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Today, on KMXT’s Midday News, stay tuned for: Details on Kodiak’s first day of school. Kodiak gets its second case of Covid-19 this week. Juneau’s emergency management officials consider escalating community risk status. Naknek sees a jump in Covid-19 cases. All that and more coming up on this Wednesday’s 12pm news.

Natalya Isatchenko, courtesy of someone who tried to offer her help and comfort. Listen to the story about Natalya Isatchenko’s life and death that aired on KMXT Radio: So who was Natalya Isatchenko? She was a woman almost everyone in Kodiak knew, but really didn’t know. Everywhere and nowhere. Homeless but always at home, wherever she was. She was often …

One person is dead following a hit-and-run incident discovered early Wednesday morning on West Rezanof Drive near Pier III. The Kodiak Police Department responded to a call at approximately 6:20 a.m. from a citizen reporting a person laying on Rezanof near Pier III, which is the dock with the big crane. According to a release from KPD issued at noon …

Kodiak’s rental market is steady, but a report released by the Alaska Department of Labor shows some concerning trends.  _______ As previously reported by KMXT last month, Kodiak’s general cost of living, including rent costs, has trickled down slightly. This month, the Alaska Dept. of Labor released more details about how Kodiak’s rental market is trending. The report says that …

Jared Griffin presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, and state and local stories on: Kodiak families should be getting the long-awaited school reopening plan soon Yesterday’s rocket launch was canceled, with the final attempt this evening Kodiak’s rental market is holding steady Wildlife officials killed four bears on Wednesday as part of their investigation into last week’s …

Please note: There’s been an update to this story. The Kodiak Emergency Operations Services Organization sent out a notice Friday evening reporting a new case of COVID-19 in the Kodiak Island Borough involving a non-resident in the seafood industry. The total of  number of cases, though, remains unchanged  at 25. One of four reported earlier in the day, also involving …

Jared Griffin presents the Midday Report featuring the weekly update from the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center, and state and local stories on: Kodiak is ranked the best place to raise a family in Alaska Louise Stutes reacts to the fatal car crash in Petersberg that killed four fishermen Sitka police department hired a jailor who had been fired as a …

Kids in the ages 5-9 division burst out of the starting line for the 2019 Bear Crawl. (Photo by Bradley Pigage) Kodiak is the best place in Alaska to raise a family. That’s according to Niche, a group of data scientists and engineers who research communities in the United States, and develop report cards to determine the best places to …

Michael Parnell running in Ireland jersey (with Keith Osowski). (photo credit: Kodiak Daily Mirror) Michael Parnell was a cross country star when he graduated from Kodiak High School in 2016. But last year, he switched colleges, switched sports, and even switched countries. KMXT’s Jared Griffin talked with Parnell about living in Europe at the beginning of the pandemic and what …

This week, host Jared Griffin talks with Deb Rohrer, Activities Director for KIBSD, and Amy Willis, KHS and KMS volleyball coach, about reopening school sports.