A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew transfers an injured all terrain vehicle rider to awaiting emergency medical services personnel. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kelly Parker Kayla Desroches/KMXT The U.S. Coast Guard medevac’d a young ATV driver on Kodiak Island this weekend. According to a Coast Guard press release, the 15-year-old girl …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is considering both reforestation and building new developments in Chiniak. The area is currently undergoing timber harvest following damage from the Twin Creeks fire. At the assembly work session Thursday, assembly members and borough staff spoke about replanting trees and finding other uses for Chiniak land as well. Borough Manager Michael Powers said …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Most nonprofits run off grants and donations, and one vital service recently got a boost from the groundfish industry in Kodiak. Julie Bonney owns Alaska Groundfish Databank and says the groundfish community held a parade and festival in June down at the spit. She says the fishery decided to donate some of the proceeds to Brother Francis Shelter, …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A man found deceased earlier this week has been identified. According to a press release, the Kodiak Police Department received a call Wednesday morning of a man in the water on Shelikoff Street near St. Paul Harbor, and pronounced him dead at the scene. According to Lt. DJ Clumpner, the man was Clayton Edmond Ulroan, 27 years old. …

Coming up this week on the Alaska Fisheries Report , Western Alaska lodge owners say new Coast Guard regulations could get in the way of hiring local guides. Then, you’ll learn what an old sailboat can tell us about Bristol Bay’s fishing past. Also, a study on baby salmon numbers in Bristol Bay could inform researchers about the health of …

Cowboy at the Tex Austin rodeo in Chicago. Photo via Wikipedia Kayla Desroches/KMXT You can get your rodeo fix this weekend as part of a teaser for September’s Kodiak Rodeo and State Fair. President of the rodeo and fair, Bonnie Stratmen, says yesterday, the cowboys were out the road catching the bulls which they’ll use for the two hours of …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Nonprofit representatives filled the room at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly work session last night, ready to defend their claim to funding. During the budgeting process, the borough decreased nonprofit funding by 40% for fiscal year 2017, and the assembly looked towards nonprofits to re-express their interest in funding. And the assembly got a lot of interest during …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Tonight’s Kodiak City Council regular meeting encompasses the cornerstone institutions of the Kodiak community, from its museums to its jail. On the agenda is a change of location for the Kodiak Maritime Museum’s historic fishing vessel, the Thelma C. At the city work session Tuesday, City Manager Aimée Kniaziowski explained representatives from the Maritime Museum formerly requested a …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT This month, a marine science camp is supplementing the science education in one Kodiak village. The week-long day camp is part of a program through the Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor and fills a gap left in school curriculum. Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor Tribal Administrator Bobbi Anne Barnowsky says Old Harbor hasn’t had a science teacher in …

Devil’s club berries. Photo by USDA Forest Service Alaska / Flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak researchers are in the midst of studying berry growth on the island and one biologist says climate change continues to have a great impact. Bill Pyle, the supervisory wildlife biologist for the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, says weather has influenced both the ripening and availability of …