After being closed to vehicles for more than five months, the road up Pillar Mountain was reopened on Wednesday, July 22. The City of Kodiak waffled on reopening the road due to the ongoing risk of landslides.

Lieutenant Abigail Valadez assumed the position of commanding officer of the Frederick Mann during a change of command ceremony on July 22.

The number of cruise ship guests coming to Kodiak is expected to increase by more than 25% this summer.

Coastal residents in Gulf of Alaska communities have until the end of day to submit written comments on the Alaska Marine Highway System’s winter ferry schedule.

State lawmakers have ordered their professional, nonpartisan auditors to examine the Alaska Board of Fisheries’ procedural actions going back to October 2023.

Four Kodiak residents applied to fill an open seat on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly left vacant by Dave Johnson earlier this summer. Thursday night, July 16, the Borough Assembly interviewed all four candidates and selected one of them to fill the seat until the municipal election in October.

Local scientists aren't sure yet what caused these whales' deaths. At least three out of the four are gray whales.

Eligible voters must be at least 18 years-old, a U.S. citizen and an Alaska resident, living in the district they want to vote for, at least 30 days before the election. You can check your voter registration status online.

Brigman attended Monday's regular meeting virtually from Tennessee, where he was attending a professional development conference.

All bycatch data from federally managed pollock trawl and groundfish fisheries in the state are now available in one place. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game recently launched a bycatch portal on its website years after it was recommended by the governor’s bycatch task force at the end of 2022.