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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Part of the Kodiak Kid Wrestling season will come to a close this weekend. The club wrestling organization will host its final tournament on Saturday, and Coach Kevin Lepola said it will be the season finale for the program’s younger wrestlers. “We’ll put all the kids in age and weight brackets and let them wrestle out in kind …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The regular season came a close last week for Kodiak High School’s basketball teams. Both the boys and girls are at Colony High School this weekend for the Northern Lights Conference tournament, where they hope to earn tickets to the state championship later this month. This season the players were able to practice and compete in a recently …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT All week KMXT has been telling you about the Kodiak High School basketball teams, who recently left for the Northern Lights Conference tournament. But there is another group of young athletes heading to regions this week. KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs caught up with the KHS cheerleading team, who will be performing off island for the first time this season.

Coming up this week, millions of salmon eggs are destroyed in a Southeast hatchery fire, as fishermen start thinking about herring, we’ve got the pre-season forecast for Togiak, and you’ve heard of the Law of the Sea, well, we’ve got Fish Law, all coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help this week from KFSK’s Joe Viechnicki in …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Half of Kodiak’s Juneau delegation will be in town this weekend. Representative Alan Austerman will make a trip back to the island on Saturday and hold a constituent meeting to provide an update on the legislative session so far, and answer any questions community members might have. Austerman co-chairs the house finance committee, which recently adopted a $9.149 …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Alaska SeaLife Center announced the winners of the 2014 Alaska Ocean Leadership Awards last month and the Pribilof Sudent Marine Research Student Team received the Ocean Youth Award. Each year the SeaLife Center recognizes individuals and organizations that have contributed to awareness and sustainability of marine resources. The Pribilof Student Marine Research Student Team is group of …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT After a split weekend with the Wasilla Warriors, the Kodiak High School boys basketball team will enter this week’s Northern Lights Conference tournament ranked second in the region. The boys have had an up and down season this year, and as KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs recently found out, the Kodiak Bears are gearing up for what could be a …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska State Troopers have reported extensive vandalism to vehicles parked at the boat ramp in Anton Larsen Bay. In addition to looking for the suspect or suspects, they are also seeking vehicle owners to notify, as they suspect many are unaware their car has been damaged. In a release, the Troopers say several thousands of dollars of …