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The US Coast Guard has scheduled a formal hearing on the sinking of the F/V Scandies Rose. The hearing will begin Monday, February 22 in the Seattle area, and will proceed through March 5. While the hearing will take place in person, abiding by Washington State COVID-19 protocols, it will also be livestreamed each day …

The City of Kodiak is in talks with Kodiak Electric Association to add electric vehicle charging stations downtown for Kodiak electric vehicle owners. These charging stations are part of the city’s new focus on electric vehicles, including replacing its motor fleet with electric vehicles. At last weekend’s planning session, the City Council discussed purchasing up …

As far as COVID-19 developments are concerned in Kodiak, we have some good news; this morning no new cases of COVID-19 were reported for the Kodiak Island Borough by the Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization. Updated cases were not provided for today; the case counts from Tuesday morning included four new cases- three of those …

January 27, 2021 by Hope McKenney, KUCB – Unalaska Trident Seafoods has only tested about half of its 700 workers, and officials say they think the outbreak is still on what they call an upward trajectory. (Laura Kraegel/KUCB) A COVID-19 outbreak at one of Alaska’s largest fish processing plants has infected nearly 20% of workers with testing …

By Joe Viechnicki, KFSK – Petersburg -January 19, 2021 Long-line caught halibut await unloading in Petersburg. (Angela Denning/KFSK) A federal agency has put dollar amounts on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for commercial and charter fishing industries nationwide. On Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a report on the virus’ economic impact on seafood …

Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States Wednesday morning. Watch his first speech as president here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTtKDN4LgL8You can also listen here:

January 19, 2021 by Lex Treinen, Alaska Public Media The Robert B. Atwood building and neighbors in downtown Anchorage. (Alaska Public Media staff photo) Several state buildings in Juneau and Anchorage are closed out of an “abundance of caution” due to fears about pre-inauguration violence. The closures were announced in an internal memo from Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s chief of …

By ISABELLE ROSS & HOPE MCKENNEY • KDLG Dillingham The 233-foot Aleutian Falcon caught fire shortly before midnight Wednesday, according to the Coast Guard. It was one of two floating processors Trident operates during the herring and salmon seasons in Alaska. A 233-foot floating processor owned by Trident Seafoods caught fire shortly before midnight Wednesday. The processor, Aleutian …

The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization has reported one new community spread COVID-19 case for the Kodiak Island Borough. This brings the total case count in the Kodiak Island Borough to 1058, with 11 cases classified as active locally. There have been 42 hospitalizations and five deaths to date due to COVID-19 in the Kodiak …

Following a waterline failure in the community of Angoon, Alaska, the Coast Guard Cutter Hickory delivered nearly 7000 bottles of water to those in need. The Coast Guard District 17 Command Center received a request Saturday from the Alaska Emergency Operations Center for assistance transporting the water bottles. Waterline failures left a third of the …