Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and City Council met last night for a joint work session to discuss a number of topics pertaining to both governing bodies. One item on the agenda was an update on the bio solids composting plan. City Manager Aimée Kniaziowski said the assembly and council worked diligently over the last six months to …
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Kulluk Grounding Investigation Gets Underway
Jay Barrett/KMXT Now that the Royal Dutch Shell floating drill rig Kulluk has been safely anchored up in Kiliuda Bay, the U.S. Coast Guard is launching an official “marine casualty” investigation into its grounding. Rear Admiral Thomas Ostebo, the Coast Guard commander in Alaska, ordered the formal investigation into the circumstances and contributing factors involved in the grounding of the …
Read More »Commuter: Chiniak Highway Conditions Increasingly Trecherous
A school bus sits in the ditch on the Chiniak Highway. Only the driver, who was wearing a seatbelt, was onboard. Scott Bonny photo Jay Barrett/KMXT Road conditions in Kodiak are regularly treacherous, but fortunately, we have people who go out in the wee hours to maintain them before we drive to work or send our kids to school. Crews …
Read More »Heavy Ice Covering KMXT Tower May Have Caused Outage
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 …
Read More »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.
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