KMXT 100.1 FM Public Radio in Kodiak, Alaska

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT More than half a dozen community members attended last night’s Borough Assembly work session to voice their concerns on a recently passed borough ordinance. During the assembly’s July 3 meeting, the assembly approved a debate decorum ordinance that, among other things, would prevent community members and those addressing the assembly from attacking or questioning the motives of another …

Coming up this week, we’ve got salmon updates from every corner of the state; we’re reminded of the dangers of commercial fishing, and the ANB Harbor in Sitka finally has a ribbon-cutting. All that and more, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help from KHNS’ Margaret Friedenauer in Haines, KYUK’s Ben Matheson in Bethel, KNOM’s Zacharia Hughes …

Marie Rice poses with Sum’ Arts camper Oskar Klausner after an interview at KMXT studios in June. Last month KMXT partnered with the Kodiak Arts Council to put on a Sum’ Arts for Kids Radio Storytelling Camp. Students in 5th grade and higher came to the station each day for one week and learned the art of interviewing and collecting …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak High School will have a new principal this fall, but it won’t be an unfamiliar face. Chris Aguirre actually began his administrative career in Kodiak back in 2005 when he moved to the Island for a year to be the district’s career and technical education director. “Which was just a great start and actually helped me tremendously …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A Kodiak High School alumna was selected as a top 50 finalist for an international modeling competition. Leona Gerlitz (gr-litz) is the running to win the Sin City Suicide Girls’ photo contest, which would allow her to represent the film Sin City 2 both at the premiere and Comic-Con in San Diego. Gerlitz, a 2010 KHS graduate, said …

Al Asuncion/KMXT Hello, I’m Al Asuncion, an intern at KMXT as part of the station’s summer archiving project. This week, I listened to the show “My Green Earth”, hosted by Stacy Studebaker, also known as Leila Liverwort. “Hello nature fans and welcome to “My Green Earth,” a weekly radio shows about the natural wonders of our planet for kids and …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Local scientists are reminding folks that eating recreationally harvested shellfish from Kodiak waters could be a deadly endeavor. Kodiak shellfish are known to harbor a naturally occurring marine biotoxin that causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, or PSP, which can result in respiratory arrest and failure. Brian Himelbloom is an associate professor of Seafood Science and Technology at the Kodiak …

Jay Barrett/KMXT with Alexandra Gutierrez/APRN The man convicted of double murder at the Kodiak Coast Guard Base two years ago will spend the rest of his life in federal prison. 63-year-old James Wells was sentenced Tuesday to four consecutive life sentences in Anchorage federal court by Judge Ralph Beistline. During sentencing, Wells maintained his innocence, saying “we all suffered for …