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The Island Trails Network recently received a $1 million federal grant for marine debris removal around the Kodiak Archipelago – over five times its normal annual budget. The organization plans to use that funding to both clean larger amounts of debris and recycle more of the plastic they pick up. Island Trails Network is a …

In many homes across Alaska, Christmas trees stay up through mid-January in celebration of Russian Orthodox Christmas, which falls each year on January 7. There’s days of feasting and praying – and starring. And after two years of relative quiet due to the pandemic, parishioners on Kodiak Island are ready to welcome back the tradition. …

Doug Letch, who has served in incoming Senate President Gary Stevens’ office for more than two decades as a legislative aide, retired on Friday. He’s been working remotely from Florida since Alaska’s legislative session ended in May, and on his first day off the job, he said he was still getting used to the new …

Boats stacked with empty crab pots in Kodiak’s St. Paul Harbor, Jan. 16, 2023 (Brian Venua/KMXT) This post was updated Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. Kodiak’s Tanner crab fleet is continuing to stand down, saying they still haven’t come to an agreement with local processors on price. Nat Nichols is an area management biologist with the …

Brian Venua/KMXT Kodiak High School students came together to start an open pantry to alleviate food insecurity for their peers. The fundraiser was created as part of a civic engagement course they took to learn about systemic inequality, where they were required to create a service project. One of the students, John Eaton, a freshman, …

It’s been nearly three years since the deadly sinking of the F/V Scandies Rose near Sutwik Island, off the Alaskan Peninsula. Now, pieces of the ship have started washing ashore, bringing closure to some family members of the crew members lost. Seven men were on board the Scandies Rose when she went down during stormy …

South Korea's liberal opposition wins nearly two-thirds of the seats in parliamentary elections, blowing a crushing defeat to President Yoon Suk Yeol.

It's been 30 years since the Rwandan genocide. In some places today, survivors live side-by-side with perpetrators in so-called reconciliation villages.

If the current conflict between J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar and Drake feels confusing, it's because the artists often hailed as hip-hop's "big three" have never played by the same rules.

Avian influenza is being detected in more dairy herds. Scientists are paying close attention to how the virus is changing and what that means for its pandemic potential.