Brian Venua
Senior ReporterBorn and raised in Dillingham, Brian Venua attended Gonzaga University before graduating and ultimately returning to Alaska. He moved to Kodiak and joined KMXT in 2022. Venua has since won awards for the newsroom as both a writer and photojournalist, with work focused on strengthening community, breaking down complex topics, and sharing stories of and for the people of the Kodiak Archipelago.
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Police are still monitoring the situation and don’t have any suspects yet. Classes, meanwhile, are moving on as planned. The school said in its email that it will have “additional personnel on campus today to ensure a calm and safe environment.” -
“Thankfully, at this point, nobody has died from this — this tragic incident. We hope that parents are using this as an example of ways to communicate again with their students,” said Alaska State Trooper Spokesperson Austin McDaniel. -
A Kodiak High School cooking class had an important lesson only a coastal community school could host – what to do with a live king crab. Students were also reminded where food comes from. -
This week we hear results from the general election, snow plowing service north of town, The Tustumena Replacement Vessel getting delayed, herring fisheries in Prince William Sound, and red king crabs being sold in and cooked by Kodiak residents. -
Voter turnout across Kodiak communities on Tuesday for the general election more than doubled from the primary election in August. According to unofficial counts, that number is still less than half of the total number of eligible voters. -
Kodiak folks had a chance to buy live Bristol Bay red king crab straight from a fishing boat last week for the second year in a row. Low population estimates completely shut down the fishery in 2021 and 2022. But now, there are signs the population is recovering. Fishermen say a small but consistent season is a huge relief. -
Aleutian terns and Emperor geese have faced huge population declines in the last 60 years. But now, the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak is taking over researching the two bird species. It’s the latest research project the Tribe is taking on. -
Six businesses received awards this year including Kodiak Kindness, Bell's Flats Little Store, Ocean Plastics Recovery, Island Trails Network, Sutliff's Ace Hardware, and Kodiak Lions Club. Attendees also heard a snapshot from a business survey from the Kodiak Economic Development Corporation. -
On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Brian Venua sits down with the nonprofit's officers to talk about how the association celebrates Filipino identity and supports their members. -
This week we hear what Kodiak residents should expect to see on their ballots, Pacific Spaceport Complex staff practice setting up a rocket launch, Brechan Construction is looking to buy land on Near Island, bears are getting into trash, and volunteers picked up 17,000 pounds of trash.
