Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Sometime before noon on Sunday local listeners started hearing the signal dropping out. The source of the problem was high atop Pillar Mountain at the site of KMXT’s transmitter. Inclement weather and looming darkness prevented a trip to investigate the problem until early yesterday afternoon. Around 1 p.m. yesterday KMXT’s volunteer engineer, Joe Stevens, made the trek up …
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Recreational Volleyball League Underway
Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak High School volleyball season wrapped up more than two months ago, but that doesn’t mean the sport isn’t alive and well in town. Yesterday kicked off the winter coed league through Kodiak Parks and Recreation and many more opportunities for community members to bump, set and spike are on the horizon. Merissa Koller has coached for …
Read More »New Book by Kodiak’s Leslie Fields Deals with Family Forgiveness
Maggie Wall/KMXT Kodiak author Lesley Leyland Fields recently sent her ninth book off to the publisher. This one deals with forgiveness — especially forgiveness among family members. Fields recently spoke with KMXT’s Maggie Wall about her writing and her books, none of which she says has come easily, perhaps because she’s not afraid to tackle tough issues. You can hear …
Read More »Shell Oil Rig Kulluk Safely Anchored in Kiliuda Bay
Jay Barrett/KMXT The Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk is now safely anchored in Kiliuda Bay. A flotilla of eight vessels escorted the round, 266-foot oil rig during a pre-dawn voyage from Sitkalidak Island, where it has sat, grounded, for a week. The Kulluk was pulled from the beach at 10:10 p.m. last night and towed at speeds up to …
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Since KMXT’s over-the-air signal is choppy due to a failing transmitter, we’re posting our Morning News online today.
Read More »Kulluk Dislodged and Underway for Kiliuda Bay
Jay Barrett/KMXT At about 10:10 p.m. last night, the Royal Dutch Shell drilling vessel Kulluk was refloated from Sitkalidak Island, where it has sat for a week. The rig went aground after breaking its tow in a severe storm and washed ashore on New Year’s Eve. According to the unified command, the Kulluk is attached to the tug Aiviq (eye-vik), …
Read More »Austerman and Stevens Hear City’s Project Wishlist
Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak City Council members gave up a chunk of their Friday evening and sat down with Representative Alan Austerman and Senator Gary Stevens to review the city’s capitol improvement projects list for the upcoming legislative session. This year the city narrowed its list to four items, with renovating the pump house in Monashka Bay as the number one …
Read More »Tow Rigging Tests Underway for CDU Kulluk
Jay Barrett/KMXT Responders to the grounded Shell "conical drilling unit" Kulluk planned to hook up a tow line today (Saturday) to test their methods for dragging the huge, round structure off the beach, where it’s sat since New Year’s Eve. The test is weather dependent, according to the latest situation report from the Unified Command. Meanwhile, the Alaska Department of …
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