Jay Barrett/KMXT The perennially strong Kodiak boys track and field team wrapped up its eighth straight Region III championship over the weekend in Nikiski. The Bears finished with 168 team points, easily outdistancing runner-up Colony’s 123. Soldotna was third, foll0wed by Wasilla, Kenai, and Palmer. Kodiak was led by sophomore Levi Thomet, who took four titles – three individual and …
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Cutter Munro Captain Cawthorn Retires
Brianna Gibbs/KMXT In June, the captain of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro will retire after 27 years in active duty. KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs had a conversation with Captain Mark Cawthorn last week and learned about his two years serving at the helm of the Kodiak-based cutter Munro. While the majority of Captain Cawthorn’s career was spent on the East …
Read More »AMCC Bring Crab Back to the Fest
Jay Barrett/KMXT It looks like there’s no need to go changing the name of next week’s celebration to Bruin Burger Fest, thanks to the Alaska Marine Conservation Council. The group will be providing local Kodiak Tanner crab for at least one event during Kodiak Crab Festival. Kelly Harrell, the group’s executive director says in an over the weekend that AMCC …
Read More »Pribilof Islands Could be Connected by Ferry
Stephanie Joyce/KUCB The Pribilof Islands of St. Paul and St. George are just 45 miles apart, but getting between them can be challenging because of limited flight service, and the area’s notoriously foggy weather. This summer, a regional community development group is hoping to solve that problem by contracting a ferry to run between the islands. But as KUCB’s Stephanie …
Read More »Herring Fishing Underway in Togiak
Mike Mason/KDLG The Togiak herring fishery is underway. Fish and Game opened it up at noon Saturday. KDLG’s Mike Mason has more.
Read More »Assembly Seemingly Split on School Funding
Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last month the Board of Education passed a $48.7 million budget, which included a $10.6 million funding request from the borough. That’s the state-allowed maximum, and the borough has only been funding about 96 percent of it in recent years. During a joint work session with the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly in April, School Board President Melissa Borton …
Read More »The Alaska Fisheries Report With Jay Barrett
Coming up this, we look westward for our fishy news. In Togiak, the only thing missing is the herring, while just around the corner there’s renewed interest in Kuskokwim Bay herring. Fishermen in Quinhagak are doing their part to preserve the might king salmon, and a small processor in Unalaska is going world-wide. It was made possible with the contributions …
Read More »Why Did the Children Cross the Road? Because Don Roberts Was There to Help Them
Brianna Gibbs/KMXT If you’ve ever driven by the intersection of Mill Bay Road and Birch Street on a weekday morning, you’ve probably seen Don Roberts. For the past 13 years, Roberts has faithfully served as crossing guard of that three-way stop, which is an early morning hub for kids walking to school. He arrives early, around 7:30 a.m., rain or …
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