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The COVID-19 outbreak at the Kodiak Coast Guard base has been contained through aggressive contact tracing. That was the message from commanders at Thursday’s virtual town hall meeting for Coast Guard service members and their families, despite an outbreak of more than a dozen cases, with more expected. Capt. Riley Gatewood, Capt. Bryan Dailey and …

The Coast Guard is holding a virtual town hall meeting for its Kodiak service members and families at five o’clock tonight. The Thursday meeting will give them an opportunity to ask questions about the COVID-19 outbreak, which so far involves at least 13 service members and dependents. The town hall will be streamed live on …

Three more COVID-19 cases were reported in the Kodiak region Thursday morning, which brings the total number reported since April to 93. The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization says 17 of those cases are currently active locally. One of the cases involves a resident who was a close contact of previously reported cases. The second is …

There will be two new members on the Borough Assembly soon. That’s according to the unofficial election results released Wednesday morning. Geoff Smith and Aimee Williams will likely join incumbent Julie Kavanaugh on the Assembly after the election is ratified later this month. Incumbent Rebecca Skinner was not re-elected to her seat. And the mandate …

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 …