Jay Barrett/KMXT With Kodiak voters facing choices on the November 4th ballot ranging from who will represent us in the state house to who will be president, a statewide transportation bond is getting lost in the shuffle.

Jay Barrett/KMXT Ethan Berkowitz made another swing through Kodiak this week, speaking before the Rotary and holding a town hall meeting with fishermen. He came by the KMXT studios yesterday afternoon and chatted with Jay Barrett. Berkowitz faces incumbent Representative Don Young in the November 4th General Election.

Casey Kelly/KMXT From KMXT in Kodiak, this is the Alaska Fisheries Report. Coming up this week… More delays in store for victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill awaiting punitive damages. The first king crab arrives in Dutch Harbor. And Yukon River fishermen get their dipnets ready for another lamprey test fishery. Those stories and more coming up on this …

Anne Hillman/KUCB, Jay Barrett/KMXT A 92-foot cod fishing and processing vessel is missing in the Aleutian Islands. The Katmai, which is homeported in Kodiak, was in Amchitka Pass, west of Adak, when it disappeared. As of 5 p.m., four survivors have been found and rescued, and the bodies of two more of the 11 crewmen have been recovered. None of …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Coast Guard is searching for 11fishermen from the Kodiak-based fishing vessel Katmai after responding to an emergency beacon detected approximately 100 miles west of Adak. The Coast Guard recieved an EPIRB signal at 1:08 a.m. today. The Coast Guard launched two C-130 long range surveillance aircrafts from Air Station Kodiak as well as an HH-60 Jayhawk. The …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The public buildings on Borough Hill were locked down for about a half hour Tuesday afternoon after a threatening note was found in the middle school just before 2 p.m. Kodiak Police Chief T.C. Kamai said police and school officials investigated and found that a male student left the note, which made vague threats towards the school and …

Florence Welch, seated, is surrounded by friends and family at her 100th birthday celebration Saturday. (Jay Barrett photo) Jay Barrett/KMXT There is a very special birthday in Kodiak today. Florence Welch, who’s lived on the island since 1947, turns 100 years old. Jay Barrett has more.

Jay Barrett/KMXT For the third straight year the Kodiak High School Bears football team made it to the state small schools championship game. But unfortunately, so did the Soldotna High School Stars, one of the most dominant football teams in Alaska history. With SoHi’s 28-to-6 victory over Kodiak Saturday, the Stars tied the all-time consecutive win record at 29 in …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School swim team easily won the Palmer Invitational on Saturday. The Bears racked up 187 points total. North Pole was second with 116 and Wasilla third with 109. The Kodiak girls won in dominating fashion, with 104 points to Homer’s 61 and North Pole’s 54. The boys contest was closer, but Kodiak edged Wasilla 83 …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The next time the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meets there will be two new faces at the table. Judy Fulp, who we profiled earlier this week, and Dave Kaplan, who won as a write-in candidate. They joined returning incumbent Sue Jeffery in being sworn in at last night’s assembly meeting. Though sworn in last night, Fulp and Kaplan …