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Jay Barrett/KMXT Judy Kidder with the Kodiak Peace Cup called in with an update from the first weekend of the King Salmon Derby. The current leader is from Old Harbor with a king weighing in at 47-point-five pounds. Second place also comes from there, at 42-point-seven pounds. A Kodiak fisherman is currently in third, with a weigh-in of 42-point-two pounds. …

Casey Kelly/KMXT The first village graduations were held Friday in Port Lions and Ouzinkie. Here Ouzinkie students queue up for the procession. Three pre-schoolers, three kindergarteners, an eighth grader, and two high school seniors celebrated graduation in Ouzinkie. (Photo Casey Kelly/KMXT) The villages of Port Lions and Ouzinkie celebrated graduations on Friday. KMXT’s Casey Kelly was there, and filed this …

Jay Barrett/KMXT In honor of the 50th Anniversary Kodiak Crab Fest, Alaska Airlines is offering special, lower airfares of 79-dollars between Anchorage and Kodiak.

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School Bears made a clean sweep of the Region Three Track and Field championships in Palmer over the weekend. The girls scored 116 points to easily outpace Colony’s 102 and Wasilla’s 76. Skyview was fourth and Palmer was fifth. The boys’ championship was a little harder to come by, as it was won on the …

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Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Police Department has announced that it may have identified the vehicle involved in the fatal hit-and-run that killed Justin McGriff nearly three weeks ago. A Crime Stoppers Hotline tip led police to the unidentified vehicle, according to a written statement from the police chief’s office. Detectives from the Kodiak Police Department and forensic scientists from the …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak King Salmon Peace Cup Tournament derby kicks off tomorrow (today), and though the exact amount of the prizes aren’t known yet, it’s sure to be more than last year’s. Jay Barrett spoke with Kevin Brennan of the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association about the event.

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly failed to override the mayoral veto paying attorney fees for three of its members at last night’s meeting. The vote to pay the legal bills of assembly members Tom Abell, Louise Stutes and Reed Oswalt in the Mel Stephens attendance lawsuit was four in favor of the override and three to uphold the …