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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 …

Kodiak’s pollock fishery opens to trawlers Thursday, Jan. 20; although, the 45 or so vessels from Kodiak’s fleet won’t be heading out until February 4. That’s to limit bycatch and hold out for better fishing conditions, according to Julie Bonney, the executive director of the Groundfish Data Bank.

Kodiak’s 10th death from the pandemic was a resident in his 60s from Old Harbor who succumbed to the virus in December, according to Kodiak’s Emergency Operations Center. The resident passed away in Anchorage, and the fatality was not related to the recent local surge in cases, which was largely linked to holiday travel and …

The Eastside and Southwest Sections of the Kodiak tanner crab fishery and the Eastern and Western Sections of the South Peninsula District have closed for the season. All waters of the Eastside and Southwest Sections of the Kodiak District closed to commercial Tanner crab fishing at 5:59 p.m. on Saturday (January 22, 2022). Fishing in …