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Ballots are still being counted for the special election to fill Alaska’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, but a picture of the local results is beginning to come into focus. Former governor Sarah Palin was the top vote getter in Kodiak’s precinct with more than 33% of the vote, according to the …

The remains of four members of the Alutiiq community came to their final resting places at a cemetery in Kodiak this week. Members of the Sun’aq Tribe and the Alutiiq Museum gathered at Kodiak’s City Cemetery for the burial on Monday, June 6. The graveside service was led by the local Russian Orthodox church. April …

Listen to this story; The first sockeye salmon are beginning their run for the season, and commercial fishermen in one of North America’s largest fishing fleets will soon get a chance to fill their holds. Forrest Bowers is the deputy director for Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game Division of Commercial Fisheries. He says it …

Home prices in Alaska jumped to record levels last year, according to a report from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The average price of a home in Alaska was $388,648 last year, according to the department’s June newsletter. That’s almost 8.9% higher than the year before. However, prices rose the least in …

Cleanup is underway for an oil spill at the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center on Near Island. The oil is not threatening any water in the area. The source of the spill is an overfilled fuel tank. The Kodiak Island Borough’s Engineering and Facilities Department was alerted of the spill on May 16. It’s contained to …

Listen to this story; Andy Teuber went missing March 2 of 2021. The 52 year-old CEO of KANA was piloting a helicopter to Kodiak from Anchorage, and is believed by the National Transportation Safety Board to have crashed due to inclement weather in the ocean waters north of Afognak Island. The NTSB declared Teuber dead, …

Riders at the Ididarock starting line. Listen to this story; Motorsports enthusiasts from around Kodiak gathered at the head of Olds River over the weekend for this year’s Ididarock – a 34-mile off-road challenge open to teams of runners, dirt bikes, four-wheelers, and side-by-sides. Around 40 participants total met at an unmarked trailhead for …

Voting has already begun in the special primary election to fill the late congressman Don Young’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Forty-eight candidates are on the ballot, and they span the ideological spectrum from former governor Sarah Palin to Santa Claus – that’s the city council member from North Pole. Kodiak Democrat Mike …

Listen to this story; The Kodiak Island Borough School District is getting a funding bump from the Borough. Last week, Kodiak Island Borough Assembly members voted 5 to 2 to approve the school district’s request to raise their annual assistance by $1.5 million. The request came at risk of cutting teachers or programs without a …

Fifty new Coast Guard housing units are coming to Kodiak. That’s according to Perini Management Services – a Massachusetts-based construction firm that announced this week it had been awarded a nearly $85 million contract for the project. The build-out is expected to be completed in 2025. The development is slated for Nemetz Park – which …