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Jay Barrett/KMXT Fans of TV weather forecaster Jackie Purcell on KTUU will be pleased to know that she, along with other news and programming, has been returned to GCI cable customers in rural Alaska after a three-month blackout. The KTUU programming returned Thursday morning, just in time for the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. NBC is …

Coming up this week: The Fish Board reverses itself on Kenai River Kings, Kodiak may have found its new fisheries consultant, and the plague of injuries in the fishing fleet gets some scrutiny. All that, and who would’ve thought you could make money fishing for jellyfish. We had help from KDLL’s Shaylon Cochran in Kenai, KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs in Kodiak, …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Wednesday KMXT told you about common core and the new Alaska standards for learning, and what those look like in Kodiak classrooms. The new curriculum has changed the way information is presented, but more than that, it’s also changed how students’ understanding is measured. Superintendent Stewart McDonald said students are now being asked to apply things they learn, …

Kodiak middle School students discuss their answer during a Battle of the Books competition on Thursday. From left to right: Kaia Hendrickson, Kylie Cobban, Nia Pristas and Solomon Himelbloom. Brianna Gibbs Photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It’s a big week for Kodiak’s young reading enthusiasts. The Battle of the Books competition kicked off yesterday at the Kodiak Public Library and KMXT’s Brianna …

Lauren Rosenthal/KUCB Southwest Alaska residents will have a few extra weeks to weigh in on invasive cattle near Kodiak and Sand Point. The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge was supposed to stop taking suggestions on how to handle wild cow herds on Wosnesenski and Chirikof islands last week. Refuge manager Steve Delehanty says they’ve already gotten about 100 comments. But …

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 …