Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Anglers along the Ayakulik and Karluk Rivers won’t be able to take home a prized king salmon for the foreseeable future. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Friday issued an emergency order closure for those rivers, which went into effect on Saturday. A press release from fish and game said the closures come as biological escapement …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT New playground equipment is coming to the Panamaroff Park in Bells Flats. During Thursday’s Borough Assembly meeting the assembly voted unanimously to purchase more than $58,000 worth of new playground equipment. Borough Manager Bud Cassidy said the contract the assembly voted on was for purchase of the equipment only. “We’ll go out to bid for installation of that …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Members of the Marine Highway Transportation Advisory Board will be in Kodiak this week. The group take part in a community reception tonight at the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center on Near Island, starting at 5:30 p.m. That will be a chance for people in Kodiak to come out and meet board members, and voice concerns or questions about …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly approved almost $400,000 in non profit funding during its regular meeting last night. The money, which will be included in the FY 2015 budget, will go to 17 non profits in varying amounts, based on need and services the organizations provide. The assembly introduced a new application process for non profit funding last …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT School has been out for almost a month now, but about a dozen middle and high school students have continued their learning outside the classroom. The Baranov Museum’s summer film intensive workshop has been underway for about three weeks and participants have been busy researching, conducting interviews and editing video for their very own documentary film. Marie Acemah …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A former Kodiak doctor recently dabbled in the art of book writing while documenting his own family history in Alaska. Dr. Bob Johnson’s new book, “Alaska Frontier Surgeon,” captures the life story of his father, the late Dr. Arthur Holmes Johnson, who was the first physician to call Kodiak home. Johnson said his dad first stopped in Kodiak …

From KMXT in Kodiak, this is the Alaska Fisheries Report. I’m Brianna Gibbs. Coming up this week, the possibility of the first 6 inch gillnet opening for salmon fishing on the Kuskokwim, the State of Alaska chimes in on the health of the Bristol Bay watershed, and a rough year for Togiak herring. All that and Southeast Alaska’s new boat …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Tuesday wrapped up two days of The Alutiiq Museum’s language immersion retreat. More than 30 participants gathered at the Kodiak College to learn traditional games and practice their language skills with speakers of all different generations. KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs has more.

For the past three weeks, almost a dozen students in grades 7th-12th have been working diligently on mini documentaries as part of the Baranov Museum’s summer film intensive workshop. This is the third year the workshop has taken place, and it typically focuses on one of Kodiak’s many historical events. This year the students tackeled the topic of the Exxon …

Marina Cummiskey/KMXT EQIP High Tunnels, more commonly known as hoop houses, have been popping up all over Kodiak in the past few years. EQIP stands for Environmental Quality Incentives Program. Dave Kaplan is a certified U.S. Department of Agriculture conservation planner and technical service provider, and does inspections and surveys around the island for new hoop houses. Kaplan says there …