Search results for

The Alaska Redistricting Board will be having a Friday afternoon open house hearing to discuss the proposed plans for redistricting the state. Kodiak’s House district could be altered under six different proposed plans, sometimes adopting wide swaths of land from Homer and southcentral Alaska, and in other versions encompassing just the island and the nearby coast- all …

Listen to this story; James Turner’s tenure on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly began in 2018, and it seems that it will continue into the next three years following this recent re-election. Turner spoke about his priorities coming into a second term. He said that for him, tackling the borough budget is the foremost issue. …

Today (Monday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported thirty-two (32) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough. All cases in Kodiak are now classified as community spread. One hundred twenty-four (124) cases are currently classified as active locally. There are two (2) active cases currently hospitalized in Kodiak. Two …

A military test related to the development of hypersonic weapons failed Thursday at the Kodiak Spaceport Complex, according to the Department of Defense. It is unclear if the failure caused any damage to the launch complex. Alaska Aerospace, the operator of the launch complex did not respond to a request for comment. A Kodiak Island …

The Alutiiq language has lost four speakers in the last year. Tribal leaders say it’s a big loss — of the 30 remaining speakers, there are just a handful of people left who are able to teach Alutiiq. The Sun’aq tribe’s master-apprentice language program’s goal is to train new Alutiiq teachers, to spread the language …

Listen to this story; Final results for Kodiak’s local election aren’t expected before Wednesday. That’s when the city and borough canvassing processes are set to begin with results expected in the evening. The city and borough canvassing boards go over absentee ballots and questioned ballots, and review and add them to the final count. Absentee …

Today (Thursday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported twenty-three (23) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough. One (1) case was tested on October 14th, twelve (12) were tested October 15th, and ten (10) were tested on October 20th. One positive case is a non-resident. All cases are now classified …

Today (Wednesday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported sixty-eight (68) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough. These cases were tested during a twelve-day span between October 8th and October 20th. Fifty-five of the cases were tested in a four-day period between October 14th and October 18th. In the past two …

Today (Wednesday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported ten (10) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough. All cases in Kodiak are now classified as community spread. One hundred twenty-two (122) cases are currently classified as active locally. There are two (2) active cases currently hospitalized in Kodiak. Two …

Kodiak’s Alutiiq Museum received a grant from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Fund Trustee Council. And it’s a whopper; $8,000,000 will go towards renovating the museum. April Laktonen Counceller, Executive Director for the Alutiiq Museum says that it will change the floorplan and scope of the facility. “Our gallery, the public part of our museum …