Diana Gish/KMXT President Obama’s "rural tour" is underway in Alaska. Four of Obama’s cabinet members are touring parts of the state with Senator Mark Begich. Today Education Secretary Arne (arnie) Duncan is in Anchorage to talk about education reform. This morning Begich appeared on APRN’s state wide talk show "Talk of Alaska" along with Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan. Donovan took …

Diana Gish/KMXT The 2009 Kodiak Quintathlon took place over the weekend and was deemed a great success by organizers and participants. Five individuals and 8 relay teams participated in the event. Volunteers and over 50 sponsors supported the Kodiak High School Cross Country team in raising over six thousand dollars during the event. The money raised will go towards the …

Diana Gish/KMXT The Kodiak High School Class of 1989 is celebrating it’s 20 year reunion on the rock this weekend.One of those in town for the event is singer/songwriter Julia Francis.Francis made an appearance this morning on KMXT and brought along her guitar for a live session on the morning show with Mike Murray. (Julia Francis "…bridge to somewhere.") That …

Diana Gish/KMXT Kodiak’s football team left for Barrow Friday morning, played their premiere game of the season Saturday at one p.m and returned after midnight that same night. The Bears brought home a 21 to 7 victory over the Whalers and a good story to tell. KMXT’s Diana Gish spoke with Coach Todd Cook about the whirlwind trip to the …

Join the Island Warrior as he welcomes two of his long-lost 1989 classmates (and one 1999’er crashing the party), for the Class Reunion Special of Jock of The Rock.

Diana Gish/KMXT Kodiak voters will decide on the school bond issue. Thursday night the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly voted 6 to 0 to place two school bond issues before voters in October. One of the bonds to go on the ballot is 12 point 5 million dollars for school district-wide deferred maintenance projects. The other bond issue is for the …

Diana Gish/KMXT After college Kodiak’s Ryan Sharratt signed up with a company called Volunteers for Peace, an information repository that keeps members informed about the needs of various populations. When Sharratt learned that the African country of Togo was having water quality problems, he knew what he wanted to do: fix it. So that’s what he’s going to do. Sharratt …

Diana Gish/KMXT Its not easy to grow things on a rock and any Kodiak gardener will tell you the same. That’s why the Kodiak Garden club is eager to share their growing accomplishments by hosting a garden tour this weekend. Unless you’ve been on one in Kodiak before, you may need to re-think your image of what a garden tour …

Diana Gish/KMXT The "Cash for Clunkers" program is moving so fast its hard to keep up. "Cash for Clunkers" is the nickname of the government program officially known as the "Car Allowance Rebate System". The acronym spells out the word "CARS" but "Cash for Clunkers"is the popular name for this wildly popular program. KMXT’s Diana Gish has more:

Diana Gish/KMXT At last week’s Kodiak Island Borough Assembly work session one of the items on the agenda was a review of the borough’s "Conflict of Interest Code." Assembly member Louise Stutes has introduced a proposal to replace the borough’s "Conflict of Interest Code" with a "Code of Ethics." The topic generated considerable public comment and discussion by assembly members.