Kodiak, AK

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• Winter Storm Sinks Boats in Kodiak Harbors

  January 10th, 2012
  KMXT Public Radio News After nearly ten inches of snow last night, followed by rain, all manner of inconveniences struck Kodiak this morning. The harbormaster is advising all boat owners to go shovel the snow off their vessel immediately. Marty Owen says three boats have ...

• Skating Death Inspires Ice Safety Program

  January 12th, 2012
  KMXT Public Radio News A tragic accident has inspired Kodiak Island Search and Rescue to offer a free workshop on ice safety. One year ago Kerry Felton, who was at the time vice president of KISAR, died. -- (Ice Safety 1 :12 "He was ice skating on Island Lake and he got too ...

• Updated KATS Plan Ready for Review

  January 12th, 2012
  KMXT Public Radio News There's a new draft update for the Kodiak Area Mobility Management Plan, and it could mean changes to how the Kodiak Area Transit System, or KATS, busses are operated and who can ride them. Jon Spring is an independent transportation consultant in ...

• KHS Bears Don't Hibernate

  January 16th, 2012
  KMXT Public Radio News The Kodiak High School Bears had a pretty good weekend of sports. The wrestling squad placed well in a tournament at Dimond High in Anchorage, while the girls basketball team swept visiting Colony. The Bears placed second out of 23 teams at the Glenn ...

• Alutiiq Language on the Mend

  January 16th, 2012

• 15-year-old wins her second Kodiak big buck

  January 18th, 2012
  Anchorage Daily News By JAMES BROOKS KODIAK, Alaska - The amazing thing isn't that 15-year-old Stephanie Blondin won this year's Eric Lochman Big Buck Contest, beating hunters many times her age. In 2006, Blondin won the contest as a 10-year-old, just four years removed ...

• Kodiak fish center now has new name

  January 18th, 2012
  Anchorage Daily News AP University of Alaska Fairbanks officials announced in a release that the new name is the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center. The University of Alaska Board of Regents gave the OK to the new name last month. Paula Cullenberg, the co-director of ...

• Local Brewery to Debut Newest Creation in Anchorage

  January 19th, 2012
  KMXT Public Radio News Kodiak Island Brewery will debut its newest creation this weekend in Anchorage at the Beer and Barley Wine Festival. Midnight Sunshine is a collaboration between the brewery's Ben Millstein and Ben Johnson from the Midnight Sun Brewery in Anchorage. ...

• Right Whale Sighting Unusual for Kodiak Island Waters

  January 5th, 2012
  KMXT Public Radio News One of the photos used by scientists to identify a Right Whale visiting Uganik Bay in December. Scientist Kate Wynne says the smooth back and rostrum (upper jaw, on the right) are distinctive enough to make a positive identification. ...

• 45th Annual Joe Floyd Basketball Tourney Tips Off

  January 6th, 2012
  KMXT Public Radio News The 45 th Annual Joe Floyd Winter Classic Basketball Tournament kicked off yesterday afternoon here in Kodiak. The Bears are hosting teams from Cordova, Klawock, Ketchikan and Juneau's Thunder Mountain. It's the second year the former Christmas ...

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