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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Even though it’s a festive time of year, Alaska State Troopers are reminding folks to not let holiday festivities impair their judgment on the road. A press release from the State Troopers office said officers will be ramping up their efforts in the next two weeks as part of the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,” national driving …

Here’s a little Christmas cheer from public radio reporters around the state, who, like us here at KMXT, are wishing you a very safe and happy holiday season!

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak Lady Bears basketball team is seemingly off to a great season. The team took home the win at the Lady T-Bird Hoops Classic at East High. Despite missing tournament play on Thursday because of delayed flights, the girls played twice on Friday, winning both games and cruised to the championships on Saturday. In the finals, Kodiak …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last week KMXT told you about the Kodiak Christmas bird count, an annual event that identifies species and numbers of birds along the road system. Rich Macintosh has been birding in Kodiak for more than 50 years and said this year’s count spotted 77 species and 13,000 birds in one day. He said the count has been taking …

A young bald eagle is seen perching in the rafters of the Alaska Ship Supply store in Unalaska Wednesday. KUCB photo Annie Ropeik/KUCB A department store in Unalaska had an unwelcome customer for about three hours Wednesday night — a bald eagle, which flew in a loading door and refused to leave. The juvenile bird flew around the Alaska Ship …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last night’s Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting was one for the record books. If you missed it, don’t feel too bad. At almost two minutes exactly it was quite possibly one of the shortest meetings in the history of the borough. Despite having a full agenda, and roughly a dozen borough staff and community members in the audience, …

Coming up this week, China surprises Alaska and the West Coast with a shellfish ban, Bering Sea, Aleutians and Gulf groundfish TACs have been set, and the glory that is nine-tons of vac-packed salmon steaks, all coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help from KUOW’s Ashley Ahern in Seattle, Seafood.com’s John Sackton in Lexington, Mass., CoastAlaska’s Ed …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last weekend a group of about four dozen bird enthusiasts took to the outdoors for the Kodiak Christmas bird count. The annual event, which has been going on for more than 40 years, is actually part of a nationwide bird count that is sponsored by the National Audubon Society. Rich Macintosh is an avid birder and compiler for …