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Accident Expert Testifies in CommSta Murder Trial

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) An expert in recreating traffic accident scenarios says a compact sport utility vehicle could have been the vehicle seen driving past a Kodiak Island Coast Guard communications station where two men were murdered. Prosecutors are attempting to connect a grainy security camera image of a blue vehicle to James Wells, who is charged with killing two co-workers …

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ComFish Kicks Off Tomorrow

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Tomorrow marks the start of the 34th annual ComFish here in Kodiak. The event is Alaska’s largest commercial fishery trade show, and dozens of vendors are set to pack the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center to showcase their goods and services. “We have a full venue again, we’ve been turning people away for a month and a half.” That’s …

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Local Group Wants More Birthing Options

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT As a rural community, Kodiak doesn’t often offer the services and opportunities provided elsewhere, especially in terms of medical procedures. For instance, if a woman in Kodiak has ever had a cesarean or c-section, they are limited to that same procedure for future pregnancies, so long as they remain in Kodiak and choose to deliver at Providence Kodiak …

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Family Members Testify in CommSta Murder Trial

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) The sister and brother-in-law of a Kodiak man charged with killing two Coast Guard communication station co-workers say he became irate when the topic of their deaths came up two months later. Theresa and Donald Kiele says James Wells became animated and said the dead men were incompetent and not qualified to work in the shop were …

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Talk of the Rock: Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium

Next week is the Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium, an event sponsored by the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program. This marks the symposium’s second year here in Kodiak, and it acts as a forum for state, federal and academic researchers to present their projects and findings to the Kodiak community. The event focuses on topics related to Kodiak’s marine …

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Talk of the Rock: Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium

Next week is the Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium, an event sponsored by the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program. This marks the symposium’s second year here in Kodiak, and it acts as a forum for state, federal and academic researchers to present their projects and findings to the Kodiak community. The event focuses on topics related to Kodiak’s marine …

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Talk of the Rock: Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium

Next week is the Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium, an event sponsored by the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program. This marks the symposium’s second year here in Kodiak, and it acts as a forum for state, federal and academic researchers to present their projects and findings to the Kodiak community. The event focuses on topics related to Kodiak’s marine …

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From Beans to Brew: A Closer Look at Kodiak Coffee Roasting

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Gary Barnes, the coffee roaster for Harborside Coffee and Goods, holds two different varieties of raw coffee beans. The beans become brown after the roasting process. Brianna Gibbs Photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak is known for its abundant natural resources, but coffee isn’t one of them. That’s why a handful of local coffee roasters must often work internationally to bring some …

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