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The Kodiak Emergency Operations Center has reported 204 new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough since Wednesday, January 12th. There are 834 cases currently classified as active locally. There are no active cases currently hospitalized in Kodiak. In the Kodiak Island Borough there have been 3818 cases, 106 local …

Dave Kubiak spent a recent rainy Thursday stacking the deck of his boat, the Laura Lee, with crab pots in preparation for Kodiak’s Tanner crab season. According to him, the night before the season is always exciting. “We’ll leave in sufficient time to get there and to go someplace and anchor up,” he said. “And …

The Kodiak Emergency Operations Center has reported 174 new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough since Monday. There are 711 cases currently classified as active locally. There is one active case currently hospitalized in Kodiak. In the Kodiak Island Borough there have been 3614 cases, 106 local hospitalizations, and …

Larry LeDoux, the superintendent for KIBSD, recently announced that he plans to retire. That’s a problem for him- it represents yet another position he needs to fill. “We have an assistant superintendent position open. We have a director of facilities open, we have a high school principal position open. And it’s possible we could have …

On Sunday, January 23, the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Fir was in transit from Kodiak through Dry Spruce Bay – near the northern end of Kodiak Island – when it encountered an unmanned vessel at 6:22 p.m. The F/V Guardian is a 32-foot fishing vessel based out of Homer. It was adrift at …

Kodiak Island has recorded another COVID-related fatality. The Borough’s Emergency Operations Center announced the most recent local death in its case update Friday, Jan. 28, citing complications from the virus as the cause. No other details about the resident were released. The EOC had updated its data for COVID-related fatalities on Wednesday, Jan. 26, to …

As record case numbers continue to be reported in Kodiak, it’s becoming more and more apparent that Kodiak is in the thralls of its largest ever wave of COVID. According to Amy Corder, incident commander for the COVID response of the Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center, COVID is going to be spreading quickly for the …

COVID-19 cases are surging again in Kodiak. The borough on Tuesday recorded its highest daily case count of the entire pandemic, with 99 infections. Kodiak Island Borough School District superintendent Larry LeDoux says the high school closure, which started Wednesday, has allowed the school to get back on track. The students have been learning remotely, …

The COVID-19 situation in Kodiak has taken a turn for the worse. According to the Emergency Operations Center’s weekly COVID update, 227 new cases were reported for the Kodiak Island Borough in the last week. 256 cases are considered active, and include one hospitalization. Mike Tvenge is the director of the Emergency Services Council. He …

A Kodiak bear was fatally shot by wildlife officials last fall after eating too much trash. State wildlife biologists responded to a call last October of a bear acting oddly near the homes on Selief Lane – just a couple miles outside of downtown Kodiak. Nate Svoboda is the state’s area management biologist with the …