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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 …

In this newscast: A rally to support the Alaska Marine Highway System is getting underway at Noon at the ferry dock, Public Works Director tells residents to keep dripping water in their homes as ground is still frozen enough to freeze them, From KMXT’s News Archives — Dr. Bob Johnson, who passed away last month, …

Kodiak will join nine other coastal Alaska cities at noon Alaska time on Tuesday in a rally for the Alaska Marine Highway System. Events are scheduled from Dutch Harbor to Ketchikan to bring attention to AMHS’ series of struggles over the last few months and year that have resulted in every ferry out of service, …

A California-based rocket start-up company called Astra is coming back to Kodiak for a launch at Narrow Cape this month. Until last week Astra was still operating under “stealth mode,” meaning they weren’t publicizing their activities or announcing their involvement in previous Kodiak launches. Multiple tech and business profiles of the recently unveiled company have …

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Mary Peltola gave video presentations on the first day of Kodiak’s commercial fisheries trade show, ComFish. The seafood industry is facing historic challenges and the pair hope closing a loophole on Russian imports could help bolster Alaska’s presence in markets. The expo for ComFish was held in the Kodiak …

Kodiak’s city manager will resign from his full time position at the end of this month, after seven plus years on the job. City Manager Mike Tvenge said he is willing to sign a contract as the interim manager starting in May. A sticking point to that contract being finalized though, is figuring out how …

A medical employees union in Kodiak has been working without a signed contract for nearly a year. Negotiations over earned sick leave and vacation time came to a stalemate in October, but talks are set to resume this week. Union members unanimously authorized a strike this weekend, but they’re hoping they won’t have to use …

The Kodiak History Museum has a new exhibit featuring artwork from the Kodiak High School’s advanced art class. Lynn Walker, the museum’s curator, said it’s an experiment to showcase local artists. “We’re trying to open up our gallery space in between our big temporary exhibits to feature local artists and serve that community need,” she …