On Friday Coast Guard medevaced a man from F/V Araho who had a storage crate fall on him. Four fishermen abandoned the F/V Clyde south of Atka Island on Saturday. Helicopters, C-130s, and CG Cutter Alex Haley all involved in the two cases.   The Coast Guard rescued four fishermen who were forced to abandon their boat on Saturday. It …

KMXT received this press release from the City of Kodiak with information on a waste water leak on Metrokin Way. Public Works personnel will be working on it and expects to complete repairs by Saturday evening. In the meantime, people are urged to use caution near Mission Lake and Mission Beach. We post the press release as given to us. …

  The Togiak herring fishery was a record breaker. We have a report as well as a round-up of May fisheries. The deadline is extended for public comment on the Pebble Mine draft environmental review What happened to the shellfish that used to live in Kachemak Bay? More trade war news. This time it’s got to do with the European …

800 bags were handed out and 5,400 pounds of trash and litter were picked up. This year’s youth Litter Patrol will be hiring students and be on the roads picking up trash this summer.   If local roadways seem cleaner, and the bushes don’t have as much wind-blown trash in them, you can thank the many volunteers who turned out …

An on-going clean-up of spill from an abandoned barge is expected to come to close this week with the removal of the boom that was placed around the barge. More than 800 gallons of a fuel-water mixture was removed from the barge by a contractor hired by the Coast Guard to do the clean-up.   The Coast Guard expects the …

A search began near Anchorage after an overturned skiff was found with keys still in the ignition. Later it was learned the skiff had been there for a few days. A C-130 from Air Station Kodiak joined in the search which was later suspended pending further developments.   A C-130 from Air Station Kodiak assisted in a search for a …

It’s still too early to see how Kodiak will fare in the state budget. Despite both the Alaska State House and the Alaska Senate standing firm in opposition to major cuts to programs such as schools and ferries, Kodiak’s Senator Gary Stevens says there’s still a long way to go. He said once the legislature passes the budget, the governor …

  A Coast Guard helicopter was damaged in an incident on the ground in Cordova on Friday, April 26. The Coast Guard issued a brief, three sentence, statement on the incident after KMXT News requested details.   According to the statement, an Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter sustained damage Friday afternoon , April 26, in a “mishap” while on …

The final of three community meet-and-greets will be held at the college this evening. The college is hosting the three finalists for the position of Kodiak College Director as it works to hire and get a new person onboard this summer. “Absolutely. And typically the contractual year for a person in administration would be July 1.” That’s Betty Walters, the …

Honk if you see this group of Civil Air Patrol youth picking up trash along the road. KMXT Photo/Maggie Wall. Kodiak Civil Air Patrol youth collect trash along Rezanof Drive during 2019 Community Clean-Up Day. KMXT Photo/Maggie Wall.