On just about any school day, if you went to Old Harbor on the southeast side of Kodiak Island, you’d see that Phyllis Clough wears a lot of hats. As the Old Harbor school secretary, she picks up the phone, answers parents’ questions and offers a steady stream of encouragement to the children. You’ll also find her in the cafeteria …

Usually, the news we report here at KMXT is about the community and not about us. But we have some news to share with you about KMXT’s Alaska Fisheries Report, which has been Maggie Wall’s labor of love for many years. There are some changes in store for the show. Listen to reporters reflect on Maggie Wall’s contributions to the …

Another travel-related case of COVID 19 was reported today for the Kodiak region. This brings the total number of cases reported since October 20th to 43. That’s when the recent spike in infections began. It’s also about 30 percent of the total number of cases reported since April, when the first positive tests of the virus emerged. The Kodiak Area …

With all 23 precincts reporting, Senator Gary Stevens appears to be headed back to Juneau. The Kodiak Republican won 63 percent of the vote in his race against Greg Madden of Soldotna. Unofficial election results from the State Division of Elections.   In the unofficial count, Stevens has 5,696 votes, compared to Madden’s 3,279 votes. The Permanent Fund Dividend has …

Kodiak’s COVID-19 count rose by three more cases on Tuesday, which brings the total number of cases in the past two weeks to 42. The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization says one of the new cases involves a Kodiak resident who traveled recently. The other two cases haven’t been classified yet, because they are still under investigation. Contact tracing is …

As elsewhere in the nation, a day of decision is underway on Kodiak Island. In the outlying villages, voting will take place in community halls and other gathering places. In the city of Kodiak, there are four polling stations: Kodiak Precinct Number 1, in front of the Gerald Wilson Auditorium at the Kodiak High School. Kodiak Precinct Number 2 at …

On August 18th, it looked like Kodiak Senator Gary Stevens had lost his bid for re-election. John Cox, his challenger in Republican primary, was ahead by 69 votes. After the absentee ballots were counted, Stevens pulled out 240 votes ahead. Stevens represents Senate District P, a sprawling district which takes in Kodiak, Homer and Seldovia,  parts of the Kenai Peninsula, …

With more than thirty new cases of COVID-19 in the last week, the Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization has raised the risk level for the region from green to yellow.Green status is considered low risk for the contracting the coronavirus and yellow designates medium risk.   At yellow or medium risk level, no gatherings of more than twenty people without …

For the fourth day in a row, Kodiak has seen new cases of COVID-19, a total of 23 since Friday. The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization announced three new cases today. All involve people who recently traveled. Contact investigations are underway. Of the dozen that were reported yesterday, eleven were classified as close contact transmission cases, while only one was …

Kodiak is seeing another spike in COVID-19 cases, with a dozen new positive tests reported on Wednesday. Since Friday, there have been a total of 20 new cases. All of them involve Kodiak residents. The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization says eleven of those are close contacts of people in cases previously reported. One is travel related. Currently, there are …