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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 …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT As per a state recommendation, the Kodiak Police Department is advising community members to be on the look out for individuals or groups from out of town offering to provide labor at discount prices. Police Chief T.C. Kamai said these individuals are often called "travelers," and are known for leaving a job uncompleted or poorly done once they …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak Chamber of Commerce wants to remind local non-profit groups about a money making opportunity through their bounty bag program. Interested parties can sign up to collect trash, and in return for their efforts be paid $4 for every full bag returned. Trevor Brown, executive director of the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce, said the program is still operating …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak residents should expect to see a lot more trails in the coming years, in addition to upkeep of old favorites. The Island Trails Network, a local organization that builds and maintains trails across the archipelago, scored $51,000 from the state legislature this year to put toward various trail projects. In addition to trail building and maintenance, ITN …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT State health officials are advising residents to make sure they are up to date on their vaccinations, especially ones that prevent the disease commonly known as whooping cough. Pertussis, an infection of the respiratory system, gets its nickname, whooping cough, from the aspiratory whoop sound that often follows coughing fits during the last six weeks of infection. Dr. …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak salmon harvest went over the 2-million mark Monday, with a catch of 203,060 among all species. Fish and Game says the total salmon harvest for the Kodiak Management Area through Monday is 2,185,647. For the first time this season the pink salmon harvest was greater than the sockeye salmon catch, at 92,752 humpies to 83,777 reds. …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kenai River trophy king salmon fishery will be shut down tomorrow (Thursday). The Alaska Department of Fish and Game made that announcement via emergency order on Tuesday. King salmon runs throughout the state have been at historic low levels all season. Earlier this week, king salmon fishing in the saltwater of Cook Inlet was closed in an …

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard in Juneau is hosting the Buoy Tender Olympics this week, and the Kodiak-based SPAR (lower left) is there competing. The event is intended to highlight the skills needed to work aboard a buoy tender. It comes in the midst of the annual buoy tender roundup, which includes cutters based in Alaska, Washington …