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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 …

Jay Barrett/KMXT A new project from the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault launched in February is aimed at helping parents talk to their teens about healthy relationships. “Talk Now, Talk Often, Alaska” offers parents and caregivers resources to help them broach the touchy subject of relationships, and try to break through the tough shell teens sometimes have …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak High School girls basketball team swept the Wasilla Warriors over the weekend, wrapping up a perfect 22-0 regular season. As the Lady Bears gear up for regions this week, KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs stopped by practice and talked with some of the players that make up this history-making team.

Annie Ropeik/KUCB A mariner possibly suffering from appendicitis was medevac’ed from a vessel near Unalaska on Saturday. The Coast Guard sent an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from the cutter Alex Haley to hoist the 40-year-old man from the 559-foot bulk carrier Ken Ei, a Panama-flagged vessel. It was about 100 miles northwest of Unalaska at the time. The man was suffering …

Annie Ropeik/KUCB A mariner possibly suffering from appendicitis was medevac’ed from a vessel near Unalaska on Saturday. The Coast Guard sent an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from the cutter Alex Haley to hoist the 40-year-old man from the 559-foot bulk carrier Ken Ei, a Panama-flagged vessel. It was about 100 miles northwest of Unalaska at the time. The man was suffering …

Kodiak Island Trails Network’s marine debris storage yard at Gibson Cove has reached it’s capacity. Director Andy Schroeder said the super sacs pictured below are stacked 20 feet high. Brianna Gibbs Photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last week KMXT told you about marine debris clean ups happening across Kodiak and how they are being funded. Last summer Kodiak Island Trails Network cleaned …