Sockeye salmon schooling in Hidden Lake. (Photo by USFWS/Katrina Mueller) Managers expect Kodiak pink salmon to meet escapement goals although the harvest remains weak. The situation for sockeye salmon is much more dire. Some Kodiak-area river systems are performing better than others. Kodiak had its lowest sockeye harvest in 38 years this season. That’s according to ADF&G Research Biologist Kevin Schaberg. “It …
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Vaccinium Ovalifolium, or Oval-leaf Blueberry. (Photo by Daysha Eaton/KMXT) Daysha Eaton/KMXT Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge biologists just wrapped up this season’s field work – monitoring berry supply in relation to health of bear populations. They’ve been assessing berry patches and doing aerial surveys for bears. The surveys are laying the groundwork to create a baseline from which to measure how climate change …
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Daysha Eaton/KMXT A fisherman died Monday on a beach at Alitak Bay on the southern end of Kodiak Island. That’s according to information from the U.S. Coast Guard and Alaska State Troopers. Troopers confirmed Wednesday that the fisherman who died is 47-year-old Blake Gloria of Kodiak. Tim DeSpain, a Trooper spokesperson, says the Coast Guard called them from Kodiak at …
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Police light. (Photo via Wikimedia) This is a developing story Daysha Eaton/KMXT The Kodiak Police Department investigation into a series of recent burglaries has resulted in charges against three local men. That’s according to a press release emailed from KPD at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The names of the individuals do not become public information until released by the District Attorney’s Office, …
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A C130 aircraft landed on the new runway extension in Old Harbor on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. (Photo by Daysha Eaton / KMXT) Daysha Eaton / KMXT The village of Old Harbor held a ribbon cutting this week for an airport extension that has been in the works for six years. The project nearly doubles the length of the current …
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Kodiak Sunrise. (Photo by LaniElderts \ Flickr) If you were in Kodiak this morning, it felt more like Hawaii than Alaska. John Selman, a meteorological technician with the National Weather service in Kodiak, says the warm temperatures are due to northwest winds. “Anytime we get a northwest flow, and we all know that it gets really hot in the interior. …
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A C-130 did a pratice landing on the new runway extension in Old Harbor on Monday, August 6. (Photo Courtesy of Old Harbor Native Corporation) Tuesday, August 7 is a big day for the Kodiak Island village of Old Harbor. The community is holding a ribbon cutting for an airport extension that has been in the works for five years. The …
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Artist, Andrew Abyo, holds his war shield which is in the permanent collection of the Alutiiq Museum and Archeological Repository join Kodiak. (Photo Courtesy of the Alutiiq Museum) Daysha Eaton/KMXT Traditional Sugpiaq artist Andrew Abyo visited Kodiak over the weekend as a guest of the Alutiiq Museum and Archeological Repository. He participated in Kodiak’s first Friday events and, on Saturday, …
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Residents vote. (Photo by Jay Barrett/KMXT) Daysha Eaton/KMXT As of August 1, candidates could begin filing to run for seats on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly, the Kodiak City Council, and the Kodiak Island Borough School District Board of Education. Two seats are open on the assembly. Kyle Crow has been on the assembly for three years and is wrapping …
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A student volunteer holds a 3,00-year-old tool chipped from red chert. (Photo Courtesy of the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository) Daysha Eaton/KMXT Every summer, the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository hosts a community project in Kodiak. Students and community members join in. This season, they are excavating a site on a little island off Near Island, which appears to be …
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