Jay Barrett/KMXT A pair of Kodiak runners who have finished at the top of the cross-country races all season pushed each other to a decisive win at the State Cross Country Championships held Saturday at Bartlett High School. Sophomore Levi Thomet and Senior Cole Christiansen crushed the best runners in the state, finishing first-and-second by a margin of 23- and …
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Dead Humpback Washes Ashore in Chiniak
An adult male humpback on the beach in Chiniak appears to have been killed by orca whales. Bree Witteveen photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Chiniak residents got an unexpected visitor last week when an adult male humpback washed up on the beach across from Road’s End restaurant. Bree Witteveen is a marine mammal specialist and assistant professor at the Kodiak Seafood and …
Read More »Bears Ride Defense to Playoffs
Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School Bears football team closed the regular season on a high note, with a 20-14 win over the Skyview Panthers in Soldotna Sunday. The win gives the Bears a 3-and-2 record in the Northern Lights Conference and the third seed in the medium school play offs. Kodiak will be traveling back to Soldotna to play …
Read More »$400,000 Baranof Ice Rink Repairs OK’d by Council
Brianna Gibbs/KMXT On August 1st a vandal set fire to the Baranof Park ice rink, damaging a significant portion of the structure and rendering it unusable. While the arsonist has yet to be caught, the Kodiak City Council took the first step in rehabilitating the rink during its regular meeting last night. City Manager Aimée Kniaziowski urged the council to …
Read More »Fairwind Players’ New Comedy Not Just About Baseball
Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Local thespians will debut a new play tonight called "Rounding Third," a comedy written by Richard Dresser and directed by local theater enthusiast Andrew Ott. Ott said the play, which follows the relationship of two men coaching Little League, is one he came across some time ago. “I read the script one time maybe five years ago and …
Read More »Filmmakers Explore Story of Refuge Rock
Brianna Gibbs/KMXT On the southeast side of Kodiak Island, near the village of Old Harbor, there is a rock of great significance. Refuge Rock, as it is called, is connected by a small land bridge, though it is only accessible during extremely low tides. One might overlook it, as was done for almost two centuries, but archaeologists and anthropologists have …
Read More »The Alaska Fisheries Report with Jay Barrett
Coming up this week: You may be one of the people still owed part of a million bucks from the Exxon Valdez litigation; the state answers fishery disaster questions on the Kenai; and NOAA Fisheries Alaska is all over the series of tubes; All that, and more, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help this week from …
Read More »Joint Fisheries Resolution Awaits City Passage
Brianna Gibbs/KMXT During a recent joint work session between the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council a decision was made for both governing bodies to pass joint resolutions on approaches to local fishery management and regulations for the Central Gulf of Alaska trawl fishery. The borough assembly did so during last Thursday’s regular meeting and passed both resolutions. …
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