(From left to right) Skoda public relations representative Guillaume Jolit, journalist Christophe Bourgeois, and photographer Joel Peyrou stand in front of Kodiaq car. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Czech car company, Skoda, will be touring automotive journalists around Kodiak Island over the next few weeks. Writers from the Czech Republic, Russia, the United Kingdom, and France …
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Chair on stage. (Photo byHernán Piñera / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT St. Mary’s School is putting together a venue for Kodiak residents to share their musical prowess, their tall tales, and their dance moves. The talent show will follow the example other communities in Alaska have set. Specifically, Sitka’s Monthly Grind. Jeff Budd from Sitka flew into Kodiak this week to …
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Kodiak Mayor Pat Branson accepts a $25,000 donation from Skoda on behalf of the Kodiak Community Foundation. Kayla Desroches/KMXT A local grant program just distributed a large donation to community nonprofits. In 2016, Czech company Skoda flew to Kodiak and filmed a commercial on the island for its new SUV, Kodiaq with a q, which played on the island’s wild …
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Kodiak Mayor Pat Branson accepts a $25,000 donation from Skoda on behalf of the Kodiak Community Foundation. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Last year, the Kodiak Community Foundation received a donation from Czech car maker Skoda, and now they’re ready to select grantees. Last year, Skoda filmed a commercial in Kodiak for its SUV, Kodiaq with a q, and featured City Mayor Pat …
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Pat Branson in a screen capture from Skoda’s new commercial. Courtesy of Skoda Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Czech car maker, Skoda, has released a second commercial filmed in Kodiak. Last year, a film crew dropped by the island to create a commercial for the first model playing off the island’s wild, untamed reputation. They featured City Mayor Pat Branson in a …
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Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Community Foundation recently awarded grants to three local nonprofits. Ginny Austerman, the chair of the foundation advisory committee, says the organization is an affiliate of the Alaska Community Foundation and currently receives the bulk of its funds from the Rasmuson Foundation. Austerman says the Kodiak Community Foundation received three applicants this year and funded all of …
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