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Annie Ropeik/KUCB State officials are hoping the ferry Tustumena’s replacement will be bigger, faster and more efficient — but they also say the current ferry doesn’t need to be retired just yet. Tuesday, the ferry system updated the House Transportation Committee. Captain John Falvey is the general manager of the Alaska Marine Highway System. He was on hand to talk …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak’s Trevor Dunbar competed for the first time in a year for the Oregon Ducks last week in the U-W Invitational in Seattle. He was the anchor on one of two teams the Ducks had in the finals of the distance medley relay. The anchor on the other Duck squad was Edward Cheserek, a freshman phenom who is …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Common Core has become a household phrase for those involved with the school district. Across the nation schools are adopting more rigorous curriculum, and changing the way information is presented in the classroom. The Common Core State Standards Initiative is the name for the national education movement, but Kodiak Superintendent Stewart McDonald said not all states were required …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Brianna Gibbs welcomes Kodiak Island Borough School District Superintendant Stewart McDonald and curriculum coordinator Jenny Schauf to discuss education issues.

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Brianna Gibbs welcomes Kodiak Island Borough School District Superintendant Stewart McDonald and curriculum coordinator Jenny Schauf to discuss education issues.

The kitchen and dining room on one side of the new Providence Chiniak Elder House is a mirror image of the building’s other side. The facility is designed as a duplex and will be open for tours this Saturday starting at 11 a.m. Brianna Gibbs Photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT When residents at the Care Center relocate to the new long term …

Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, commander, U.S. Coast Guard 17th District, and Maj. Gen. Thomas Katkus, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, cut the ceremonial ribbon during a ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 31. The ceremony was held to commemorate the opening of a new U.S. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage wing of the Alaska National Guard headquarters building …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Northern Lights Conference wrestling tournament was held at Colony High School in the Valley over the weekend, with the Bears taking third. Andrew Caballa was Kodiak’s only title-winner in the 120-pound category. Four other wrestlers, Joel Valdez, Jay-Ar Small, Kerry Powers and Leo Sega, finished second. Host Colony won the tournament with 321.5 points, followed by Wasilla …