KMXT 100.1 FM Public Radio in Kodiak, Alaska

The Alaska Legislature convened this week to take up federal CARES Act funding in response to a lawsuit challenging the legality of how the funds were authorized. Part of this billion-dollar package includes money for the Community Assistance Program, which aids local municipal governments. Tuesday morning, Kodiak came one step closer to receiving additional financial assistance to help recover from …

Talk of the Rock host, Jared Griffin, talks with members of the Kodiak Island Borough Consolidation Committee–Terry Haines, Justin Thran, and Jennifer Culbertson–about how the committee is progressing and some of the issue they are facing. Tune in for a lively discussion on how economics, representation, and different approaches to government services affect how the committee oversees the consolidation proposal …

Mike Wall presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR and local stories on: more Alaskans test positive for COVID-19, yet plan to reopen Alaska remains in place; COVID-19 emergency funds for education; quarantine flags; return of the USCG cutter Alex Haley; marine heatwaves’ effects on marine life; US census plus, Alaska Fish Radio and updates on the weekend …

Join host, Mike Wall, as he talks with our guests, Sara Harrington, executive director of Kodiak History Museum; April Councellor, executive director of Kodiak Alutiiq Museum; and Toby Sullivan, executive director of Kodiak Maritime Museum. Tune in while they discuss how their operations have changed since Covid-19, what they are planning for the future, and the importance of gathering information, …

The so-called Spanish flu in 1918-1919 killed more than half of adults and Elders in villages across Alaska. Here, two orphans who survived the pandemic are near Bristol Bay. (Photo courtesy of the Alaska State Archives via Kathryn Ringsmuth and the Alaska Packers Association) By PABLO ARAUZ PEÑA (KTOO-JUNEAU) It’s October 1918 in Juneau, and the future of Alaska depends on …

Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley practices maneuvers with an Alaska Air National Guard helicopter. Source: Coast Guard Alaska Facebook page. The Coast Guard cutter Alex Haley returned home to Kodiak on Friday after a 97-day deployment. According to a Coast Guard statement, the 282-foot cutter spent much of the deployment patrolling the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea, including the maritime …

Over the last decade, two massive marine heatwaves, better known as “blobs” swept the North Pacific Ocean, raising surface temperatures more than 5 degrees Fahrenheit causing blooms of toxic algae and major die-offs in the ecosystem. A new study from the University of British Columbia reports that as these heatwaves continue, they may have far more devastating implications to fisheries …

Mike Wall presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, with an update on a possible COVID-19 vaccine, and local stories on: a fifth fishing industry worker tests positive for COVID-19, Dillingham’s first case; the Alaska state legislature convenes to address CARES funding in response to a legal challenge; summer activities for Kodiak kids, including Sum’Arts, Salmon Camp, and …