Brian Venua
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Base Kodiak's CDC can usually serve up to 99 students at a time, but has 17 of its 41 job positions open. That means they can only serve about half as many students and 16 students from a dozen families are now searching for new childcare services.
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Kodiak celebrated Pride Month with a week of events recognizing the LGBTQ+ community – including three drag shows. It’s the third year in a row Kodiak has hosted them as part of its Pride Month celebrations. Several of this year’s performers were flown in from Anchorage and the Lower 48.
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Registration is is available online and ends June 28. The camp is free and runs from July 22 through July 15.
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When many folks think of Filipino culture, the country’s food, traditional clothing, or Spanish colonization come to mind. But when it comes to sports in the island nation, basketball is king.
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The open house had both fisheries managers and stakeholders from the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council meetings as well as families and kids exploring the labs to learn about aquatic animals and research at the lab.
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The fire was reported early morning on June 12 and was out in about an hour. No injuries were reported and the structure is still standing.
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Crab Fest is a multi-day festival for the Kodiak community to celebrate the island's arts, history, and fisheries. KMXT Photojournalist Brian Venua attended several events and prepared this visual essay from the festivities.
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According to a trooper dispatch, officers confiscated a suspicious parcel containing over 500 fentanyl pills and 29.9 grams of meth on June 4. Upon searching a suspect's home, officers found 392 more fentanyl pills, 7 grams of meth, and seized $4,256 in cash.
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A flood warning was issued for Kodiak due to heavy rains over the weekend, and rerouted some drivers on Sargent Creek Road in the Bells Flats neighborhood. The excess water has since receded. It is unknown when the issue can be resolved.
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“Every single time that poor guy moved at all, it would just cut, it would just reopen wounds,” said Matt Van Daele, the Tribe's natural resources director. “I can’t even imagine how uncomfortable it must have been for him.”