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Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Rodeo and State Fair is coming up this weekend. Susan Killary came in the other morning and chatted with Terry Haines on the air about it. Since the event is on Saturday and Sunday, she says vendors or people who are entering items for judging, should best get them in on Friday. The Kodiak Rodeo and …
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Speech and Language Therapists in Short Supply
Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last week the Kodiak Island School District accepted two speech and language pathologist contracts during their regular board of education meeting. While the contracts were approved just in time for the school year to begin, Superintendent Stewart McDonald said a shortage of speech therapists nationwide has made the hiring of these individuals a lot more difficult. "Speech and …
Read More »First-Day-of-School Excitment Could be Heard at Peterson El
Principal Beth Cole addresses the Peterson Elementary student body before classes began on Friday. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Eager young elementary students filed into classrooms for the first day of school last Friday. KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs took a trip out to her alma mater, Peterson Elementary School, to capture the first day excitement. Grades 1 through 6 started last …
Read More »Red Salmon Over 2-Million, Pinks Over 16-Million
Jay Barrett/KMXT As we mentioned last week on KMXT news, the Kodiak salmon season has been winding down since the pink salmon peak on August 10th. Before the season started, Fish and Game management biologist James Jackson predicted the runs to be about average, and he was spot on. "You know, averages are one of those funny things," he said. …
Read More »Sandra Amox’s Story: From Tenant to AHFC Office Manager
Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation will say goodbye to long-time employee Sandra Amox this month. She is retiring after more than 22 years working for the corporation at the Pacific Terrace affordable housing office in Kodiak. She will retire as the supervisor for the entire office, but said she first encountered Pacific Terrace as a low-income tenant. "I …
Read More »Council Gives Yearly Thanks to Seafood Processing Workers
Kodiak City Councilmen John Whiddon, left, and Gabriel Saravia, right, pose with representatives of the Kodiak seafood processing workforce at Thursday night’s council meeting. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak City Council held a regular meeting last night and took the opportunity to thank the various seafood processing workers who’ve come from all over the world. Councilman Mark Vizcocho …
Read More »Initiative Seeks Return to ‘Jay Hammond Version’ of CZM
Jay Barrett/KMXT Since there are no contested races affecting Kodiak on Tuesday’s primary election ballot, there might not be much interest in voting. But there are also two ballot initiatives to be decided. Ballot Measure One has to do with property tax exemptions, and Measure Two attempts to reestablish a coastal management program in Alaska. Kodiak Island Borough Mayor Jerome …
Read More »USCG Hoists Two Heart Attack Patients From Two Ships
A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevacs a crewmember from the cargo ship APL China, Aug. 22, 2012, in the Gulf of Alaska. The crewmember was taken to land where he will be transferred to a HC-130 Hercules airplane that will take him for advanced medical care. The Coast Guard responded to the medical emergency by diverting multiple …
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