Special Friday Edition of Talk of the Rock on Kodiak College fall semester. Friday, Sept. 6 is the last day to register for fall classes at Kodiak College. Online or at the college. The one exception is a class that is late starting by nature. KMXT hosted a discussion with three instructors on Talk of the Rock who talked …

  Friday is the last day to register for fall classes at Kodiak College. Online or at the college. The one exception is a class that is late starting by nature. KMXT hosted a discussion with three instructors on Talk of the Rock who talked about classes and how staff can help a person decide what to take. All of …

Scientists say there is evidence that unusually warm waters in the Bering and Chukchi Seas is a trend that will continue for years to come. A recently released NOAA survey of U.S. fished stocks shows blue king crab around Pribilof and St. Matthew Islands are now classified as ‘overfished.” So just what does that mean? And how does ‘overfished’ differ …

The Coast Guard airlifted a 55-year-old woman from a cruise ship near Hinchinbrook Island on Tuesday. It was the third cruise ship medevac for Air Station Kodiak in the last week. Sector Anchorage Command Center personnel first received a request for help at 10:13 a.m. from the cruise ship Island Princess, which reported the woman was suffering from stroke symptoms. …

Experts on health and on how culture and families affect one’s health will gather on Wednesday for this year’s Heathy Kodiak, which is an all-day event held at the Afognak Center on Near Island. The program is free and open to the public. It begins at 8:30 a.m. and runs through 4:30, with lunch provided. The focus for this year’s …

  Coast Guard air crews forward deployed to Cordova had a busy past few days as they medevaced two different people from two separate cruise ships. Coast Guard spokesperson Ali Blackburn in Kodiak said both passengers were transported to commercial medevac services for further care.   “The first case happened Thursday afternoon aboard the cruise ship Radiance of the Seas. …

This is Labor Day weekend, which means it’s time for the Kodiak State Fair and Rodeo at the fairgrounds in Bells Flats. Activities this year include a number of old favorites as well as new events. Gates open at noon on Saturday with events as diverse as pony rides for the kid, a fashion show of antique clothes, a rocket …

A special Thursday Edition of Talk of the Rock highlights this Labor Day weekend’s Rodeo and State Fair.   Kodiak Rodeo and State Fair board members Julie Kavanaugh, left, and Sadie McCusker. Photo KMXT/Maggie Wall.   Kodiak Rodeo and State Fair signs near ‘the pipe’ out by the fairgrounds. Photo KMXT/Maggie Wall.

If you suffered a loss from the 2016 pink salmon disaster, you should have received an application to file a claim for a share of the $56 million in federal relief funds If you haven’t gotten the application in the mail yet, better check with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. We have a report on how the relief …

The University of Alaska Board of Regents are in the process of restructuring the statewide system and would like to get feedback from interested Alaskans. Kodiak College Interim Director Betty Walters said there is an online survey where local residents can let the University president, the Board of Regents and its various working committees know what they think about possible …