Join KMXT’s Dylan Simard and Kodiak Chamber of Commerce’s Executive Director Sarah Phillips, as they discuss the upcoming fisheries debate between Al Gross and Dan Sullivan (moderated by KMXT’s Rhonda McBride,)  along with the challenges of holding events online in the time of COVID and bringing Kodiak CrabFest and ComFish Alaska to the digital realm.

After years of hard work, a young Kodiak man has achieved an award of high national esteem. No one on the Kodiak Island has ever received such an honor—and all before completing his first year of college. KMXT’s Dylan Simard tells us, the award is given by congress.   It’s known as the Congressional Award, given out to young Americans. …

The Coast Guard rescued two men Sunday afternoon, after their skiff capsized in Sitkinak lagoon, approximately 85 nautical miles Southwest of Kodiak. Rescue team member lowered to the water from a helicopter. Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard. Both men were rescued from the water by a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk from their craft, and airlifted to the ranch where …

Peterson elementary reopened Friday, after the school was closed Thursday to sterilize the facility. At least one student at the school has tested positive with COVID-19, in relation to the recent outbreak on Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak. All students and staff who were in contact with the affected student have been sent home, to do online school over the …

Small business owners from around the Gulf of Alaska have another opportunity to get much-needed support during the pandemic.  The first round of the Rural Relief Small Business grants from the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, or L-I-S-C, opened Monday and will remain open until next Monday, October 5. The 900 grants encompass $18 million in spending on small businesses in …

CrabFest 2021 is proceeding as planned this upcoming year, and the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce is calling for submissions for the design of its poster and logo. “A huge part of it is just the social aspect of it too, for town. Like we do have a lot of tourists and it’s exciting,” said Sarah Culbertson, owner of The Frame …

Kodiak can look forward to the return of cruise ships in 2021. While the recently published schedule is still extremely tentative in the context of the global pandemic, cruise ships may reach the dock of Kodiak as early as May 1st this upcoming year. Many small businesses downtown and around the island benefit from the tourism that the ships provide. …

Kodiak was buffeted by wind and rain over the weekend, after a wet week which included the second rainiest day in the last 10 years. If you were hoping for better weather, then you might have to wait awhile. With sustained winds well in excess of 40 miles-per-hour and seas in the ballpark of 20ft, the weather will be taking …