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Kodiak’s annual commercial fisheries trade show, ComFish, is April 10-13. Ellen Simeonoff is the executive director of the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce, which organizes the trade show. It’s her first year lining up the booths and contacting presenters but she said she was grateful for help from the ComFish Committee. “They help determine the blueprint …

Federally qualified subsistence deer hunters in the Kodiak Archipelago will be able to take four black-tailed deer annually. Hunters are currently only allowed three deer between August and the end of January. That was part of the proposal passed by the Federal Subsistence Board at its meeting in Anchorage this week, April 2-5. Thursday, April …

Over 100 Kodiak High School students walked out of classes April 4 as part of a statewide protest over Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoing SB 140, a bill that would have permanently increased education funding. Students walked from the front entrance of the high school, down Mill Bay Road, and between Main Elementary and …

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel Oscar Dyson left its homeport in Kodiak on April 1. The boat mostly provides insight into Alaska’s fish populations, from the Gulf of Alaska to the Bering Sea. The Oscar Dyson docked at Kodiak’s Pier 2 on March 31. Most of the day was foggy and misty …

In this newscast: Katmai National Park is proposing requiring permits for visitors to the Brooks River Corridor, a popular spot for bear-viewing, Ferry Matanuska remains broken down in Juneau, with more than two dozen passengers and their vehicles stranded, Bethel GCI customers experienced intermittent internet connectivity possibly due to a cable break in Cook Inlet …

Electric rates in Kodiak will increase by 12.5% starting April 1. That’s after the Kodiak Electric Association’s Board of Directors approved the utility provider’s first rate hike in 30 years at their meeting last week on March 28. That means the average resident will see a monthly bill later this month that costs about $12 …

In this newscast: Kodiak receives nearly two feet of snow in 24 hours — longtime residents say that’s how winters used to be, MH-60 Jayhawk crew from Air Station Kodiak medevac a badly burned fisherman from near St. Paul Island, Flight repatriating American citizens from Wuhan, China stops in Anchorage amid spread of coronavirus — …

In this newscast: Blizzard updates for Kodiak, Gulf of Alaska cod appear close to losing the Marine Stewardship Council’s sustainability certification, UAA sees a 10 percent drop in enrollment this fall, Pelican and Tenakee Springs react to a draft AMHS ferry schedule with no service for their remote island communities All that, plus Fish Radio …

A retired U.S. Air Force Colonel is the new president and chief executive officer of the Alaska Aerospace Corporation, which oversees Kodiak’s Pacific Spaceport Complex on Narrow Cape. John Oberst was announced as the head of the state-owned corporation last month on Feb. 26. Oberst has 30 years of military service, during which he was …

The village of Old Harbor, on the southeast side of Kodiak Island, is one step closer to building a hydroelectric facility that would power the entire community of roughly 200 people. The rural energy project is getting a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help fund construction. Last month on Feb. …