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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.

The first day of school is always full of excitement, but Tuesday wasn’t your normal first day of school, not for kids in the Kodiak Island Borough School District. For the first time ever, students wore masks to school and started their day with temperature checks, all to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Lance Charliaga, a sophomore at Kodiak …

Join host Mile Wall on this edition of The Lowdown, as he speaks with Dr. Shana Theobald and Elsa DeHart, NP, DHN about Covid-19 in Kodiak and what to expect with the reopening of school.

Join KMXT’s Talk of the Rock host, Rhonda McBride as she speaks with Rafel Bitanga, Marie Acemah and Sarah Harrington on local pandemic journeys. They shed light on “Culture and Covid-19”, a local summer workshop and partnership between the Kodiak History Museum and See Stories, a non-profit that offers video production workshops for students.

On KMXT’s Midday News, today’s top stories include: New Covid-19 updates in Kodiak. This year’s school opening in the context of the pandemic. More local student essays. All that and more on this Wednesday’s news report.

Supt. Larry LeDoux says the Kodiak Island Borough School District is prepared to open in green, yellow or red status and switch back and forth. The Kodiak Island Borough School District has finally mailed families its long-awaited plan for the coming school year — a plan that its superintendent, Larry LeDoux, says is designed to be changed at any moment …

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 …

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 …

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.

Jared Griffin presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, and state and local stories on: Kodiak’s St. Mary’s school is suspending operations for this year The city of Kodiak is looking for a new official seal COVID-19 number updates in the Alaska seafood industry Problems with the environmental review of Pebble Mine plus, Alaska Fish Radio, a new …