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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Yesterday KMXT told you about the new Alaska driver license and photo identification cards that will begin being issued in June. Amy Erickson is the director of the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles and said the hope is to deter counterfeiters and protect the identities of Alaskans. “According to the Association of American Motor Vehicle Administrators Alaska’s license …

The Silver Shadow sits at Pier II. It will depart Kodiak around 6 p.m. Brianna Gibbs/Photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak’s cruise ship season is finally underway. The Silver Shadow pulled up to the city dock this morning. The ship, operated by Silver Seas, is the first to call on Alaska’s Emerald Island this year. Last month the Holland American Line ship …

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 …