Education

  Our guests are Kodiak Island Borough School District Superintendent Larry LeDoux and Assistant Superintendent Beth Cole. We look at what’s new this year, school enrollment, the PEAKS assessments and other topics that affect students, parents and teachers.   Kodiak Island Borough School District Superintendent Larry LeDoux. KMXT/Maggie Wall.   Kodiak Island Borough School District Assistant Superintendent Beth Cole. KMXT/Maggie …

  Special Friday Edition of Talk of the Rock on Kodiak College fall semester. Friday, Sept. 6 is the last day to register for fall classes at Kodiak College. Online or at the college. The one exception is a class that is late starting by nature. KMXT hosted a discussion with three instructors on Talk of the Rock who talked …

  Friday is the last day to register for fall classes at Kodiak College. Online or at the college. The one exception is a class that is late starting by nature. KMXT hosted a discussion with three instructors on Talk of the Rock who talked about classes and how staff can help a person decide what to take. All of …

Experts on health and on how culture and families affect one’s health will gather on Wednesday for this year’s Heathy Kodiak, which is an all-day event held at the Afognak Center on Near Island. The program is free and open to the public. It begins at 8:30 a.m. and runs through 4:30, with lunch provided. The focus for this year’s …

The University of Alaska Board of Regents are in the process of restructuring the statewide system and would like to get feedback from interested Alaskans. Kodiak College Interim Director Betty Walters said there is an online survey where local residents can let the University president, the Board of Regents and its various working committees know what they think about possible …

Pam Houston is an author and writing teacher from southwestern Colorado. She says her 120-acre ranch informs her writing and made her into the woman and author that she is today. Her sixth book is named Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country, which she spoke about at a book signing Monday. Tuesday, Houston will teach a writer’s workshop …

Kodiak College staff will soon be back to work for the fall semester, but without the new director that was hired earlier this summer.   Interim Director Betty Walters said on Thursday (this afternoon) that Jessica Paugh (Paw) has decided not to take the job as director of the college.   “Late yesterday afternoon I received an email from the …

  Alaska’s legislators did not have the votes needed on Wednesday to overturn the governor’s line-item vetoes. The largest cut was to the University of Alaska, which could devastate the university system, and have trickle down effects on Kodiak College. Kodiak Senator Gary Stevens spoke passionately in defense of university funding during Wednesday’s joint session of the House and Senate …

Kodiak residents can expect major cuts to ferry service but at least the governor did not cut the marine highway budget any further, according to Kodiak Senator Gary Stevens. Stevens said the governor’s budget cuts which were announced Friday morning, were no surprise, but he had hoped that they would be less than what they were. He cited a number …

Kodiak Fire Chief is available to teach class to local civic groups, churches, and businesses. He says the more people in Kodiak who know how to treat massive trauma, the more likely people will survive because someone at the scene will be trained.   Active shooter situations have become all too familiar to Americans and Kodiak’s fire chief wants to …