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Capt. William C. Deal, left, retiring commanding officer of Air Station Kodiak, turns command over to Capt. Melissa L. Rivera at a ceremony held at Air Station Kodiak Friday, as Rear Adm. Thomas P. Ostebo looks on. Before coming to Kodiak, Rivera most recently served as executive officer for two years at Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico.U.S. Coast Guard photo …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT In August, Kodiak’s literary enthusiasts will have an opportunity to sharpen their pencils and skills during a writing conference, hosted by the Kodiak Arts Council. The Emerald Isle 2012 Writers Conference is board member Merissa Koller’s brainchild. "Over the winter the arts council board had a strategic planning session with the woman from the Foraker Group and we …

Jay Barrett/KMXT With the housing market in Kodiak being so tight and rents so extremely high, a seemingly good deal could turn into an international financial nightmare. It looks like overseas scammers are targeting Alaska’s toughest housing market by impersonating the owners of buildings for sale and rent in Kodiak at very low prices. So low in fact that one …

Periodically this summer Deb Mignogno, the volunteer naturalist at Fort Abercrombie, brings us a closer look at the natural world around us. Today, what makes sea otters different from land otters.

The producers at the Spirit of Youth Project, which recognizes teenage Alaskans who make the state a better place to live, sometime turn their attention to Kodiak youth. In this piece, Shana Shehe talks with some teens from Kodiak Island who helped webcast the Native Youth Olympic Games this spring:

This week we take a sweeping look at the salmon season from one end of the state to the other; the loss of a Haines fisherman recently has prompted his fleet-mates to get as many fishermen outfitted with PFDs as possible; and find out exactly why copper is bad for baby salmon. We had help this week from KHNS’s Margaret …

Jay Barrett/KMXT If you were driving past Bell’s Flats on your way into or out of town Tuesday morning, you may have noticed the AC Express store was closed, and appeared to have some damage around the front door. If you had looked closer, you might have seen the detached front bumper of a 2004 Chevy Cavalier – complete with …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT As summer hits the midway point, KMXT checked in with the Kodiak Island Convention and Visitors Bureau to see how tourism is going. Janet Buckingham is the executive director of the bureau and said there have been an unprecedented number of visitors to Alaska’s Emerald Isle. "By all looks we are having an unprecedentedly busy year. We have …