Public Radio from Kodiak Island Alaska. http://www.kmxt.org Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:48:41 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.kmxt.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.kmxt.org Public Radio from Kodiak Island Alaska. http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1971&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100729.voced.mp3 Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) A conference was held Tuesday in Kodiak bringing together employers and educators to brainstorm how to better prepare Kodiak students for the workforce of the future. Jerry Andrews is the apprenticeship coordinator for the Alaska Department of Labor and Work Force Development. He says his boss, Commissioner Click Bishop, and Education Commissioner Larry LeDoux, are together seeking a solution. News - Latest Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:08:40 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1970&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100728.lodge_for_sale.mp3 Maggie Wall/KMXT (mailto:maggie.wall@kmxt.org) They say that E-Bay is a great way to sell almost anything. But it wasn't the ticket for Kodiak Island lodge owners who listed their business for sale recently. KMXT's Maggie Wall was cruising E-Bay one night and found the lodge in Larsen Bay for sale. She has this report: News - Latest Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:48:43 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1969&Itemid=2 The Madsen Bear, a sculpture owned by the City of Kodiak, has been moved to the corner of Marine Way and Center Street, at the side of the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center. It's now in a perfect position to greet those disembarking from the state ferry Tustumena at Pier 1 just across the street. The bear has been restless the last few years, first moving from its spot in front of Fishermen's Hall to the spit near the gazebo, and this week to its current location. Jay Barrett photo. News - Latest Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:54:46 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1968&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100727.vocational_ed.mp3 On this week's Talk of the Rock, incorporating more vocational education in the school system's curriculum. News - Latest Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:43:06 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1967&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100727.unemployment_down_in_june.mp3 Maggie Wall/KMXT (mailto:maggie.wall@kmxt.org) Not surprisingly, Kodiak's unemployment rate fell in the month of June, down slightly from May. The Kodiak Island Borough's 6-point-7 percent jobless rate was down a couple of notches from May's 6-point- 9 percent. It was down a full percentage point from the statewide average of 7-point-7 percent. Overall, there were 6,825 workers in the Kodiak borough workforce in June-up from 6,384 in May. That means 441 more people had jobs inside the Kodiak Island Borough in June than did in May. News - Latest Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:11:27 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1966&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100727.voc_forum.mp3 Whitney Jones/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) Many recent graduates across the country are having difficulty finding work in the current economy, but as Whitney Jones reports Kodiak High School is looking to offer a unique learning opportunity to better prepare its students. Today's (Tuesday's) meeting is open to the public and is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the KANA/Koniag Building. News - Latest Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:35:04 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1965&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100727.relay4lifefolo.mp3 Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) The 24-hour-long Relay for Life wrapped up at 6:30 Saturday evening but the memories live on. One of the Relay's organizers, Pam Foreman, looks back on the Relay's highlights with KMXT's Jay Barrett. Relay for Life event chair Mandy Clark said the preliminary total of $59,800 will grow after more pledge forms are turned in. One event, called the Quarter Mile, where quarters are lined up edge-to-edge around the quarter-mile-long track, collected about 12,000 quarters, worth about $3,000. News - Latest Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:47:49 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1963&Itemid=2 Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) A young Kodiak man was ambushed by a deer while on a motorcycle ride late last week. The Alaska State Troopers report that 22-year-old Robert Juhlin was riding his 2002 Harley Davidson southbound at Mile 22 on the Chiniak Highway, when the deer bolted into the road and struck him in the leg. The incident occurred about 7:30 in the morning on Thursday, the 22nd of July. Juhlin continued on his ride until he reached an area where he could report the incident and summon medical assistance. The Troopers report that he was wearing a helmet and only suffered unspecified injuries to his leg. The Harley was not damaged. News - Latest Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:53:50 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1962&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100726.relay_for_life.mp3 Whitney Jones/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) Cancer survivors kick off the 2010 Relay for Life at 6 p.m. Friday by walking the first lap of the 24-hour event. Whitney Jones photo For 24-hours straight Friday through Saturday, more than 300 people walked the track at Baranof Park. As Whitney Jones reports, they walked to raise money to help fight cancer. News - Latest Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:19:58 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1961&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100726.city_non-profits.mp3 Maggie