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The Kodiak-based fishing vessel Cornelia Marie and the Alaska State Ferry Kennicott cross paths near Kodiak on Friday. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photo

A photo of John McDonald, center, from his blog, of Kodiak friends who met up with him in Yellowstone. John McDonald photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It’s been more than two months since Kodiak High School Alumnus John McDonald embarked on a bike trip of epic proportions. On May 22, McDonald and his trusty bicycle boarded a state ferry in Kodiak, the …

Jay Barrett/KMXT A nationwide initiative sparked by President Barack Obama has the potential to deliver two and a half tons of food to the Kodiak Food Bank by the end of August. At least that’s the goal of Chief Jason Riggs from Coast Guard Base Kodiak. He’s heading up the "Feds Feeding Families" program on the base. "Secretary Napolitano has …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Residents in Anchorage experienced what could very well have been the coldest July on record up there. But here in Kodiak, while it’s been cold, it hasn’t been record cold. The National Weather Service says the monthly average of 51.9 degrees is 2.2 degrees below the historic monthly average. At 66 degrees, the warmest day last month was …

Jay Barrett/KMXT A couple of weeks ago Alaska Governor Sean Parnell declared his desire to see the bi-partisan coalition in the state senate broken up, and vowed to work to elect more Republicans who side with him on oil issues. Currently, there are 10 Republicans and 10 Democrats in the senate, and for the last half-dozen years many of them …

Young fans of singer Pitbull show off their posters and shades handed out at the performer’s Kodiak apperance Monday. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A month after an online campaign started an effort to send Miami singer Pitbull to Kodiak, Mr. Worldwide finally touched down on the island Monday morning. KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs has more.

Two Coast Guard crewmembers aboard a Kodiak-based HC-130 Hercules airplane transfer a baby walrus from the plane to an awaiting Air Force truck at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 30, 2012. Two baby walrus were rescued in Barrow and transported by the Coast Guard to the Anchorage area where they then transferred to an awaiting truck for transportation to the …

Marine mammal researcher Bree Witteveen takes aim with her air rifle at a humpback whale just offshore of Spruce Cape Friday. The air rifle fires a dart that samples the whale’s skin and blubber. Marine Advisory Program researchers have a special federal permit (NMFS Federal Research Permit # 14296) to approach the whales so closely and to collect the samples. …