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Each writer will receive $50,000 to help support their craft — one of largest awards granted to new authors.

Cowboy Carter has spurred plenty of discussion for being a groundbreaking country album. But for one critic, it calls to mind a cult favorite '70s psych-rock concept album.

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Best known for his role with The Walkmen, as a solo artist he makes unabashedly joyful, sweetly innocent and playful music. And only he would arrive with a barbershop quartet.

Members of the state of Alaska’s Office of Substance Misuse and Addiction Prevention, or OSMAP will be in Kodiak on Thursday, Oct. 13 for a community discussion on addiction and opioid misuse. The state has seen a surge in the number of overdoses linked to the synthetic opioid fentanyl since the pandemic. That’s the case …

St. Paul Preschool at the Lutheran Church in Kodiak is closing, adding to the shortage of childcare options on the island. Administrators say they can’t find a new director to keep the school open. Parents were given letters late last week that said the last day of school for preschoolers at St. Paul Preschool is …

Eight candidates in the running to be Alaska’s next governor, senator and U.S. House representative will be in Kodiak early next week for this year’s fisheries debates. The gubernatorial debate will be held Monday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. between Democratic candidate Les Gara and former governor Bill Walker – who’s running as an Independent. …

by Claire Stremple, KTOO Half of the first language speakers of Kodiak Alutiiq died between 2020 and 2022. But that’s not stopping new speakers from learning the language and passing along a distinct culture and worldview to the next generations. Stevi Frets and Max Pyles joke as they do the dishes at the Sun’aq Tribe’s language …

Six more communities are being added to telecommunications company GCI’s Aleutian Fiber Project. The massive undertaking is now slated to bring high speed internet to a dozen communities along the Alaskan Peninsula – including three villages in the Kodiak archipelago. GCI announced last week that the Native village of Port Lions – on Kodiak Island …

The city of Kodiak is in the beginning phases of acquiring the Griffin Memorial Hospital building – located just outside the downtown core. The state of Alaska owns the building, which is the square, white facility that sits next to the Russian Orthodox Church, near Kodiak’s waterfront. The building is currently vacant, and back in …