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The Imperial Immersion Suit by Survitec. The USCG says the survival suit may have a serious defect. (photo: Survitec Group) By Dylan Simard, KMXT News The Coast Guard has found a serious defect with a common brand of survival suits that may reduce their usefulness in emergencies. Survival suits, also called immersion suits, are full-body …

This week marks the start of Kodiak’s first cruise ship season since 2019 – 565 passengers will be on board the Roald Amundsen when she docks at Pier 2 in Kodiak on Thursday. Aimee Williams is the executive director of the visitors center Discover Kodiak. “This is a good sign that life is returning back …

A Kodiak Public Health employee discusses health services offered at the Kodiak Public Health Center. The health center staff was not affiliated or an organizer of the rally. (Photo: Dylan Simard/KMXT) More than 100 people attended an abortion rights march in Kodiak over the weekend to protest the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Organizers said …

In Kodiak, 193 cases of COVID-19 were reported to the state over the last month – 46 of those cases were from just the last week. That’s not a surge, but it does fit a statewide rise in cases of the virus – Alaska’s Department of Health reported a 10% increase in COVID cases since …

The M/V Tustumena returns to service this week. That’s the only Alaska Marine Highway System ferry that sails between all 13 ports of call out the Aleutian Chain – and regularly visits Kodiak Island. When it’s running, the M/V Tustumena services Homer, Seldovia, Kodiak, and the Aleutian chain. (Photo courtesy Alaska Marine Highway System) The …

Early morning fog at Kodiak high school. Kayla Desroches / KMXT Listen to this story; The state budget signed by Governor Dunleavy in June sends $1.18 million to the Kodiak Island Borough School District. That was expected, according to the district’s chief financial officer Sandy Daws. But it doesn’t recoup KIBSD’s fund balance, which was …

The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge’s Visitor Center will be suspending some in-person kids programs this month due to high COVID-19 numbers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently moved the Kodiak Island Borough into a “high” risk level of community transmission for the virus. The Borough has seen 39 new cases of the COVID …

Listen to this story; Kodiak is currently under a “moderate” risk of fire danger. That means it’s drier than normal and accidental fire could spark somewhat easily. Lee Finlayson is the chief of Bayside Fire Department, which is in the Kodiak Island Borough just outside of city limits. He says there’s currently no fireworks ban …

The Alutiiq Museum is one of six Alaska organizations set to receive a share of a $12.5 million grant from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. The funds will be split between six organizations that are part of a collaboration called the Community Organized Restoration and Learning – or CORaL – Network. The network …

Listen to this story; The village of Ouzinkie on Spruce Island has an Orthodox church, and the far side of the island also has its own chapel over the grave site of St. Herman. But the three monks who live in the middle part of the island only have a small indoor chapel in their …