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The pandemic made things difficult for all school sports, but it devastated high school football. From team practices to the Friday night lights, the sport was turned on its head by the COVID-19 pandemic. But the new head football coach for KHS has his eyes on the ball, and is looking forward to getting the …

Republican House Speaker Louise Stutes of Kodiak joined KMXT’s Talk of the Rock Tuesday afternoon to discuss the upcoming special legislative session. She also touched upon her relationship with the state Republican Party’s leadership and minority Republicans in the legislature. Speaker Stutes spoke very candidly on the state legislature during her talk show interview in …

The National Transportation Safety Board released their findings for the cause of the Sinking of the F/V Scandies Rose Tuesday. A year and a half after the 130-foot crab boat capsized in foul weather south of Sutwik Island, the NTSB has decided unanimously by vote to accept the findings of the investigation report. The report …

Danielle Butts of Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation District is on the prowl. She’s marching up an unmarked trailhead with a hiking pack, a warning sign about chemicals, and a bottle of bright blue pesticide. She arrives at her target: an approximately one square meter patch of hawkweed. Orange hawkweed was brought to Kodiak by …

Food truck owners and operators have entered into a dialogue with the City of Kodiak, in order to find common ground with the city’s plan to open up spots for food truck parking. Diane Million of the Million Recipes food truck and the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce met with Kodiak City Manager Mike Twenge during …

Sockeye counts at the Buskin Lake weir as of June 11, 2021, indicate numbers far from escapement goal of 5,000-8,000 sockeye. (ADF&G) The Buskin River will close for sockeye salmon fishing. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced today (Friday) that only 114 sockeye have passed through the weir at Buskin Lake. The ten-year …

By MACKENZIE MANCUSO — KDLG The exams are meant to address safety issues that may be present before the season gets underway. A boat in Dillingham Harbor on Tuesday, June 8, 2021.CREDIT BRIAN VENUA/KDLG The Coast Guard has begun its dockside exams for fishing vessels in Bristol Bay this season. The exams are meant to address …

Photo courtesy of Pam Foreman. The fire that emerged over the weekend in Kodiak along Pasagshak Road- now named the Kalsin Creek Fire- is largely contained but is expected to burn itself out over the next few days. That’s according to Howie Kent, a fire management officer for Alaska Division of Forestry. He says that …

On a narrow 4-3 vote, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly passed a budget last week. The budget hotpoints concerned funding for Kodiak College, nonprofits, new assessing software, facilities maintenance (called “R&R”, or “renewal and replacement”) and, of course, the possibility of a mill rate increase, which did not sit well with assembly member Aimee Williams. …

Photo courtesy of Jarod Ross. Around 30 miles out of Kodiak City limits, a wildfire sprang into being on Pasagshak Road Saturday night. The fire had gained considerable size by Sunday evening, and firefighting aircraft and fire crews responded to control the blaze. Women’s Bay Fire Department and Coast Guard Fire both deployed to the …