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The precipitous drop in Gulf of Alaska cod recently closed the federal fishery for the upcoming season. Its effects are also being felt by processors who rely on the fish for their winter workload. The Trident Seafoods plant in Sand Point closed last month for the winter, leaving a gaping hole in the city’s budget, …

Alaska Congressman Don Young, like all House Republicans, voted against impeaching President Trump today for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Young has called the process a sham. But Democrats prevailed. The case goes next to the Republican-controlled Senate where Trump is likely to triumph. Alaska Public Media’s Liz Ruskin says no one should …

With the holidays coming up people tend to have more ‘stuff’ in the house. Thinks like cardboard boxes and shipping materials from delivered gifts, wrapping paper and those funky old Christmas lights that don’t work anymore. Before you haul it all out to the trash, which just goes to straight to the land fill, take …

Local grade schools will soon be getting electronic cameras to record who comes and goes out of the schools as well as improve safety throughout the buildings. The school district administrators requested the new equipment after it was discovered that the district would have more money than expected available to spend. Those unanticipated revenues will …

There’s good news for people living out the road who have been without electricity for more than a week. Power was lost when high winds, estimated at more than 100 mph, snapped two poles hold the line a week ago Monday. Everything past the break in the line, including Middle Bay, Chiniak and Pasagshak went …

New computer equipment, including cameras for local elementary schools, is just one topic of discussion for tonight’s regular school board meeting. KMXT’s Maggie Wall has more. Click arrow below to listen, or continue on to read. The school cameras are part of an effort to improve safety. and the money comes unanticipated revenues that …

The fall semester is winding down for Kodiak Island Borough Schools, but that doesn’t mean things are slowing down. The winter break begins Monday Dec. 23 and runs through Friday Jan. 3. But in this week before then there are four winter concerts and the annual Joe Floyd Basketball Tournament. The Gerald C. …

Overlapping maintenance schedules means Kodiak will be without a ferry for several months starting mid-January. KMXT’s Maggie Wal has more in this report. Click on arrow to listen or continue on below to read story. Kodiak Island is looking at three months of no ferry service beginning Jan. 11. That’s the day …

With exquisite prose, smart lines on every page, a building sense of growing strangeness tinged with dread, and surprises all the way to the end, this might be Laura van den Berg's best novel so far.

The man's bizarre smuggling attempt included many non-native species of snakes stuffed into his pants, according to China's customs authority.