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Today on KMXT’s Talk of the Rock, host Jay Barrett spoke with Kodiak Football League President Hamilton Long, Kodiak High School Bears Coach Todd Cook, and Doug Letch, one of the founders of the league and now the Voice of the Bears on KVOK radio, about the status of the league, its youth program and the upcoming high school season.

Today on KMXT’s Talk of the Rock, host Jay Barrett spoke with Kodiak Football League President Hamilton Long, Kodiak High School Bears Coach Todd Cook, and Doug Letch, one of the founders of the league and now the Voice of the Bears on KVOK radio, about the status of the league, its youth program and the upcoming high school season.

Jay Barrett/KMXT Election season officially kicked off yesterday (Monday) here in Kodiak, with the availability of nominating forms at both the city and borough clerks’ offices for Kodiak Island Borough Assembly, School Board, Kodiak City Council and several service area districts. Jay Barrett has more. Municipal Election Day in Kodiak is Tuesday, October 7.

Mary Donaldson/KMXT Kodiak Electric Association’s Pillar Mountain Wind Project will have more than just wind generators when it’s completed next summer. Mary Donaldson has more.

Mary Donaldson/KMXT The continual rise in home heating fuel is causing concern for some Kodiak residents for this coming winter, especially for low and fixed income families. Mary Donaldson has more.

Jay Barrett/KMXT Legendary Alaskan entertainer Mr. Whitekeys was in Kodiak Thursday filming scenes for his new DVD about Alaska History. KMXT’s Jay Barrett spent the afternoon watching the filming down at Saint Paul Harbor and has this story. The local peformers were: Claire Brodie, Kelly Cassidy, Kaila Cotler, Bethany Donohue, Paula Ensign, Marcia Lynn, Sarah Macintosh and Kimberly Martin.

Mary Donaldson/KMXT Commercial salmon catch forecasts for pink salmon are low this year. Alaska Department of Fish and Game Area Management Biologist Jeff Wadle(WAD-LEE) says humpies are coming in weak around most parts of the island.

Casey Kelly/KMXT As the first day of school approaches later this month, the Kodiak Island Borough School District is busy hiring teachers to fill needs in different schools. But in some cases, especially at some of the village schools, teaching positions are being eliminated due to dropping enrollment. KMXT’s Casey Kelly reports.