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Jay Barrett/KMXT The 22-match home winning streak of the Kodiak High School boys cross country team ended Friday afternoon when the West Valley Wolfpack beat the Kodiak Bears on the Fort Abercrombie trails. It’s the first loss for the boys there since 2000. Though Kodiak had the first two finishers in Cole Christiansen and Levi Thomet, the Wolfpack had six …

Jay Barrett/KMXT One man is dead and another missing after the Kodiak-based fishing vessel Advantage sank early this morning 50 miles southeast of Kodiak City. Three crew members were rescued from their liferaft by a Coast Guard helicopter around 1 a.m. Coast Guard spokeswoman Sara Francis says none were wearing survival suits. Leif Bolan, the skipper of the 58-foot Advantage, …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Coast Guard has been searching all night for one crewmember still missing after the fishing boat he was on sank southeast of Kodiak. An automated distress signal from the 58-foot Advantage was picked up just after midnight 50 miles southeast of Kodiak city. Three crewmen were rescued and are being treated for hypothermia. Coast Guard civilian search …

Jay Barrett/KMXT It’s a big sports weekend here in Kodiak. Besides the rodeo and mud-bogging out at the fairgrounds, pretty much every high school athlete will be in action today or tomorrow. Starting at 4 this afternoon the volleyball C-team hosts the Soldotna Stars in the high school gym. JV plays at 5:30 and varsity at 7. At 5, the …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly can look forward to being very busy in the coming months. The assembly met with Borough Attorney Cheryl Brooking last night during a work session to discuss the plan of attack for approving and building the Long Term Care Facility near Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center.

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT As some Kodiak residents may have heard, eating local shellfish can be a deadly endeavor. While the archipelago’s shellfish are plentiful, the bounty is also prone to a naturally occurring marine biotoxin that causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, or PSP. Brian Himelbloom is an associate professor of Seafood Science and Technology at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center. …

Haines fishermen JR Churchill, Bob Rude, and Karl Johnson wearing the new suspenders and hold a life ring throw bag provided through the Richard Boyce Inflatable Suspenders Memorial Fund. Photo courtesy Randa Hopper Szymanski Coming up this week, Senator Mark Begich gives us more details on his nationwide seafood marketing plan, we also hear from the professor who wrote a …

Members of the Kodiak High School Bears volleyball team practice this week. Their first home match is Friday. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photos Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak High School volleyball team will host their first home game of the season Friday. KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs stopped in at practice earlier this week to talk with Head Coach Amy Willis about the season ahead. …