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Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Safeway store was closed for several hours Sunday due to a fire in the bakery. Store Manager Mike Murray said in a post to Friends of Kodiak that the fire was limited to the smoke stack of one of the store’s two baking ovens. The Kodiak Fire Department responded and evacuated the store while police kept …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The design process for a new emergency shelter in Womens Bay is nearing completion. Borough Engineer Dave Conrad said the borough’s architectural review board approved the 65 percent design drawings and specifications, and expects the final drawings to be approved by the board sometime in August. Conrad said the shelter, which is a 3,550 square foot addition to …

Yasent Oliver/KMXT Hello, my name is Yasent Oliver, a summer intern at KMXT as part of the station’s summer archiving project. Over the past two weeks, I was able to listen to quite a few tapes, but the one that stood out to me the most was an NPR program on suicide among Native American youth. "From National Public Radio, …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT More than half a dozen community members attended last night’s Borough Assembly work session to voice their concerns on a recently passed borough ordinance. During the assembly’s July 3 meeting, the assembly approved a debate decorum ordinance that, among other things, would prevent community members and those addressing the assembly from attacking or questioning the motives of another …

Marie Rice poses with Sum’ Arts camper Oskar Klausner after an interview at KMXT studios in June. Last month KMXT partnered with the Kodiak Arts Council to put on a Sum’ Arts for Kids Radio Storytelling Camp. Students in 5th grade and higher came to the station each day for one week and learned the art of interviewing and collecting …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak High School will have a new principal this fall, but it won’t be an unfamiliar face. Chris Aguirre actually began his administrative career in Kodiak back in 2005 when he moved to the Island for a year to be the district’s career and technical education director. “Which was just a great start and actually helped me tremendously …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A Kodiak High School alumna was selected as a top 50 finalist for an international modeling competition. Leona Gerlitz (gr-litz) is the running to win the Sin City Suicide Girls’ photo contest, which would allow her to represent the film Sin City 2 both at the premiere and Comic-Con in San Diego. Gerlitz, a 2010 KHS graduate, said …

Al Asuncion/KMXT Hello, I’m Al Asuncion, an intern at KMXT as part of the station’s summer archiving project. This week, I listened to the show “My Green Earth”, hosted by Stacy Studebaker, also known as Leila Liverwort. “Hello nature fans and welcome to “My Green Earth,” a weekly radio shows about the natural wonders of our planet for kids and …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Local scientists are reminding folks that eating recreationally harvested shellfish from Kodiak waters could be a deadly endeavor. Kodiak shellfish are known to harbor a naturally occurring marine biotoxin that causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, or PSP, which can result in respiratory arrest and failure. Brian Himelbloom is an associate professor of Seafood Science and Technology at the Kodiak …

Jay Barrett/KMXT with Alexandra Gutierrez/APRN The man convicted of double murder at the Kodiak Coast Guard Base two years ago will spend the rest of his life in federal prison. 63-year-old James Wells was sentenced Tuesday to four consecutive life sentences in Anchorage federal court by Judge Ralph Beistline. During sentencing, Wells maintained his innocence, saying “we all suffered for …