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This week we hear about Kodiak's housing shortage, a recent police department training involving an active shooter drill among other scenarios, and a fire at the Spaceport Complex on Narrow Cape.
Davis Hovey was first drawn to Alaska by the opportunity to work for a radio station in a remote, unique place like Nome. More than 7 years later he has spent most of his career reporting on climate change and research, fisheries, local government, Alaska Native communities and so much more.
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.
KPD officers practiced entering stressful and potentially dangerous situations like responding to armed suspects on July 19. The department held its training at Kodiak Middle School.
A fire has caused “irrecoverable damage” to a rocket that was initially expected to launch this summer from the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska on Kodiak Island.
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.