Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School basketball teams had mixed results over the weekend at the T-Bird Classic at East Anchorage High School. The girls won two of three games in the round-robin tournament, losing only to eventual champion East, while the boys went winless. In Saturday’s action, the Juneau Crimson Bears downed the Kodiak boys 52-38. Kodiak led by …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The crew of the fishing vessel Tuxedni were honored as Carnegie Heroes today for the rescue of fishermen from the FV Heritage, which became disabled and sank in high seas crossing Alitak Bay in January 2012. That was a busy day for rescuers, as another fishing vessel went aground on the Katmai coast (read more here: http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3515&Itemid=2) The …

Jay Barrett/KMXT At the T-Bird Classic basketball tournament in Anchorage, the Kodiak girls coasted to an easy win, befitting the defending large school state champions, while the Kodiak boys ran up against one of the most hyped basketball players in the state. It turns out Kamaka Hepa lived up to the hype. The 6-foot-7 freshman 14-year-old from Barrow led the …

  Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Planning and Zoning Commission will be resuming public hearings on the update of the borough code book. By the time hearings start back up on January 12th, according to acting chair Alan Schmidt, there will have been about a two-month hiatus. KMXT was to have broadcast the last hearing, in November, but it …

  Coming up this week, President Barack Obama issued an historic executive order Tuesday that excludes the outer continental shelf of Bristol Bay from oil and gas exploration, thereby protecting vital seafood habitat. Also: How salmon may respond to climate change and a summary of the board of fisheries recent meeting in Cordova, coming up, on the Alaska Fisheries Report. …

Jay Barrett/KMXT When the federal spending bill passed on Monday, there were several provisions in it for fisheries-related projects. This year’s bill includes $72 million in expanded stock assessments and $24 million for survey and monitoring projects within the Fisheries Research and Management Account. This will provide for more consistent funding for keeping an eye on the nation’s fish stocks …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School boys and girls basketball teams are in Anchorage today taking part in the East High School T-Bird Classic round-robin tournament. Eight teams are playing, four boys, four girls. Besides the Bears, the boys’ bracket includes Barrow, Juneau and the host Thunderbirds. On the girls’ side, it’s Service, Eagle River and East. Play kicks off …

      The second annual Harbor Lights Festival is coming up Saturday night, at both St. Herman and St. Paul harbors, as well as an indoor component at the Harbor Convention center. KMXT’s Jay Barrett spoke with Kodiak Maritime Museum Executive Director Toby Sullivan about what folks can expect.

Lauren Rosenthal/KUCB Even though there’s plenty of pollock in the water, the Bering Sea’s biggest fishery won’t get too much bigger in 2015.  There will be 1.31 million metric tons of pollock up for harvest next year. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council approved that limit at a meeting in Anchorage this weekend. It’s a three percent increase over the …

Jay Barrett/KMXT As  you’ve heard, Governor Walker’s preliminary capital budget – that’s the one that includes money for projects around the state – is currently a stripped down work in progress. In fact, if you go the state Office of Management and Budget page, it says that, with big bold letters saying “This budget is not endorsed by Governor Walker.” …