Timothy Geer chats with a passenger from the Crystal Serenity. Jennifer Canfield photo Jennifer Canfield/KMXT KMXT’s Jennifer Canfield headed downtown to the water dock at the end of the spit where the Port of Kodiak’s Timothy Geer greets passengers as they set foot on Kodiak Island. You can find this year’s cruise ship schedule here.
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KEA Improves Pillar Mountain Wind Farm
Jay Barrett/KMXT A supplier to Kodiak Electric Association announced yesterday that it will sell a battery back up system to the co-op as part of this summer’s expansion of the Pillar Mountain wind farm.
Read More »Rezanof Repairs Scheduled
Jay Barrett/KMXT Though it’s scheduled for repaving sometime this summer, Rezanof Drive East continues to deteriorate with the spring break up. Hundreds, maybe even thousands, of potholes cover much of both lanes, especially where the street turns north starting at Sharatin Road, and extending to the vicinity of the Pillar Creek Hatchery.
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Whale Season
Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Today’s guests are Kate Wynne who is a marine mammal specialist at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center and Stacey Studebaker, the project coordinator for the Kodiak Gray Whale Project. We’ll be talking about Whale Fest and more. Here’s a short video of Stacey’s experience petting gray whales in Mexico. {youtube}UTT1igD7nsg{/youtube}
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Whale Season
Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Today’s guests are Kate Wynne who is a marine mammal specialist at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center and Stacey Studebaker, the project coordinator for the Kodiak Gray Whale Project. We’ll be talking about Whale Fest and more. Here’s a short video of Stacey’s experience petting gray whales in Mexico. {youtube}UTT1igD7nsg{/youtube}
Read More »Pier 3 on Ports and Harbors Bond
Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska State Legislature is in the last week of the session, and there are many issues still unresolved that would affect Kodiak directly – namely education funding, the capital budget and a proposed general obligation bond. Among other items included in the Senate’s Capital Budget released over the weekend, there is about $2.5 million allotted for two …
Read More »Branson Honored by National Senior Groups
Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak’s Senior Center director has received a prestigious award for her decades of work for Kodiak’s elderly. Pat Branson is the recipient of the Founder’s Award, which is given to one person each year by the National Council on Aging and the National Institute of Senior Centers. Branson received the award in person at the annual conference in …
Read More »As Baseball Gears Up, One Player Looks Towards College
Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Kodiak High School’s baseball team is six weeks into their two month pre-season. KMXT’s Jennifer Canfield visited the team at practice yesterday and produced this postcard. She spoke with Alec Eastman, a senior on the varsity team. Eastman has played baseball for close to 10 years but this year just found a new favorite sport. The Bears baseball …
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