Tag Archives: Kodiak

St. Herman Seminary archivist Daria Safronova and school dean, Father John Dunlop, display some of the recently rediscovered Alutiiq language artifacts found in the school archives. There’s a close up of the book after the jump. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Yesterday, KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs told you about the recent rediscovery of a book, handwritten in Alutiiq and containing numerous …

Relay for Life walkers circle the Joe Floyd Track during last year’s event. This year the 24-hour walkathon will be held at the KANA Field on Woody Way. The forecast for Friday night and Saturday is looking favorable, as it was last year. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photo Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Friday kicks off another round of Kodiak Relay for Life, the 24 …

Coming up this week, free salmon nets proved controversial on the Kuskokwim, they’re incubating salmon eggs in Norton Sound while two Southeast communities would like to see more fish hatcheries in their region. All that and setnetters on the Kenai want their fair share of Cook Inlet salmon. We had help this week from KYUK’s Sophie Evan in Bethel, KDLL’s …

Daria Safronova, archivist at St. Herman Russian Orthodox Seminary, examines a religious text handwritten in Alutiiq, which dates from the early 1900s. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photos Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The recent rediscovery of a book, handwritten in Alutiiq and containing numerous gospels of the Bible, could play an important role in the on-going Alutiiq language revival on Kodiak Island. KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs …

Briannna Gibbs/KMXT Humpback and fin whale populations are increasing in the Kodiak archipelago, says Bree Witteveen, a marine mammal specialist and research assistant professor for the Marine Advisory Program. On Tuesday Witteveen gave a teleconferenced talk with students at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, but opened the talk to Kodiak residents at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Sunday is the deadline to register to vote for the primary election on August 28. Gail Fenumiai is the director of division of elections for the state and said those who need to register, or update their status, should do so as soon as possible. "July 29 is the 30th day before the election and that is the …

Jay Barrett/KMXT A 33-year-old Kodiak man was arrested early yesterday (Monday) morning after a short stand-off with Kodiak police. The man had barricaded himself inside a vehicle in the 1200 block of Mission Road after a domestic disturbance reported at about 3 a.m. The intoxicated man initially refused orders from the police to throw out his semi-automatic rifle and demanded …

The crew of the Coast Guard Alex Haley tows the disabled sailboat Nkhovazi south of Unalaska Island, Alaska, July 23, 2012. The two crewmembers, both British nationals, were brought aboard the cutter while their vessel was towed to Dutch Harbor for repairs.U.S. Coast Guard photo by the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley Stephanie Joyce/KUCB Two sailors headed from Honolulu to …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The surge of pink salmon to rivers around Kodiak Island has picked up. A week ago the harvest was just 2,200 humpies and yesterday it was just under 300,000. Total pink harvest through Monday is 1.26-million, with an all-species harvest so far this season of 3.37-million. The sockeye catch is just about 1.6-million on a harvest of 43,000 …

Cmdr. Joe Mattina, left, the aircraft commander aboard the HH-3F Pelican helicopter that saved the lives of two people aboard the fishing vessel Wayward Wind that sank in 1988, receives an Air Medal from Rear Adm. Thomas P. Ostebo during a ceremony at Air Station Kodiak, Thursday, July 19, 2012. Mattina and his crew conducted the rescue at a time …