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The M/V Tustumena pulls away from Kodiak in January, beginning a ferry service gap of more than three months. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) The public comment period for the summer ferry schedule is now open. According to the Alaska Marine Highway System’s proposed operating plan for this summer, which covers May through September, the Tustumena …

Beaked whales are a rare sight and spend most of their lives deep in the ocean. But one was found dead on a beach near Kodiak last week. KMXT’s Brian Venua joined a small team of researchers to dissect and study the whale.

The City of Kodiak is bringing back its New Year’s Eve firework show this weekend for the first time in over a decade. The show starts on Sunday at 7 p.m. at Oscar’s Spit, near St. Paul Harbor. Fireworks should be visible from anywhere facing downtown Kodiak. “We’re excited to celebrate New Year’s Eve with …

Windmills on Pillar Mountain. Listen to this story; Last month was the second hottest June on record in Kodiak., with five all-time high temperature records for individual days being broken. The all-time hottest June record was set nearly a century ago in 1936 at a 60.3 degree average temperature- June 2022 averaged out at 56.2 …

Some residents in Kodiak city limits experienced a short term power outage midday Wednesday. According to Kodiak Electric Association communications and HR specialist Nancy Sweeney, a branch fell on a power line near Baranof Street, taking power offline for nearly 500 customers in the area. The outage lasted for about an hour, according to Sweeney. …

Last Thursday was the first day in a four-day run for record high temperatures in Kodiak. The days from the 17th to the 20th of February featured temperatures just shy of the 50s, and Monday, Tuesday, and likely Wednesday were unusually warm if not record breaking. Each high temperature record was only broken by a …

This winter’s weather has been unlike many others on Kodiak Island. In fact, according to meteorologists it’s been extreme and even record breaking. Brian Brettschneider is a research scientist for the National Weather Service in Anchorage. “The month of November, it was the coldest November on record for Kodiak,” Brettschneider said. November’s cold snap was …

Kodiak residents may have been startled Wednesday morning to see a higher than expected snowfall. Forecasts early Tuesday evening were calling for no more than an inch of rain and snow. Instead, by Wednesday morning three to four inches of snow sat heavily atop the Kodiak landscape. Mike Ottenweller is a meteorologist with the National …

Kodiak is in for hurricane-force winds, and forecasters say some villages could see near-blizzard conditions Thursday evening and Friday morning. The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for all parts of Kodiak Island, effective 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. Friday morning. According to Shaun Baines, an Anchorage-based meteorologist with the National Weather …

Coming into last weekend, Kodiak was warned to brace for a heavy winter snowstorm- 55 mph winds, five to eight inches of snow, the works. And then Saturday arrived and… nothing. A dramatic flurry of snow around noontime, and then a cloudy and moderately windy day. Federal meteorologist Mike Ottenweller who works out of the …