Dylan Simard

Kodiak’s election results have yet to be finalized; both the borough and city governments will do their canvassing of the election on October 13. There are some apparent winners and some races that are still too close to call. The race for the second city council seat, between incumbent Terry Haines and Tracy Craig, is …

A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 helicopter crew in forward deployment in Kotzebue rescued three teenagers stranded near Selawik Lake on Tuesday. The three teens, who were 16, 14, and 13, had gone on a hunting trip the previous day. They did not return that evening, and State Troopers called in the Coast Guard …

KMXT’s Dylan Simard is joined by Sarah Lewis of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service to discuss canning, generational knowledge, and the Cooperative Extension Service.

Listen to this story; Unofficial returns from Tuesday showed Scott Smiley take a commanding lead in his bid for a seat on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly. He reportedly received more votes than both incumbents to likely unseat assembly member Dennis Symmons. Incumbent James Turner came in second in the five-way race for two …

Election day for the Kodiak Island Borough and City Elections is today. In person precinct polling places are at the Bayside Fire Hall and Womens Bay Fire Hall for the Borough, and the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium and Teen Center for residents of the Borough and City of Kodiak. In person voting will be from …

Authorities sealed off the area around a Kodiak salvage yard Friday afternoon. Military and law enforcement personnel investigated what they described as a suspicious device in a scrap yard dumpster in Bell’s Flats. Coast Guard Petty Officer Lexie Preston says the Coast Guard Investigative Service and Alaska State Troopers had responded to Nick’s Auto Wrecking …

Kodiak reached a grim milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic Wednesday, rising to first place among counties and boroughs in the New York Times’ ranking for cases per 100,000. The Kodiak Island Borough clocked in at 263 cases per 100,000, after 85 cases were reported in one day. That number may not be the whole story- …

Catch limits for Coho salmon went up mid- season in the Pasagshak River drainage after ADF&G counted more than 6,200 silvers in the area: that’s more than five times the escapement goal set by managers. Tyler Polum, sport fishing area manager for Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Kodiak office, says that it’s not typical …

KMXT’s Dylan Simard is joined by Angela Rodell, CEO of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, to discuss the permanent fund dividend, “meme stocks,” and cryptocurrencies.

Joint maneuvers between the U.S. Coast Guard and Japanese military were held recently in the Aleutians. A statement from the Coast Guard on Saturday says Dutch Harbor hosted the Japanese Military Special Defense Force training vessel Kashima along with the U.S. cutter Kimball. The two crews performed a uniformed salute at sea, as part of …