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KMXTThis week we hear about Alaska students being part of a mass panic at the National Speech and Debate Association's tournament, Harbormaster Dave Johnson's charges were dismissed by the state, a Kodiak dog has parvovirus, the Griffin Memorial Hospital could be used for museum storage, state land is for sale on Kupreanof Strait for the first time, and Kodiak was part of the "No Kings Day" protests on June 14. -
Brian Venua/KMXTAn "unidentified attendee" got on stage and interrupted a performer in Des Moines, Iowa, which led to the crowd evacuating. No major injuries were reported by the National Speech and Debate Association, however at least two Alaska teens were bruised in the rush.
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If untreated, infected dogs face an over 90% fatality rate, owners should look for symptoms like vomiting, loss of appetite, or fever. It's unknown how any of the animals contracted the virus. -
About 200 people lined downtown with signs sharing disapproval for President Donald Trump. It's the fifth protest this year, and second-largest one so far. -
The issue has grown so urgent that lawmakers are hoping to do something about it. -
Illegal fishing took center stage at a recent Senate subcommittee meeting led by Sen. Dan Sullivan. -
Some of the larger ticket items include roughly $13 million for education support, $6 million for the debt service and $2 million for the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center. -
Officials with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and Alaska Aerospace Corporation announced a wide-ranging agreement Tuesday, June 10, to tap into the growing market for rocket launches from the state's two launch facilities. -
A dozen young fishermen completed Kodiak’s first training program to give them an idea of life on the water and learn marine safety. The three day certification program finished days before some of the first openers for salmon seining around the archipelago. -
Chiniak –less than 45 miles south of Kodiak – has a brand new mini-resort that opened this month. That comes after years of construction and recent zoning changes resulted in this property that the owners say could make Chiniak the “Girdwood of Kodiak”. -
The whale washed up in late May, and biologists suspect it was killed by orcas a week before the corpse was found. It's the fourth dead whale reported around the archipelago this year and the seventh found around Alaska. -
The work group, which does not currently include representatives from the city, supported moving forward with the borough, the school district and the city to split the basic building costs for North Star elementary school equally.
