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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Alaska’s driver license and identification cards are getting a new look next month. The new design is part of a national effort to limit identity theft and make it harder for IDs to be duplicated. Alaska’s new design will include new security features including a ghost image that is difficult to recreate on a fake card. The new …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The newest Kodiak-centered reality series will premiere this week. “Kodiak” is a four-part series that will air on the Discovery Channel and focuses on three multi-generational families living around Kodiak’s archipelago. The new series will debut on Wednesday night.

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak is in the running for “Best U.S. Island.” The online competition is hosted by USA Today Travel and pins Alaska’s Emerald Isle against 19 other islands in the U.S. Kodiak is the only island featured from the 49th state and has some stiff competition with places like Kauai, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico making the top 20 list. …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT May is ALS Awareness Month in the United States and one woman is taking it upon herself to educate people about the disease here in Kodiak. ALS stands for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and is also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. It is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that limits the brain’s ability to control muscles, often times leading to …

Coming up this week, there is still herring quota available in Togiak Bay, the Southeast winter troll season set a record, and there could be more strife out on the Y-K Delta this year. We had help from KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham, KCAW’s Robert Woolsey in Sitka, KYUK’s Ben Matheson in Bethel, and KTOO’s Casey Kelly in Juneau.

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Folks will have a chance to test their strength in an unusual way this weekend, and help out a local cause at the same time. Dan Canavan is the volunteer community director for Special Olympics here in Kodiak and said people can form eight-member teams to try and pull a fire truck. “Actually it will be a nine-member …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A joint effort by the Alaska State Troopers and Kodiak Police Department resulted in a drug bust on Friday. Three grams of tar heroin were seized in addition to $3,970. The estimated street value of the heroin is around $2,000. The bust was the result of a joint investigation following a traffic stop made by Troopers. A press …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT This summer will be the second and final summer of the NOAA-funded Tugidak community marine debris clean up program. “It’s on Tugidak Island, a really beautiful and super exciting place to spend time.” That’s Tom Pogson, the director of marine programs at Kodiak Island Trails Network. Pogson spent a sizeable portion of his summer on Tugidak Island last …