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The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization has the following press release. KMXT posted as received, with minor editing. NEWS RELEASE Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization For Immediate Release – March 20, 2020 ESC COVID-19 Update Kodiak, Alaska – As of March 20, 2020 there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Kodiak – …

Click arrow below to listen to Wednesday evening’s forum of the Kodiak Emergency Services Council which was broadcast on KMXT. KMXT received the following press release from the Kodiak Emergency Services Council (ESC). We are posting it as received, with minor editing. For Immediate Release – March 18, 2020 ESC COVID-19 Update – …

In today’s newscast: The Alaska Medical Employees Association called off it’s strike against Providence Hospital. From our Wednesday Lowdown program: The city manager, borough manager and city fire chief talk about local coronavirus prevention and how the community is preparing for a potential outbreak of COVID-19. From our Tuesday Lowdown program: Safeway Manager …

On today’s edition of The Lowdown, city manager Mike Tvenge, borough manager Michael Powers and fire chief Jim Mullican sat down to talk about Kodiak’s coronavirus prevention measures and strategies. The biggest takeaways should sound familiar by now — practice good hygiene and stay separated from others as much as possible. “The only way to …

An intermittent sensor reading halted the launch of an Astra rocket on Monday and ended the startup spaceflight company’s efforts to win a multi-million-dollar launch competition. Astra officials said at a press conference after the launch was stopped that the sensor reading was serious enough to warrant scrapping the launch as a safety precaution. The …

Most of us have them. Dusty old boxes, totes, hard-drives, shoeboxes of photos, many containing people we can’t even identify. Yet, there seems to be an urge to hang on to the past, to that connection to family and old friends, even if we don’t know who they are. KMXT’s Maggie Wall has this …

In this newscast: Kodiak City Council advanced to public hearing a controversial ordinance which would allow sales of edible marijuana products. Kodiak City Mayor and City Council remember Dr. Bob Johnson and Coach Joe Floyd, who died within the last month. Endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales are continuing to drop in number and scientists aren’t …

Astra CEO Chris Kemp is keeping expectations low for the company’s upcoming launch at the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Narrow Cape. “We’re taking a rocket that’s never flown before and we’re attempting to reach orbit. So it’s an incredibly difficult challenge and we’re trying to lower expectations as much as possible that we’ll get everything …

The Kodiak City Council has one public hearing and a number of resolutions on tonight’s regular meeting agenda. The Kodiak City Council will hold a public hearing tonight on an ordinance authorizing a 25-year lease with Island Air for parcels at the Trident Basin Float Plane facility. According to the meeting packet the request for …

At its work session on Tuesday the Kodiak City Council will review proposed sites for the new fire hall. The current fire station is below the tsunami inundation area. In fact, there used to be a plaque marking the high water line from the 1964 tsunami outside the old police station which was located next …