Wall/KMXT (mailto:maggie.wall@kmxt.org) The Kodiak City Council last Thursday approved a new round of funding for local non-profit organizations. The city council approved a resolution awarding $89,000 to local non-profit organizations for city support for the next year. In addition to the real money contribution the city also gives a significant amount of in-kind donations, usually in the form of free rent or free use of city property. KMXT's Maggie Wall has more. News - Latest Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:05:31 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1960&Itemid=2 Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) FV Polar Star aground Tuesday in the Shelikof Strait. US Coast Guard photo The fishing vessel Polar Star, which ran aground in the Shelikof Strait on Tuesday, is being towed back to Kodiak today. The Coast Guard reported that the 58-foot seiner was refloated on midnight's high tide. After the accidental grounding Tuesday, the crew intentionally beached in the shelter of Geographic Harbor to make temporary repairs during low water. Geographic Harbor is on the Alaska Peninsula. About 1,500 gallons of fuel was lightered from the seiner to help refloat it. It's being towed back to Kodiak by the fishing vessel Atlantico, and should arrive this evening, where permanent repairs will be made. The Polar Star ran aground Tuesday morning about 65 miles west of Kodiak city. No injuries or pollution was reported, and the Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Kodiak will be investigating. News - Latest Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:42:55 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1959&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100723.deck_watch_23_july_2010.mp3 Deckwatch is produced by the public affairs office at the Kodiak Coast Guard Base. It's heard every Friday morning at 9 a.m. News - Latest Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:36:25 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1958&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100723_paul_smith_leaves_council.mp3 Maggie Wall/KMXT (mailto:maggie.wall@kmxt.org) Kodiak residents got a bit of a surprise during last night's regular city council meeting. The council accepted the resignation of one of the council members who is leaving town. KMXT's Maggie Wall has details. News - Latest Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:24:43 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1957&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100722.bears.mp3 Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) The bears in the vicinity of Kodiak City have started coming out of the high country looking for fish, but also getting into some garbage Dumpsters. Alaska Department of Fish and Game Wildlife Biologist Larry Van Daele says a handful of sightings started coming in over the weekend. News - Latest Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:48:56 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1956&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100722.carbine_murder.mp3 Diana Gish/KMXT (mailto:diana.gish@kmxt.org) A murder that took place almost 30 years ago in Kodiak remains unsolved. Fisherman Thomas Carbine was found dead in the parking lot of the Beachcomber bar around 3:30 in the morning on July 15th, 1982. The murder case is receiving a lot of attention lately. Jim Stogsdill of the Alaska Bureau of Investigation explained that even though the crime was committed almost three decades ago, the case was never closed. News - Latest Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:40:24 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1955&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100722.police_station_tour.mp3 Maggie Wall/KMXT (mailto:maggie.wall@kmxt.org) It took nearly 10 years but Kodiak now has a new police station. The modern facility - located on Mill Bay Road across from Cost-Savers - had its first public viewing Wednesday. KMXT's Maggie Wall attended the ribbon cutting ceremony and has this report: News - Latest Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:35:36 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1954&Itemid=2 Maggie Wall/KMXT (mailto:maggie.wall@kmxt.org) Time is running out for people planning to vote in the upcoming Alaska Primary Elections. This weekend is the deadline for registering to vote in the August 24th primary. You can register to vote-or to change your party affiliation-by going to the borough or city clerk's office in the borough building before the end of the day Friday. You can also register on-line at the division of elections web site. But, you'll want to scope out the site ahead of time to make sure you qualify and have access to digitized versions of required identification. The Alaska Division of Elections website is elections dot Alaska dot gov. For more information on local registrations contact the borough clerk's office at 486-9310. News - Latest Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:33:06 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1953&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100721.polar_star_aground.mp3 Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) The crew of a Kodiak-based seiner is safe after running aground in the Shelikof Strait and puncturing the hull Tuesday morning. The captain of the 58-foot fishing vessel Polar Star radioed the Coast Guard just after 10 Tuesday morning saying the crew might have to abandon ship. News - Latest Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:29:18 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1952&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100721.relay_for_life.mp3 Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) Kodiak's Relay for Life -which raises money for the American Cancer Society while remembering cancer victims and celebrating cancer survivors - is coming up this weekend at Baranof Park. Three members of the organizing committee were on KMXT's Talk of the Rock Tuesday to discuss the event. They were Pam Forman, Angela