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Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak High School graduate Trevor Dunbar did something Monday night in Portland that no other Alaskan – not even his father – had ever accomplished: He ran a mile under four minutes. His time of 3-minutes 59.06-seconds came in the Portland Roughrider Twilight Meet. Dunbar told an interviewer from the running website Flo-Track that he was thankful to …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska Redistricting Board released Sunday what it hopes will be the last re-drawn map produced as part of the state’s reapportionment process. Last year’s elections were conducted under a temporary map that produced significant changes to the legislative district boundaries. The new map – at least for Kodiak Island voters – will look more like the one …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A high number of humpback whales have been spending their days close to town this summer. This is good news for those who like to watch them, but local Marine Mammal Specialist Kate Wynne wants to remind folks to do so in a safe manner. “There are a lot of moms with calves out there. So you’ll see …

Jay Barrett/KMXT A Kodiak teenage boy is reported to be in critical condition after sustaining a shotgun wound Sunday night at a home on Woody Way Loop, and Police Chief T.C. Kamai says another teen is in custody, charged with first-degree assault. The 16-year-old victim was visiting in the home of the 15-year-old boy when the shooting occurred. “Well at …

Jay Barrett/KMXT A Kodiak teen is reported to be in critical condition after sustaining a shotgun wound Sunday night at a home on Woody Way Loop. Police Chief T.C. Kamai said the teen was visiting in the home of another when the shooting occurred. “Well at about 8:47 last night, officers were called to a residence on Woody Way Loop …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT More often than not, Kodiak’s fishing industry separates the catching and the processing. Most of Kodiak’s fleet heads out to sea, collects the bounty, and delivers it either directly to canneries in town, or to tenders that bring it back en masse. But last week a different type of boat was in town, one that pairs the two …

Marina Cummiskey/KMXT Threshold Recycling Services recently changed their self-serve recycling sheds into a drive-thru operation. Folks simply drive up with their recyclables and volunteers help unload and sort everything. KMXT’s Marina Cummiskey went to Threshold’s new “Recycling Haven” Friday and filed this report. To learn more about Threshold’s new recycling haven tune into KMXT’s Talk of the Rock Tuesday at …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT More often than not, Kodiak’s fishing industry separates the catching and the processing. Most of Kodiak’s fleet heads out to sea, collects the bounty, and delivers it either directly to canneries in town, or to tenders that bring it back en masse. But last week a different type of boat was in town, one that pairs the two …