prospect of snow by ditching the sunny weather last night to attend a presentation on avalanche safety at the Bayside Fire …

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 …

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 …

Coming up this week, a lot of sockeye salmon showed up around Haines this y ear, but they get no love. The feds won’t be taking over management around Angoon, and spending 24 hours in a fish tote – adrift on the ocean. We had help from KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs in Kodiak. KHNS’s Margaret Friedenauer in Haines, and CoastAlaska’s Ed …