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The latest COVID 19 outbreak continues in Kodiak. The Emergency Operations Center reported sixteen (16) new cases today (Tuesday). Ten (10) cases were classified as close contact, five (5) as community spread, and one (1) as travel related. 112 cases are now classified as active locally, with three active cases currently hospitalized in …

The Kodiak Emergency Operations center has reported 15 new cases of COVID-19 for the Kodiak Island Borough. This brings the total local active case count to 57 cases, and the total case count to 1220 since the start of the pandemic. There have been 51 total hospitalizations since the start of the pandemic due to …

Following last night’s earthquake, Maggie Wall spoke to people on the street to get their reactions. Here’s what they had to say. …

Kodiak’s COVID-19 surge is continuing, growing from 25 active cases on Tuesday to 32 cases Thursday. This comes by way of a Kodiak EOC press release, with data from the Kodiak Public Health Office. They also revealed that five of these cases are travel-related, and two are non-resident cases. There has been no information on …

Kodiak has seen an explosive surge in COVID-19 cases. Three active cases were reported July 9th– 11 days later, that number has swelled to 25 active cases. This was confirmed today by the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center. According to their press release from today, details regarding test dates and means of transmission are not currently …

The Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley returned to homeport in Kodiak Tuesday after a 52-day patrol in the Bering Sea, according to a Coast Guard press release. During the patrol, the Alex Haley assisted in search-and rescue missions and enforced maritime law along the Aleutian chain. The Alex Haley conducted 17 law enforcement boardings, and …

Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak crews opened their forward operating location in Kotzebue, according to a Coast Guard press release this morning. Forward operating locations such as the one in Kotzebue allow the Coast Guard to reduce their response time to Alaska’s northwestern coast. Helicopters and equipment are transferred up in Summer months. This year, …

Coast Guard and Navy personnel are teaming up this week to conduct an oil pollution response exercise in Kachemak Bay, according to a press release from the Coast Guard. The exercise will take place on the Coast Guard Cutter Hickory. The exercise began on Monday and is scheduled to last through Thursday. During the exercise, …

In the 1940s, Kodiak braced for invasion. Tens of thousands of soldiers and sailors laid infrastructure and built fighting positions, entrenching themselves in preparation for an offensive by the Japanese Imperial Navy that never came. Some 70 years later, Kodiak is a thriving community that is presently under an entirely different type of invasion. The …

The British government has pushed the plan as a way to deter asylum-seekers from taking boats to Britain. But the U.N. human rights office has warned aviation authorities not to take part.