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U.S. Census data released today (THURSDAY) revealed the changing race and ethnic demographics of Kodiak Island. It tells a story of the island’s overall shrinking population, despite growth in Kodiak’s racial minority communities. The White population in Kodiak, for instance, plummeted by 12% since 2010, making the borough’s overall population exactly 50% White and 50% …

Today (Friday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported (14) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough. One (1) case was a close contact of previously reported case, and thirteen (13) cases are of unknown transmission, pending contact tracing. One Hundred Forty-Three (143) cases are currently classified as active locally. There …

Commanding Officer of the USS John Paul Jones Robert Watts in his cabin. A Navy destroyer pulled into port at Kodiak’s Pier 2 on Thursday Morning. As it took on 300,000 gallons of fuel at the Kodiak City Dock, the USS John Paul Jones was easy to spot among the fishing vessels. The Arleigh Burke …

Today (Friday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported eight (8) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough. Two (2) cases are close contacts of previously reported cases, one (1) is travel related, and five (5) cases are classified as community spread. One hundred twenty (120) cases are …

Election season is fast approaching for the Kodiak Island Borough, and with Duane Dvorak and Julie Kavanaugh both stepping down from the Borough Assembly, it’s going to be a little complicated. Aside from two Borough Assembly seats up for grabs in the election, there are two seats open on the School Board, two seats on …

COVID Update Reader 08/17/2021 The latest Kodiak COVID 19 outbreak continues. Today (Tuesday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported twenty-nine (29) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough. Twenty (20) cases are close contacts of previously reported cases, and Nine (9) cases are community spread. One hundred twenty-four …

Ships deploy a boom in Women’s Bay on August 12 to contain a 300-foot sheen believed to be from shipwreck disturbed by July 28’s massive earthquake some 260 miles away. (Photo by Judy Heller via KMXT) by Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska A shipwreck from decades ago has begun leaking diesel fuel off Kodiak Island. Environmental officials suspect last …

Two weeks ago, the Jet Propulsion Lab lost contact with the interstellar spacecraft after engineers mistakenly pointed its antenna away from Earth. On Friday, it responded and is operating normally.

The oil spill in Womens Bay from the sunken vessel Saint Patrick has been responded to by the Coast Guard, along with a team of divers, according to a Wednesday press release from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage. The oil spill is suspected to have begun following an earthquake last week that may have disturbed the …

COVID Update Reader 08/23/2021 Today (Monday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported thirty-four (34) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough. Six (6) cases are close contacts of previously reported cases, three (3) are travel related, and four (4) cases are classified as community spread. Thirty-three (33) cases are of …