McFarland and Jessica Skonberg. News - Latest Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:25:57 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1951&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100722.alaska_fisheries_report_22_july.mp3 Coming up this week - high sockeye prices in Bristol Bay are making up for a smaller-than-expected run; the first Atlantic salmon of the season was caught last week in Southeast; and the plight of cannery workers lured to town but given nowhere to stay. We had help this week from KFSK's (http://www.kfsk.org) Melati Kaye in Petersburg, KUCB's (http://www.kucb.org) Alexandra Gutierrez in Unalaska, KBBI's (http://www.kbbi.org) Marcia Lynn in Homer and KDLG's (http://www.kdlg.org) Jacob Resneck who reported from both Kodiak and Dillingham this week. News - Latest Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:32:11 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1950&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100720.totr_relay_for_life.mp3 On this week's Talk of the Rock, the discussion revolves around Relay of Life, the 24-hour American Cancer Society fundraiser and memorial event taking place this weekend at Baranof Park in Kodiak. News - Latest Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:26:40 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1949&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100721.kodiak_hostel_turks.mp3 Jacob Resneck for KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) The Kodiak Island Hostel opened for business earlier this month offering a relatively inexpensive bed for tourists and temporary workers in the community. But owner Rhonda Maker says she's seeing first hand the housing crunch as foreign guest workers hired by the island's canneries come to her looking for a place to stay. Jacob Resneck reports. News - Latest Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:15:49 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1948&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100720_kana_koniag_building.mp3 Maggie Wall/KMXT (mailto:maggie.wall@kmxt.org) Koniag President and CEO Will Anderson in his corner office at the new KANA/Koniag Building on Near Island. Jay Barrett photo Local chamber of commerce members got an opportunity to tour the newest building on Near Island on Friday. The Kodiak Area Native Association and Koniag Incorporated hosted the monthly chamber Business After Hours mixer in the new Near Island building that they share. KMXT's Maggie Wall was there and has this report: News - Latest Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:25:54 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1947&Itemid=2 Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) Thomas Carbine. Alaska State Troopers photo The Alaska State Troopers' cold case investigator is opening up an unsolved murder committed in Kodiak 28 years ago. Investigator Jim Stogsdill of Soldotna announced the reopening on Friday. From what law enforcement could piece together, in the late afternoon of July 14th, 1982, fisherman Thomas Carbine (car-bine) got off the plane from Dillingham, where he had been fishing for salmon. After dropping off his bags, he made his way to the Beachcombers Bar on Mission Road, where he spent the night reportedly buying rounds of drinks. The last time anyone claimed to seem him alive was about 3:30 the next morning. Ten minutes later his lifeless body was found on the ground between two parked cars, with his wallet and all his money missing. Stogsdill reviewed the file and thinks the cold case could thaw. He said in an announcement that somebody might have seen or heard something that could be helpful in finding the killer. Stogsdill can be reached at the Soldotna Troopers Post, 262-4453. News - Latest Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:04:57 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1946&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100719.boro_nonprofits.mp3 Maggie Wall/KMXT (mailto:maggie.wall@kmxt.org) Non-profit organizations are an integral part of life in Kodiak. They provide services that, many times, are unavailable otherwise. Their use of volunteers helps to keep costs down. And they know how to squeeze the most out of the least amount of money. The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly last week made the borough's annual contribution to a number of local non-profits. KMXT's Maggie Wall has more. News - Latest Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:59:52 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1945&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100719.wind_and_salmon.mp3 Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) Kodiak is not only the most verdant place in Alaska - it's not called the Emerald Isle for nothing - but it could also be the most green in that other way: environmental consciousness. With the Terror Lake hydro-electric plant and the one-year-old, 1.5-megawatt windmills overlooking town, Kodiak Electric Association produces a huge portion of our electricity through sustainable means. In fact, enough electricity is made from the windmills alone to entirely power at least one of the fish plants on cannery row. John Whiddon runs Island Seafood, which has entered into a marketing partnership with KEA promoting sustainability. News - Latest Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:51:18 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1944&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100716.charmain_clamor_package.mp3 Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) Fans of female jazz vocalists such as Nina Simone, Lena Horne and Cassandra Wilson should be right at home with the music of Charmaine Clamor, who is performing here in Kodiak tomorrow (Saturday) night. She's been described as a Filipino Sarah Vaughan. Clamor (clah-MOOR) is performing at 7 o'clock Saturday evening at the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium. Tickets are available at the Kodiak Arts Council office or at the door. News - Latest Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:22:19 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1943&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100716.boro_ass_mtg.mp3 Maggie Wall/KMXT (mailto:maggie.wall@kmxt.org) The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly moved a step closer to a borough-wide sales tax last night. And it divvied up more than $363,000 dollars among a number of Kodiak's most active non-profit organizations. KMXT's Maggie Wall has more. News - Latest Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:27:19 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1942&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100716.deck_watch_16_july_2010.mp3 Deckwatch is produced by the public affairs office at the Kodiak Coast Guard Base, and is heard on KMXT every Friday morning at 9 a.m. News - Latest Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:05:41 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1941&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100715.alaska_fisheries_report.mp3 Coming up this week: The mysterious increase in the popularity of chum salmon, four fishermen rescued from their burning long-liner, and three Coast Guardsmen are remembered. We had help from KFSK's (http://www.kfsk.org) Melati Kaye and Joe Viechnicki in Petersburg, KYUK's (http://www.kyuk.org) Shane Iverson in Bethel and KCAW's (http://www.kcaw.org) Ed Ronco and company in Sitka. News - Latest Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:05:12 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1940&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100715.mr_whitekeys.mp3 Diana Gish/KMXT (mailto:diana.gish@kmxt.org) Alaskan icon Mr. Whitekeys returns to Kodiak this weekend for two performances. Whitekeys and his fabulous Spamtones were scheduled to perform a benefit for KMXT earlier in the year but had to postpone due to a family illness. He says that everyone is doing fabulously now and he's eager to come here. For Whitekeys, the allure of the island is somewhat different than that of your average tourist. News - Latest Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:50:47 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1939&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100715.trevor_chamber_exdir.mp3 Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) The board of directors of the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce announced this morning that it's hired a new executive director - and they didn't have to look very far. Trevor Brown, who has worked for the last three years as the Economic Development Specialist for the chamber, and as its accountant before that, will take over immediately. He had been the interim director since Debora King left after Crab Fest. News - Latest Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:44:57 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1938&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100715.hatcherytheft.mp3 Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) An unknown number of mature salmon were stolen from a holding pen on Monashka Creek over the weekend, dealing a major blow to the Pillar Creek Hatchery king salmon rearing project. Gary Byrne is the hatchery manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association. He says the theft could damage the program, which was just starting to see returns on a decade of work. News - Latest Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:31:06 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1937&Itemid=2 Maggie Wall/KMXT (mailto:maggie.wall@kmxt.og) The proposed borough-wide sales tax would be placed on the October 5th municipal election ballot if the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly decides to move forward with it tonight. Assembly members have said that the tax would help to pay the cost of the $80 million high school which was approved by voters in 2009. As the measure is written right now, the tax would not exceed 2 percent and could not be increased without further voter approval. It would be similar to the tax in the city, and would stand alone for sales, rents and services outside the city. Inside, the borough's tax would be added on top of the city's current 6 percent sales tax. Borough Mayor Jerome Selby said during a recent assembly work session, that this is the time for people with ideas to come forward and speak. He says the $80 million is the biggest capitol project the Kodiak community has ever faced. The borough assembly meets tonight at 7:30 in the assembly chambers. As usual, KMXT will broadcast the meeting live. News - Latest Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:19:42 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1936&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100714.culinary_winners.mp3 Maggie Wall/KMXT (mailto:maggie.wall@kmxt.org) Three Kodiak teen-agers took 2nd place in a national cooking contests held last week in Chicago. The three teens were members of Kodiak's Culinary Arts classes at Kodiak High School and competed against more than 40 other teams in the national competition. The competition was part of the 65th birthday celebration of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America organization. The celebration included a convention of 6,000 students from around the country to celebrate the decades of successes of the group that used to be known as Future Farmers of America. Kodiak's winning chefs include two recently graduated seniors: Nina Gronn and Bryce Thomas, as well as Jayse Taan who will be a senior in the fall. News - Latest Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:26:14 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1935&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100714_fitness_redu.mp3 Diana Gish/KMXT (mailto:diana.gish@kmxt.org) KMXT's Run the Rock marathon, half-marathon and 5K will take place on Saturday, October 9th.That means there are 12 and a half weeks left to train for the event. To provide some encouragement and motivation, three of Kodiak's many fitness professionals