Multiple flights to and from Kodiak were canceled Thursday, July 24, after an Alaska Airlines plane hit more than one deer on the runway while landing around 8 a.m. this morning.

Dunleavy has canceled a broadly supported bill proposed by a legislative task force and intended to help commercial fishers in Alaska. The governor issued his veto of Senate Bill 156 on Wednesday July 16, marking his seventh veto of a policy bill this year.

If you are looking for a pet hotel or some kind of kennel to board your pet on Kodiak Island, you’ve only got four or five options. That could change after borough officials overhauled local land use codes on July 17 to create more opportunities for pet-related services.

The Alaska Food Policy Council had planned to award grants to over 50 food and farm businesses across Alaska.

Abandoned vehicles in Kodiak are typically impounded and stored in a city-owned storage lot located off of Selief Lane before being disposed of. But now a new housing development is taking up that lot.

This summer Marine Exchange of Alaska, the non-governmental agency that acts as a middle man between mariners and the Coast Guard, added more marine safety sites in remote areas around Kodiak Island, Kivalina and Kotzebue to be able to communicate with vessels via radio.

The National Weather Service issued the all clear at 2:45 this afternoon after a tsunami warning and advisory were issued for the region.

The Emergency Operations Center signaled the all clear at 2:45 p.m. after a tsunami warning was issued for Kodiak Island, the Alaska Peninsula and up to both sides of Cook Inlet.

Lexa Meyer and her husband Alf Pryor are the only ones actively operating a kelp hatchery on the island. These facilities nurture kelp seeds to juvenile plants before they are transplanted into the ocean and ready for large-scale cultivation.

Historically low numbers of chinook, or king salmon have been returning to their natal streams in the Gulf of Alaska. As a result, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has taken steps to restrict both sport and commercial fishing opportunities.