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Election season is fast approaching for the Kodiak Island Borough, and with Duane Dvorak and Julie Kavanaugh both stepping down from the Borough Assembly, it’s going to be a little complicated. Aside from two Borough Assembly seats up for grabs in the election, there are two seats open on the School Board, two seats on …

Ships deploy a boom in Women’s Bay on August 12 to contain a 300-foot sheen believed to be from shipwreck disturbed by July 28’s massive earthquake some 260 miles away. (Photo by Judy Heller via KMXT) by Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska A shipwreck from decades ago has begun leaking diesel fuel off Kodiak Island. Environmental officials suspect last …

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 on Kodiak Island Wednesday afternoon. According to a press release from the Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization, “The individual is not acutely ill and is staying at home.” “Public health officials have made contact with the individual, and we’ll continue …

Enrollment in two-year colleges has dropped nationwide by about 750,000 students. But degree programs in construction trades are booming.

A middle-aged protagonist struggles with his own sense of impermanence — and the return of his long-absent father. The Shadowless Tower is a subtle film that draws you in at every step.

The 2023 national podcasting contest for college students is open for entries. It will close on January 5.

Authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya will only allow music between 80 and 116 beats per minute, though it's unclear how the rule will be enforced.

A local artist is turning the mountains of plastic garbage that wash up on beaches into dramatic sculptures of the very marine life threatened by the deluge of plastics.

U.S. employers added just 114,000 jobs in July as the unemployment rate rose to 4.3%. The weaker-than-expected report is adding to fears of an economic slowdown.

Over the past week, hundreds of protesters were arrested, dozens of officers were injured and multiple buildings were damaged, including a mosque and a hotel known to have housed asylum seekers, following the killing of three girls at a dance class.