Mary Donaldson/KMXT Across the nation, airlines are having to cut back on employees and scheduled flights, all because of the increase of fuel prices. Mary Donaldson takes a look at how the increases in fuel prices are affecting the smaller airlines in Kodiak.

Mary Donaldson/KMXT This is adult day program week and Marita Kaplan came into our studios to tell us more about the program and what it offers. Mary Donaldson has more.

Casey Kelly, Jay Barrett and Mike Pfeffer do the best they can with Nick Sandin still out of town.

Casey Kelly/KMXT The Coast Guard Cutter Hickory helped rescue a 35-foot fishing vessel that lost power and was drifting near Sitkinak Island early Thursday morning. During a distress call made at 7:55 a.m., a crewmember from the Letun reported that the boat’s anchor was no longer holding and that it was adrift 500-yards north of Sitkinak and was in danger …

Mary Donaldson/KXMT The Adult Basic Education Program at Kodiak College is gearing up to begin its fourth year of offering its English as a second language class. Mary Donaldson has more.

Mary Donaldson/KMXT The Kodiak High School student body is busy this week with fall homecoming events. KHS celebrates in many fun ways as they gear up for this weekend’s home football games against the rival Soldotna Stars.

Mary Donaldson/KMXT The construction taking place at Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center has been underway all summer. Mary Donaldson has an update on the improvements being made and when the work might be done.

MV Geraldine owner and captain Walt Jones stands next to his boat, which he just took through the Northwest Passage. Jones and a crew that included his wife, Kip, his boss and his boss’ son made the trip, which will end when they reach Sitka in a couple weeks. You can read more about the Geraldine and the Joneses trip …

Mary Donaldson/KMXT The deadline to file as a claimant for the Exxon Qualifying Settlement fund has long since passed, but with a partial payment from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Settlement due out next month, are financial institutions seeing higher volumes of business, and what are they offering in terms of financial planning? Mary Donaldson has more.

Casey Kelly/KMXT The daily bag limit for sport fishermen seeking silver salmon in the Buskin River is now five fish per day, five in possession. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced that the Buskin weir count for coho reached 6,000 fish over the weekend. That’s well within the department’s goal of 32-hundred to 72-hundred fish. Fish and Game …