February 27, 2018. Port Williams on Shuyak Island. The cannery where the dock collapsed is shown. (Courtesy of the United States Coast Guard) Kayla Desroches/KMXT After weather delays, response crews have made it out to an oil spill roughly 50 miles north of the City of Kodiak. On Monday morning, according to a recent situation report from the Alaska Department …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough is asking for feedback on what to do with Woody Way Field. The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly approved putting the Killarney Hills parcel up for sale, and a master plan will inform its ultimate decision. The Borough Community Development Department held a meeting yesterday for agencies and organizations with an interest in the possible …

Coming up on this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, the decision about Pacific halibut quota is focused in D.C. right now. There’s still a lot for regulators to work out before the halibut season opens at the end of March. Also, the cut to Pacific cod quota this year has been rough for many fishermen. KMXT chatted with one vessel owner …

Halibut. (Photo byEd Bierman / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The halibut season begins at the end of March, and the organization that decides on quotas in American and Canadian waters is in disagreement. The American side of the International Pacific Halibut Commission has therefore decided to determine its own catch limits for the United States. The discussion is now ongoing in …

Petroglyphs on Afognak Island. (Photo courtesy of Alutiiq Museum) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alutiiq Museum released a book about two-dimensional art this week. “Igaruacirpet—Our Way of Making Designs” covers Alutiiq art from pre-history up until the modern era, and it includes body art, painting, and carvings in rock. Amy Steffian, chief curator at the Alutiiq Museum, says the circle is one …

A snapshot of the spill on Shuyak Island. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation) Kayla Desroches/KMXT On Monday, high winds knocked up to 3,000 gallons of fuel off a dock roughly 50 miles north of the City of Kodiak. According to a situation report from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, gusts of more than 80 mph Monday …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, we talk about school safety in light of the recent violent incident at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Feb 14, where a school shooter killed 17 people. Joining are Kodiak Island Borough School District Superintended Larry LeDoux, Kodiak Middle School Principal Melissa Haffeman, Kodiak High School Principal Mel LeVan, and …

Rafael Bitanga in his home, where he teaches students how to make crepes. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A Kodiak high schooler just won a 2018 Spirit of Youth award for running his own crepe stand. Seventeen-year-old Rafael Bitanga is the owner of the Crepe Escape and teaches students to work the stand at events like Kodiak’s …

Alaska Aerospace Corporation launch facility in Narrow Cape. (Photo courtesy of AAC) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alaska Aerospace Corporation is contracting with two different commercial companies for launches this spring and summer at the Pacific Spaceport Complex at Narrow Cape. One of the companies, Vector Space Systems, is headquartered in Arizona and offers launch services for small satellites. AAC President and …

Robert Otto. (Photo courtesy of Robert Otto) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Spirit of Youth awards recognized two Kodiak locals this year, one for his work with Kodiak Teen Court. Spirit of Youth is an Alaska-based nonprofit that acknowledges young people making a difference in their communities. Kodiak’s Robert Otto will take home an award. Or at least take it home to …