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As of midnight Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, only early voting ballots for Tuesday’s municipal election had been reported by the Kodiak Island Borough. The only contested seats among the city council, school board, and area service boards were three seats on the Kodiak Island Borough, two of them currently held by incumbents Julie Kavanaugh and Rebecca …

The Coast Guard air station on Kodiak Island has reported its first two cases of COVID 19 on base. Two staffers were notified of their exposure to the coronavirus on Monday and have been isolated. Petty Officer First Class Ali Blackburn says contact tracing is underway to determine the source of infection and isolate others …

Despite a recent reduction in active cases as Kodiak residents recover from COVID-19, community spread cases are still occurring. The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization reported two new cases in a release today. One is a Kodiak resident who is believed to have contracted COVID through unknown community spread, the other is a close contact …

Usually, the news we report here at KMXT is about the community and not about us. But we have some news to share with you about KMXT’s Alaska Fisheries Report, which has been Maggie Wall’s labor of love for many years. There are some changes in store for the show. Listen to reporters reflect on …

After 11,000 miles and a myriad of missions through the coastal waters of Alaska, the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley has returned to its homeport in Kodiak. The Coast Guard says the Alex Haley finished its 85-day journey on October 29th. During that time, the cutter’s main mission was to safeguard the domestic …

With all Kodiak precincts reporting, we have a clearer idea of how Kodiak voted in this week’s elections, but about 3,000 absentee Kodiak ballots are yet to be counted. These are the state’s unofficial results as of Wednesday morning. With over 4,000 votes counted so far, here’s what we know now about how Kodiak is …

KMXT will be posting updates of Alaska and precincts reporting on tonight’s elections here. Note that over 120,000 absentee votes will not be counted until next week, including about 3,000 Kodiak ballots. This update is given as of 9:00 am on Nov. 4. These are the state’s unofficial results. Local Kodiak Races State Senate P …

Kodiak polling locations saw business as usual for voters over the course of Election Day this Tuesday. Anita Sholl, election official at the Mission Precinct, said that by mid-Tuesday afternoon they had seen nearly 900 voters, or about 125 voters an hour. There was even a line outside of Bayside Fire Department as early as …

Past Kodiak Votes for President Curious about how Kodiak voters have voted in previous presidential elections? It may come as no surprise that, since the year 2000, Kodiak voters have preferred the Republican nominee. But that preference is shrinking. For the first decade, the Republican nominee could count on 2/3 of Kodiak voters, but now …

Stay tuned for this Tuesday’s midday news report with host Terry Haines as he covers topics including: Details on the settlement in the Scandies Rose sinking. Election day during a rising Covid-19 count. Gale warnings with freezing spray around the island. All that and more on today’s midday news report.