appeared on KMXT's Talk of the Rock yesterday. They talked about fitness and training and why they love to share what they do with others. Pauline Hsieh is new to Kodiak. She's a runner and she teaches Hatha yoga at A Balanced Approach. News - Latest Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:53:49 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1933&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100713.fitness.mp3 Diana Gish/KMXT (mailto:diana.gish@kmxt.org) On this edition of TALK OF THE ROCK, local wellness experts share inspiration about starting and continuing a fitness plan. Kodiak's cross country coach Marcus Dunbar, Kodiak Athletic Club owner Lindsay Knight and Kodiak newcomer, Yoga instructor Pauline Hsieh share their insights with host Diana Gish and you. News - Latest Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:17:39 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1932&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100713.redistricting_brodie.mp3 Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) The main reason the United States Government counts its population every 10 years is to determine how many representatives to Congress each area gets. With a population around 600,000, the state of Alaska only gets one congressman. Every state gets two senators, no matter the population. The state of Alaska uses the census information in the same way: to determine the areas our state house and senate members will represent. As Senate President, Gary Stevens is one of the people who get to appoint one of five representatives to the reapportionment board, which will decide the legislative boundaries for the next 10 years. His selection is Kodiak realtor Bob Brodie, who acknowledges the position is sensitive, the job important, and sometimes controversial. News - Latest Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:56:15 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1931&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100713.when_crab_was_king.mp3 Maggie Wall/KMXT (mailto:maggie.wall@kmxt.org) You've no doubt heard the stories of crab fishermen who ripped up $100 dollar bills just because they could. Or the one about the guy who paid cash for a new shiny tricked-out pickup and was so drunk he forgot he'd bought it. Yes, those are true stories. If you're into good fishing stories about the wild and amazing days of Kodiak's King crab fishery, you'll be happy to learn that the popular radio series about the fishery is about to begin another round of new programs. The award-winning program When Crab Was King: An Oral History of the Kodiak King Crab Fishery documents the history of Kodiak's King crab fishery from its very earliest days in the 40s to its crash in the early 80s. News - Latest Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:53:22 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1930&Itemid=2 Jay Barrett/KMXT A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew medevacs an Israeli crewmember off the 964-foot container ship Zim Haifa about 97 miles east of Cold Bay July 12, 2010. A 48-year-old male reportedly injured his left hand after a valve dropped on it and the helicopter crew transferred him to the Cold Bay medical clinic. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Air Station Kodiak A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew medevac'd an Israeli crewman off the 964-foot container ship Zim Haifa about 97 miles east of Cold Bay Monday. Forty-eight-year-old Aleksey Tabachnikov reportedly injured his left hand after machinery dropped on it. The Coast Guard received a call Sunday afternoon requesting a medevac for the crewmember. Due to the distance of the Zim Haifa at the time of call, the Coast Guard recommended the vessel sail toward Cold Bay so it would be in range of the Dolphin helicopter, which was forward deployed there. The helicopter crew hoisted Tabachnikov about 3 p.m. Monday and transferred him to Cold Bay where he was transferred to medical clinic. He was reported in stable condition. The Zim Haifa is dry cargo Israeli-flagged vessel and is on its way from South Korea to the Panama Canal. Weather at the time of the hoist included rain with a northeast wind of 10 to 25 mph. News - Latest Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:55:58 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1929&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100707.outdoor_women.mp3 Maggie Wall/KMXT (mailto:maggie.wall@kmxt.org) Kodiak women will have a unique opportunity to learn outdoor skills from hunting to kayaking, A-T-V operation to how to use a map and compass. The fee for the Becoming and Outdoors Woman workshops is $150 prior to July 23rd. Afterwards, the fee will be $175. You can find more information here (http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/Static/bow/PDFs/KodiakBOW2010Packet.pdf ). KMXT's Maggie Wall has the details. News - Latest Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:46:08 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1928&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100712.nakat_fire_rescue.mp3 Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) Four Kodiak fishermen are in good shape after being forced to abandon their burning fishing boat five miles south of Sitkinak Island on Sunday morning. The crew of the 52-foot Nakat were hoisted from their liferaft around 10:30 a.m. by an Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk after being alerted by the crew's EPIRB, which went off about 8:30 a.m. Skipper Joe Macinko told the Coast Guard the fire started in the boat's galley stove and kept flaring up as he tried to extinguish it. News - Latest Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:44:59 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1927&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100712.language_family_.mp3 Diana Gish/KMXT (mailto:diana.gish@kmxt.org) A recent language study has offered more proof to support the connection between central Asia and the native populations of North America. While the theory has