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KMXT has been featuring essays from a group of Kodiak students, who have just wrapped up a summer video production workshop called “Culture and COVID-19.” Their assignment: to produce short videos on the impact on the coronavirus pandemic on their lives. The Kodiak History Museum plans to incorporate them into a virtual museum exhibit this …

On this edition of the KMXT Midday News, today’s top stories include: Senator Coghill has requested a recount after his narrow defeat in Alaska’s Republican primary. The UAF hockey team is quarantined. More local student’s essays are shared from the ongoing series. Testing for Covid-19 in AK is dropping off. A Western AK school district …

The New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune and others contend that the tech companies illegally copied their work without seeking permission or ever paying the publishers.

The first day of school is always full of excitement, but Tuesday wasn’t your normal first day of school, not for kids in the Kodiak Island Borough School District. For the first time ever, students wore masks to school and started their day with temperature checks, all to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Lance …

Bison in Montana. Photo courtesy of the Old Harbor Alliance. It was a journey that took three bison thousands of miles from a remote Montana Indian reservation. They traveled by land, by air and then by sea to reach their new home near Old Harbor on Kodiak Island. They finally arrived Thursday night. Melissa Berns-Svoboda …

For the past two weeks, Kodiak’s COVID-19 Count has been at a standstill. But Monday, there were two new reports of infection, and Tuesday another three cases were added to the list, bringing the total number reported on Kodiak Island to 69. Among the five new cases, one is a Kodiak resident, who is currently …

The Kodiak Island COVID-19 count has climbed to 66 cases, with two new reports of infection. One is travel-related. The other is a case of community transmission, the second reported so far. The Kodiak Emergency Services Organization says both have been classified as active locally. 20200901 Positive Test Announcement – Case 65-66 Staff from the …

On this edition of the KMXT Midday News, today’s top stories include: Details on a fishing vessel that required rescuing on the west side of Kodiak. The last day before Senator Gary Stevens and other runners will learn the fate of the recent elections. The Bering Sea pollock fleet’s surprise visitors. More young documentarian essays. …

On this edition of the KMXT Midday News, today’s top stories include: An update from the EOC. Local election updates. Details on the Brother Frances Shelter in Anchorage. The latest Covid-19 information.

The Tustumena ferry is out of service until Thursday. Amanda Becker, the Kodiak ferry terminal manager, says the weather forecasted for this week near the Barren islands will make the seas bigger than what the Tustumena can currently handle safely. Tustumena’s first port of call in Kodiak will be Friday, September 25. The ship’s stabilizers, …