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Workshop participants sort roe according to grade, looking for tears and other flaws. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT A workshop about roe, or fish eggs, last week covered everything from the market for roe to how to judge its quality. Almost 30 students took the course Thursday and Friday at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center. Chris Bledsoe slaps a …

Salmon roe on rice. Robert S. Donovan / Flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT Researchers in Kodiak want to open up new markets and expand existing ones for a popular fish product. This delicacy is what you might imagine people at cocktail parties eating over stock market discussions. It’s also good with tortilla chips. We’re talking about roe, fish eggs which in Alaska …

2016 Alaska Press Club awards won by KMXT News At the Alaska Press Club Awards Banquet Saturday, KMXT News was recognized for three efforts in 2015. News Director Jay Barrett won first place in Crime or Court Reporting for his extensive coverage of the incident where three KPD officers handcuffed and pepper-sprayed Nick Pletnikoff, entitled “Answers Sought in Possible Excessive …

A baleen whale breaches. Michael Dawes/flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT Now is a prime time to find a spot by the ocean and hunker down with a pair of binoculars, because there’s a good chance you could spot a grey whale. Cindy Bower is leading a whale-watching trip Saturday as part of the Audubon Society and says it’s no coincidence that the …

Kasprzak – in blue, far left – competes in ComFish Fisherman’s Contest. Here he ties a selection of knots. Kayla Desroches/KMXT The closure of Jackson Mobile Home Park on May 1 means that people have been scrambling to find alternative spots for their homes or businesses, other housing arrangements, or are even considering moving out-of-state. This week we share the …

Sprouts. Jenn Durfey/Flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT Shoppers may be tempted to pick up a bag of fresh sprouts at the supermarket to add to their salads and maybe even their sandwiches, but sprouts are actually easy to grow at home. The first step is getting a rundown on how to do it. That’s part of what Jill Wittenbrader will provide tonight …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak has transitioned from a temperate, rainy winter into a similarly temperate, rainy spring, but there’s one sure sign of the change of season – Strawberry Fields Nursery is open. Lorne and Elana White are two local experts in all things that grow, from flowers to root vegetables. The Whites explain they’ve been running the garden center since …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The U.S. Navy in collaboration with other military forces is in the midst of a free healthcare program in Kodiak called Arctic Care, which falls under The United States Department of Defense Arctic Care Readiness Training Program, or IRT. They’re operating a number of medical services out of the former AC Value Center and there are eye doctors, …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Sometimes people get so caught up with the daily grind that they forget to observe what makes the moments in their daily lives unique. A class about mindfulness Sunday will aim to make students more aware of the here and now. The leader of the workshop Sunday, yoga instructor Veronica Costa-Bolton, says mindfulness is a personal effort to …

Dance class in progress. MaryBeth Loewen dances with a student on the left. MaryBeth’s parents, Walt and Kate Loewen, stand in the background on the right. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT An ongoing dance class series is raising money for the Kodiak Arts Council and making the town just a little more coordinated at the same time. Fish and Game salmon …