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Kelp Fest is three days of learning about and celebrating mariculture on the island and the ways it can be used in the future. It kicked off July 24 and ends July 26.
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The Coast Guard-owned golf course hasn't had live music in years, and the new manager, Jeff Keeler, is looking to increase community engagement.
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A few totes of Norton Sound red king crab were for sale on the dock in Kodiak on July 19. The Kodiak commercial fisherman who legally caught the king crab is facing some pushback from Nome residents.
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Kodiak Island Housing Authority estimates roughly 75 more homes are needed just for families who have household incomes above $100,000. The local housing shortage, and its solution, are multi-faceted.
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Ann Barker and her family have lived in Kodiak since 1969, and now she's selling 80 paintings to celebrate her 80th birthday and to benefit Hospice and Palliative Care of Kodiak.
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Most of the one-time funding will go back to the district's fund balance, however KIBSD will also retain two previously cut positions as one-year contracts.
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Kodiak State Parks, under the state Department of Natural Resources, was able to hire more employees for the summer season. That’s despite staffing gaps and high turnover in the last year.
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Dock users at Kodiak’s biggest boat harbor, St. Herman Harbor, are being urged to keep an eye out for eagles in the area, as several attacks have been reported in the last week.
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A new television series about Alaska premiered on July 11. It's focused on big brown bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve with narration from a well-known New Zealand comedian and actor.
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Based on a recent rental market survey from the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, the median rent in Kodiak this year is $1,450. That’s 20.83% higher than last year’s average rent.
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Sixteen candidates from all over the country submitted their applications for the local city manager job in May. Now it's down to the acting city manager and Kodiak’s harbormaster.
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The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute has been awarded $5 million in federal funding, which it plans to use part of to increase the Alaska seafood industry’s involvement in pet food products.