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The first draft of the Kodiak Island Borough School District’s budget includes staff and funding cuts for the upcoming school year. It comes at the same time as the State Legislature approved a bill to increase education funding – although it’s unclear whether it will ultimately be signed into law by Gov. Mike Dunleavy. As …

At least 2,000 Kodiak residents lost electricity around 3:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon for about an hour, as a power outage swept across some neighborhoods within city limits and the Monashka Bay area, just north of the city. According to the Kodiak Electric Association’s outage map, 40% of residents in town were experiencing a loss of …

An ill-fated eagle caused a power outage in the Aleutian Homes neighborhood of Kodiak on Tuesday afternoon. According to Kodiak Electric Association CEO Darren Scott, an eagle was likely standing in the wrong spot on a transformer attached to the power line when it was electrocuted. “Well if he gets in the wrong position, and …

UPDATE 8:20 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2 Here is a slightly different version of story that KMXT’s Maggie Wall recorded. Click arrow to listen to report, or continue below to read story. The Coast Guard has identified the five men missing following the New Year’s Eve sinking of the F/V Scandies Rose. Included are two …

Brrrrr! It’s cold out there. The official temperature at the airport was a big goose egg at noon today — 0 degrees. KMXT received the following Nixle message from the Kodiak Police Department. Official temp at noon in Kodiak on Jan. 2 was zero.This thermometer is from a home in Bells Flats Thursday morning. …

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE Update 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Coast Guard has suspended search for missing crew members from Scandies Rose on Wednesday evening. The Coast Guard continues its search for five crewmen missing since the Dutch Harbor based crabber Scandies Rose sank near Sutwik Island, off the Alaska Peninsula Tuesday night. The vessel sank around …

Happy New Year from all of us at KMXT! We have a mix of regular programming and special new year programming for you on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Specials are listed in caps. New Year’s Eve Programming 4:00pm All Things Considered 6:00pm CLIMATE ONE 7:00pm BEAT LATINO: DECADE OF PROTEST 8:00pm TENT …

The Kodiak History Museum won the Governor’s Arts & Humanities Distinguished Service to the Humanities in Community Award. According to a press release from the Alaska Humanities Forum, the museum, is being recognized for its service “as an essential and beloved community resource dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and sharing the full breadth of the history …

Photo of Earth taken by Astra’s Rocket 3.2 Astra, a California-based aerospace company, successfully launched their Rocket 3.2 into orbit from the Pacific Spaceport Complex near Pasagshak Tuesday afternoon. According to Astra Head of Communications Alexis Georgeson, their goal was not primarily to reach orbit. But the rocket’s successful launch may indicate that the changes …

Today on the midday news report with Jared Griffin: A live update from the EOC. Forty-eight new cases of Covid-19 reported for Kodiak Island. Kodiak ranks as the most severe Covid-19 hotspot in Alaska. The Alaska Department of Corrections announces the third death of an inmate due to Covid-19. All that and more on today’s …