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VHF coverage areas around Kodiak. Areas covered by Cape Gull and Raspberry Island are experiencing outages. Due to extreme weather conditions, the VHF radio system across southcentral Alaska has been experiencing outages over the past week. While repairs are ongoing, the US Coast Guard is still unable to receive a consistent VHF signal in many …

The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization has reported one new community transmission COVID-19 case for the Kodiak Island Borough, bringing the total case count since the start of the pandemic to 1049 cases locally. Local active cases remain at four. There have been 42 hospitalizations and five deaths due to COVID-19 in the Kodiak Island …

The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization has reported one new travel related COVID-19 case for the Kodiak Island Borough, bringing the total case count since the start of the pandemic to 1048 cases locally. Local active cases have dropped down to five; a number not seen since early Fall. There have been 42 hospitalizations and …

The Baranof Park public recreation facility- known to locals as the hockey rink- has seen a lot of love in its 20-year history, playing host to sports of all kinds and notably host to Kodiak’s thriving youth hockey league. But as the facility shows its age, some members in the community see the opportunity to …

It would probably seem at first that the COVID-19 pandemic would have a paralyzing effect on Senior Citizens of Kodiak. And that probably would be true for many senior centers around the country. But Senior Citizens of Kodiak has maintained an impressive amount of its program throughout the pandemic, albeit without the in-person gatherings. Pat …

The Kodiak Lions club has found the COVID pandemic challenging, as any institution has. But according to Jeremiah “Doc” Meyers, a veteran local Lions Club member, the effects locally and internationally have been devastating. “This has been like leprosy. It’s just… hurt our clubs (the) world over. There’s a lot of clubs just not meeting …

Ice breaker Polar Star. America’s only heavy icebreaker- the Coast Guard’s Polar Star- is making its way north through the icy waters of the arctic- yet as they progress along their journey, crew members report hearing strange noises keeping them up at night. According to a press release from the Coast Guard, as the Polar …

The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization has reported four new cases of COVID-19 for the Kodiak Island Borough, including one community transmission case and three close contact cases. This brings the total case count since the start of the pandemic to 1037 cases, with 21 cases classified as active locally. To date there have been …

Today on the midday report with host Terry Haines: Live update from the EOC As Kodiak passes 1000 COVID-19 cases, local leaders look to the future Electric vehicle charging stations may be coming downtown USCG schedules hearing on F/V Scandies Rose Sitka illustrator awarded Caldecott Medal All this, the Island Messenger, and more on today’s …

Today on the midday news report with host Terry Haines: Four new cases of Covid-19 reported. Public comment period for the summer ferry schedule is now open. Board of Fish postpones in-person meetings this spring. Live Vaccine Hotline rebooted. All that and more on today’s midday news report.