Jennifer Canfield/KMXT According to recent census data, there are over 1300 veterans in the borough of Kodiak. Just over 300 of those are registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs to receive health benefits. Today’s guests are all from the the Department of Veterans Affairs including Rural Health Program Coordinator Susan Yeager, Director of the Rural Health Resource Center Dr. …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT According to recent census data, there are over 1300 veterans in the borough of Kodiak. Just over 300 of those are registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs to receive health benefits. Representatives from the VA have a booth at Crab Fest this weekend to encourage veterans to take advantage of the benefits they’ve earned. Dr. Byron Bair, …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Southcentral Conference baseball championship tournament started yesterday up in Kenai. The Kodiak High School Bears, who had trouble getting out of town due to the rockslide Wednesday, played top-seeded Colony at 1 yesterday afternoon. Kodiak, the defending conference champs, fell to the Knights 7-2. The Bears play again at 10 this (Friday) morning in the second-place bracket …

Jennifer Canfield photos Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Rezanof Drive between piers 2 and three has reopened. The road is clear and traffic is moving through without delay. The quarter-mile stretch of road was closed before 10 a.m today due to rockslides that became more severe in the afternoon. DOT employees on the scene say they’d been intermittently monitoring the situation for the …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT A section of Rezanof Drive between piers 2 and 3 is has been closed a reopened several times today due to severe rockslides. The Kodiak Police Department announced the closure just before 10 this morning. Around 12:45 the Department of Transportation started to allow limited traffic through the area. Only 45 minutes later the DOT again closed the …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Kodiak Island Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Janet Buckingham has an optimistic outlook on tourism in Kodiak despite recently learning that the cruise operator Holland America is cutting some visits to the island. Buckingham addressed the Kodiak City Council last night during its work session.

John McDonald hours before his ferry departure. Jennifer Canfield photo Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Only two days after graduating from Kodiak High School, John McDonald boarded the ferry Tustumena with his bike and just enough gear to make his trip to Key West, Florida a little more comfortable. McDonald won’t be traveling cross-country like the rest of us might, by plane or …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT This week’s guest is recent Kodiak High School graduate John McDonald. McDonald embarked on the trip of a lifetime this morning when he boarded a ferry bound for Homer. From Homer he will travel to Whittier and then to Belligham where he will start his America Bike Tour. KMXT interviewed McDonald late last night just hours before his …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT This week’s guest is recent Kodiak High School graduate John McDonald. McDonald embarked on the trip of a lifetime this morning when he boarded a ferry bound for Homer. From Homer he will travel to Whittier and then to Belligham where he will start his America Bike Tour. KMXT interviewed McDonald late last night just hours before his …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough School District paid tribute to 11 employees last night for their decades of service to Kodiak’s students. The district recognized eight employees for 25 years of service and three more for 30 years of service. KMXT’s Jennifer Canfield produced this sound collage of Assistant Superintendent Marilyn Davidson honoring each of the employees at last …