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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) A tire expert says it’s unlikely that a nail found in the tire of the man charged in a Kodiak double homicide was picked up on a roadway. Gary Bolden says the long nail likely was perpendicular to the tread and probably inserted mechanically. Bolden testified Monday in the trial of James Wells, who’s charged with murder …