KMXT’s Dylan Simard is joined by the Kodiak History Museum’s Marlise Lee and Tyler-Rose Hoffman to discuss the republication of “Faraway Island” by Carolyn Erskine and operating a museum in the time of COVID.
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Stay tuned for this Wednesday’s midday news report with host Terry Haines as he covers topics including: A snapshot at how the State and Kodiak are leaning on our two ballot measures and candidates. Another local Covid-19 update How the Petersburg school board is responding to testing needs for staff and students. All that and more coming up!
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Another travel-related case of COVID 19 was reported today for the Kodiak region. This brings the total number of cases reported since October 20th to 43. That’s when the recent spike in infections began. It’s also about 30 percent of the total number of cases reported since April, when the first positive tests of the virus emerged. The Kodiak Area …
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Our guests on this edition of The Lowdown, Dr. Shana Theobald- Kodiak Island Ambulatory Care Clinic (KIACC), Dr. Steve Smith- Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center, and Dr. Evan Jones- Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA), join host Mike Wall to speak on the rising cases of Covid-19 from local to national scale, advice on traveling, research on vitamin D and immunity, …
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With all Kodiak precincts reporting, we have a clearer idea of how Kodiak voted in this week’s elections, but about 3,000 absentee Kodiak ballots are yet to be counted. These are the state’s unofficial results as of Wednesday morning. With over 4,000 votes counted so far, here’s what we know now about how Kodiak is leaning. Republican Gary Stevens is …
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With all 23 precincts reporting, Senator Gary Stevens appears to be headed back to Juneau. The Kodiak Republican won 63 percent of the vote in his race against Greg Madden of Soldotna. Unofficial election results from the State Division of Elections. In the unofficial count, Stevens has 5,696 votes, compared to Madden’s 3,279 votes. The Permanent Fund Dividend has …
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KMXT will be posting updates of Alaska and precincts reporting on tonight’s elections here. Note that over 120,000 absentee votes will not be counted until next week, including about 3,000 Kodiak ballots. This update is given as of 9:00 am on Nov. 4. These are the state’s unofficial results. Local Kodiak Races State Senate P (15 of 23 precincts reporting) …
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Kodiak polling locations saw business as usual for voters over the course of Election Day this Tuesday. Anita Sholl, election official at the Mission Precinct, said that by mid-Tuesday afternoon they had seen nearly 900 voters, or about 125 voters an hour. There was even a line outside of Bayside Fire Department as early as 6:30 this morning. Other than …
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