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With less than two weeks to go until the 2020 General Election, Kodiak is on pace to send a record number of absentee mail-in ballots. For November’s election, the Alaska Department of Elections sent 2,300 ballots to Kodiak voters. As of Tuesday this week, Kodiak voters have already returned almost 750 ballots. That’s nearly as …

The Coast Guard has downgraded its threat level at its Kodiak base from red to amber. The change from high risk to moderate status took effect last Thursday. Capt. Edward Hernaez, base commander at the Kodiak Coast Guard base, says the outbreak could have been a lot worse, had it not been for contact tracing …

Tsunami warning alarms blared all over Kodiak on Monday afternoon, after the Gulf of Alaska was rocked by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake 55 miles off the Southeastern shore of Sand Point. People sought high ground, and some skippers sped their boats out of port. The Kodiak Emergency Operations Center forecasted that the wave would arrive …

Stay tuned for the midday news report with host Terry Haines. Today topics include: Koniag Inc. buys an electrical services company. Cases of Covid-19 across the state have spiked. The Fairbanks North Star Borough had its data breached by selling a computer to an auction house. All that and more on today’s midday news report.

Please note: this story has been updated from the original. The Kodiak Emergency Operations Center issued a tsunami warning and evacuated low lying areas, after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck southeast of Sand Point at 12:57 p.m. Some people moved to higher ground at the Kodiak High School to wait out the tsunami. Since Monday …

Terry Haines presents the Midday Report featuring an update from state and local stories on: The USCG prepares to downgrade from code red status to amber. The head of Kodiak Emergency Operations warns community to stay vigilant with Covid-19 precautions after a statewide surge. A longline fisherman receives a prestigious award. All that and more …

On this Thursday’s midday news report with host Terry Haines, stories covered include: A live update from the Emergency Operations Center An update on a Kodiak fisherman’s protest against an Anchorage hospital’s COVID-19 visitation policies in a battle to see his daughter A new case of Covid-19 confirmed in Kodiak, bringing the count to 7 …

The Kodiak City Council unanimously approved a credit of $500 for water and sewer utility bills for each household and business customer that applies. Starting Friday the applications are available from the City of Kodiak, which is encouraging customers apply as soon as possible. Applications will be accepted until 5pm on December 4th, 2020. This …

Alaska fisheries workers can finally see how they might benefit from a $50 million aid package from the federal government. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released the section 12005 CARES Act fisheries assistance draft spend plan for public comment on Monday. It determines how $50 million will be distributed to struggling fisheries around …

The COVID-19 outbreak at the Kodiak Coast Guard base has been contained through aggressive contact tracing. That was the message from commanders at Thursday’s virtual town hall meeting for Coast Guard service members and their families, despite an outbreak of more than a dozen cases, with more expected. Capt. Riley Gatewood, Capt. Bryan Dailey and …