Jay Barrett/KMXT As Christmastime nears, so does the much-anticipated Christmas break for  students. But while school kids will be getting a couple weeks off to relax between semesters, the teachers at Kodiak High School will be busy moving their classrooms to the new “tower,” as the four-story addition is called.  At last night’s Kodiak Island Borough Board of Education meeting, …

“Alitak” by Glenn Seavers  Jay Barrett/KMXT A photograph taken from a spot familiar to anyone in Kodiak who’s ever taken a few minutes to watch the fishing boats go by from the spit near Oscar’s Dock has taken top honors in the photographs of boats in the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute’s annual photography contest. The image shows the fishing vessel …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Coast Guard medevac’d a 23-year-old man with an injured hand from the 120-foot fishing vessel Trailblazer late last week, approximately 75 miles north of Cold Bay. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew forward deployed in Cold Bay safely hoisted the man and transported him to Anna Livingston Memorial Clinic in Cold Bay for …

  An artist rendering of how the Athena II-S6 would appear on Launch Pad 1 at the Kodiak Launch Complex. Image provided Jay Barrett/KMXT The big announcement from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation Friday afternoon did involve the future launching of larger rockets from Narrow Cape, but not rockets 10-times the size of the ones Kodiak Launch Complex is currently capable …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Even as plans to rebuild the Kodiak Launch Complex after the catastrophic failure of an Army rocket remain up in the air, Narrow Cape could soon see launch vehicles 10 times larger than the one that exploded in August. Alaska Aerospace Corp. officials are expected to announce an expansion of the Kodiak Launch Complex this (Friday) afternoon at …

  Jay Barrett/KMXT As we’ve been hearing all week as oil prices dip below $60 per barrel and the state’s projected budget deficit climbs into the billions, times will be tough for budgeting in the state capital when the legislature convenes next month. But last night, the city council voted to help insure Kodiak gets its fair share of the …

Selendang Ayu after breaking in half off Unalaska Island—stern section in foreground, bow section in background. (NTSB photo taken December 9, 2004, day after accident.) Annie Ropeik/KUCB This week marks 10 years since the 738-foot bulk carrier Selendang Ayu ran aground on Unalaska Island. The vessel lost power and broke in half against the shore, spilling oil and its 66,000 ton …

  Check out our logo from 20 years ago, left, which was the inspiration for our new design.    Coming up this week, Trident Seafoods is taking a three-pronged approach to expansion in Kodiak, the salmon forecast for Cook Inlet is modest, and you have to tread lightly when you’re talking about a potential permit buy-back. All that and more, …

  Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly has been kicking around funding for non-profit organizations recently, something it does every year. Recently, led by assembly members somewhat less inclined to have an open checkbook attitude to organizations doing social-service work, the path to funding has been getting a little steeper, with stricter deadlines and more stringent paperwork. There has …

Annie Ropeik/KUCB Three traditional villages on the far side of Unalaska Island fell to ruin after their Unangan residents were relocated during World War II. Now, a new book tells the stories of Kashega, Biorka and Makushin villages — from settlement, to abandonment, to the return of the elders who grew up there. KUCB’s Annie Ropeik sat down with the …