been around for a few centuries, scientists have never come to full agreement about it. A new book published by the University of Alaska is now adding more weight to the theory and is creating a buzz among academics from multiple disciplines. The book examines culture change, language and genetics and is called The Dene-Yeniseian Connection. It's a publication of the University of Alaska Fairbanks' department of Anthropology and the Alaska Native Language Center. James Kari is a professor emeritus of the University and one of the book's editors. He appeared on KMXT's Talk of the Rock where he explained the hypothesis that the book addresses. News - Latest Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:15:06 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1926&Itemid=2 KODIAK, Alaska - Coast Guard Lt. Conor Sullivan, right, relieves Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Dorval as the commanding officer of the North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center, July 9, 2010, during an official ceremony at the training center on Coast Guard base Kodiak as Capt. Craig Lloyd, District 17 chief of response, looks on. Under Dorval's command, the NPRFTC has trained more than 1,800 cutter and air station students in 52 separate sessions allowing operational units to amass 21 significant violations and over 1,000 federal fisheries boardings. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Charly Hengen News - Latest Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:15:13 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1925&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100709.uscg_folo.mp3 Ed Ronco/KCAW (mailto:edronco@kcaw.org) The U.S. Coast Guard released the names of the Air Station Sitka crew members aboard a helicopter that went down in the waters off La Push, Washington Wednesday. The survivor of the crash is 29-year-old Lieutenant Lance Leone.He's recovering from non-life-threatening injuries at a Seattle hospital. Killed in the accident were Lieutenant Sean Krueger, Petty Officer First Class Adam Hoke, and Petty Officer Second Class Brett Banks. From Sitka, KCAW's (http://www.kcaw.org) Ed Ronco has more. News - Latest Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:03:58 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1924&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100707_local_bands.mp3 Maggie Wall/KMXT (mailto:maggie.wall@kmxt.org) If you want to hear a good band, you don't have to go off-island. There are plenty of talented musicians in town who are finding a place for themselves in local clubs. That is the message that Kodiak musician Bear Becker wants to get out to people looking for a great night on the town. KMXT's Maggie Wall has more. News - Latest Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:59:36 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1923&Itemid=2 SEATTLE (AP) — The Coast Guard has identified the four crewmen from Air Station Sitka that crashed yesterday off the Washington coast in an MH-60 Jayhawk they were ferrying home from Astoria, Ore. The survivor is Lt. Lance D. Leone of Ventura, Calif. The four killed in the crash are identified as Lt. Sean D. Krueger of Seymour, Conn.; Adam C. Hoke of Great Falls, Mont.; and Brett M. Banks of Rock Spring, Wyo. News - Latest Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:40:31 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1922&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100708.carnegie.mp3 Diana Gish/KMXT (mailto:diana.gish@kmxt.org) Two Kodiak teens had the rare opportunity to sing at a New York City landmark recently. KMXT's Diana Gish has the story. News - Latest Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:33:19 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1921&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100708.alaska_fisheries_report_8_july_sm.mp3 Coming up this week, the salmon are late in Bristol Bay, while prices are good in Southeast; and getting your lox on the rocks .We had help this week from KDLG's (http://www.kdlg.org) Jacob Resneck in Dillingham, KFSK's (http://www.kfsk.org) Melati Kaye in Petersburg, KCAW's (http://www.kcaw.org) Ed Ronco in Sitka, and NPR's (http://www.npr.org) Michelle Norris in Washington D.C. The Coast Guard is a big part of life for Alaska's commercial fishermen, and many owe their lives to their heroics. We send our condolences to the families and friends of the Air Station Sitka Coast Guardsmen who were killed in the helicopter crash Wednesday in Washington State. News - Latest Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:13:01 +0100 http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1920&Itemid=2 /images/stories/mp3/100707.uscg_crash.mp3 Ed Ronco/KCAW (http://www.kcaw.org) A Coast Guard helicopter with an Air Station Sitka crew aboard has gone down in the waters near James Island, Washington. The Coast Guard says in a news release that it lost contact with the helicopter just after 9:30 Pacific Time this morning - about 45 minutes after it departed from Air Station Astoria, in Oregon, with a Sitka crew aboard. Petty officer Eric Chandler says rescue efforts are underway. He says two crewmen were picked up by a good Samaritan vessel not long after the crash, while a third was picked up by a small Coast Guard response boat. The fourth crewman is still missing. Names of the crew members have not been released. The Coast Guard tells KING-TV in Seattle that the chopper was on its way to be based in Sitka from Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The chopper was flown to Astoria, and an Air Station Sitka crew flew down yesterday to pick it up. The Sitka crew was aboard at the time of the accident. The National Weather Service reports the weather at the time of the crash was sunny and 80 degrees with east winds at 10 miles per hour. Chandler, with the Coast Guard, says a cause for the accident is unclear. KING-TV is quoting a local utility as saying the chopper struck a power cable in the area. News - Latest Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:27:31 +0100