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Today (Wednesday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported thirty-four (34) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough. Ten (10) cases are close contacts of previously reported cases, eleven (11) cases are of unknown transmission, two (2) are travel related, and eleven (11) cases are classified as community spread. Two hundred …

Kodiak had a prominent role in a new podcast discussing climate change and ocean acidification. The Future Ocean podcast is produced by Dorothy Childers and hosted by KMXT veteran Maggie Wall. It tells the story of climate change and its impact on Alaska’s marine health. In the most recent episode, Kodiak was featured as a …

Kodiak Island was hammered with heavy rain and winds over Halloween weekend, during which 4.6 inches of rain were dumped on the island, and 62 mph winds buffeted the coasts. According to Joe Wegman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Anchorage, it wasn’t your run-of-the-mill storm. “The weather occurred due to a strong …

Four people are safe after a commercial trawler struck rocks near Kodiak Island and the crew abandoned ship early Monday morning. That’s according to the U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Aaron Gardner who says a distress call came in over the VHF at 7:04 a.m. The fishing vessel Laura, a 93-foot trawler based out of …

Today (Monday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported twelve (12) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough. Eleven cases were tested on Sunday, and one on Monday. All cases are now classified as community spread. Seventy-one (71) cases are currently classified as active locally. There is one (1) active …

Every year, the Coast Guard forward deploys ships, helicopters, and maritime safety teams around the state in advance of a busy Alaska summer. The operation, known as “Arctic Shield” concludes for the year this Sunday, with its temporary base in Kotzebue shutting down for the winter. Since July 1, Kotzebue has served as a base for …

The U.S. Coast Guard reports intermittent VHF outages on the emergency Channel 16 but says the situation has improved in the past two years. That’s according to Commander Lyle Kessler, a Coast Guard spokesman. “I think it was, in 2019. In January, we had our worst that we had had, I believe was 19 sites …

COVID Update Reader 08 /18/2021 The latest Kodiak COVID 19 outbreak continues. Today (Wednesday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported five (5) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough. Four (4) cases are close contacts of previously reported cases, and one (1) case is classified as community spread. …

Kodiak College began its fall semester on Monday. KMXT spoke to Jacelyn Keys, Director of Kodiak College, to discuss the new semester and the college’s plans to deal with COVID. According to Keys, services at the college are much easier to access than they were last semester. “So our president at the University of Alaska …

COVID Update Reader 08/16/2021 Today (Monday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported twenty-three (23) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough. Seven (7) cases are close contacts of previously reported cases, and sixteen (16) cases are of unknown transmission, pending contact tracing. One hundred nine (109) cases are currently …