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Communities across southern Alaska have been dealing with intermittent ferry service since fall, and Kodiak Island is the latest to face an extended hiatus of regular service. The Department of Transportation announced last week that maintenance for the Kennicott has been delayed, and she won’t be placed back into service until April 21. The Tustumena, …

The Kodiak Island Borough School district announced Wednesday in a letter to parents that they will be returning to remote-learning, effective Thursday, with the hope of returning to in-person learning on Tuesday, January 18th. This comes as COVID cases within the Kodiak Island Borough continue to rise to unprecedented levels. The Emergency Operations Center Wednesday …

On Monday, the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported 235 new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough, all discovered since the last update last Friday. According to the update, there are 544 cases currently classified as active locally, with one active case currently hospitalized in Kodiak. In the Kodiak Island Borough there have been …

Data released this week from Alaska’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development shows the state’s population grew – albeit slightly – last year. The latest count encompasses April 2020 to July of 2021. “We did grow over the last year, it was just .1 percent,” said David Howell, the state demographer. “But still, it broke …

It was noon on a cloudy and windy January 1st. Scores of people gathered on Mill Bay Beach. It was 14 degrees outside, but the 30-mile an hour winds brought the wind chill temperature to -14. Kodiak’s own new year’s tradition- the polar plunge. 30 people sporting bright pink t-shirts jumped into the dangerously cold …

Here’s a recording and transcript of the piece that ran December 31st during the evening news. Please enjoy, and Happy New Year! … It’s hard to believe that it’s been less than a year since most people got their first doses of the vaccine. The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to arms …

This week, 53 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the weekly COVID update published by the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center. Last week, the EOC reported 7 new cases total. Kodiak city officials say 26 crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett tested positive for the virus as of Wednesday. Their testing was conducted by the …

A fisherman from Seldovia is collecting stories from fellow Gulf of Alaska fishermen, and the oral history audio project will eventually be sent to the Library of Congress. It was in the mid 1990s when Josh Wisniewski landed in Kachemak Bay as an 18-year-old. Today, he’s a set netter and still fishes halibut out of …

Kodiak’s city workforce may be getting pay raises that officials say would keep wages apace of the rising cost of living. City Council will be holding a public hearing next week over the proposed 12% wage hike, which would cost the city over $1.1 million through the fiscal year. The city of Kodiak has been …

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is asking anglers to comment on its statewide fish stocking plan, in which 7 million salmon and trout are released into state waters to the boon of sports fishermen. Thousands of chinook salmon, coho salmon, and rainbow trout are meant for the freshwater bodies of Kodiak, per the …