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Listen in to Jared’s conversation with Superintendent Larry LeDoux and school district representatives about schools starting September 8, 2020.

Jared Griffin presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, and state and local stories on: Kodiak’s COVID-19 count added one more case on Monday, a nonresident traveler Astra scrubbed their final rocket launch attempt The AK DOT released a proposed winter schedule for the AK Marine Highway system, which doesn’t look good for Kodiak ferry travel. Presidential candidate …

Supt. Larry LeDoux says the Kodiak Island Borough School District is prepared to open in green, yellow or red status and switch back and forth. The Kodiak Island Borough School District has finally mailed families its long-awaited plan for the coming school year — a plan that its superintendent, Larry LeDoux, says is designed to be changed at any moment …

Kodiak’s COVID-19 count went up by one on Friday. The Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported a new case that’s been identified at the OBI Seafoods Plant at Alitak on the southern tip Kodiak Island. The OBI processing plant has had 38 cases since July 28th. This latest case brings the total count for Kodiak Island since April to 59.  Forty …

Yesterday evening’s (Thursday evening’s) rocket launch was scrubbed again at the Pacific Spaceport Complex near Pasagshak. Astra, an aerospace company based in California, was making a third attempt to launch their Rocket 3.1, a small rocket capable of delivering small satellites to a low orbit cluster of telecommunications satellites, after their first attempt on Sunday and second attempt on Tuesday. …

Kodiak’s rental market is steady, but a report released by the Alaska Department of Labor shows some concerning trends.  _______ As previously reported by KMXT last month, Kodiak’s general cost of living, including rent costs, has trickled down slightly. This month, the Alaska Dept. of Labor released more details about how Kodiak’s rental market is trending. The report says that …

Jared Griffin presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, and state and local stories on: Kodiak families should be getting the long-awaited school reopening plan soon Yesterday’s rocket launch was canceled, with the final attempt this evening Kodiak’s rental market is holding steady Wildlife officials killed four bears on Wednesday as part of their investigation into last week’s …

OBI Seafoods’ processing plant at Alitak on the southern tip of Kodiak Island. Photo courtesy of OBI Seafoods. OBI Seafoods has ended weeks of speculation about a wave of new COVID-19 cases  on Kodiak Island. Up until now, health officials would only say that these positive tests occurred in a remote part of the borough and were related to the …