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On this Monday’s midday news report with host Terry Haines: An update from the Kodiak EOC New COVID-19 cases, increases around the state Household transmission of COVID-19 Delayed unemployment payments to Alaskans affected by COVID-19 All that and more on today’s news report.

For the fourth day in a row, Kodiak has seen new cases of COVID-19, a total of 23 since Friday. The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization announced three new cases today. All involve people who recently traveled. Contact investigations are underway. Of the dozen that were reported yesterday, eleven were classified as close contact transmission …

An employee for the City of Kodiak has tested positive for the coronavirus. City Manager Mike Tvenge confirmed the case on Monday. Tvenge said in an email that public health officials have instructed the city worker to self-isolate and is doing so. He says all city staff known to have contact with the employee, who …

Kodiak’s COVID-19 count climbed by one more case over the weekend. Four were reported on Friday. The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization now reports a total 103 cases for the region since the first outbreak in April. There are five cases currently classified as active. This latest report involves a Kodiak resident. The Emergency Services …

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include a new case of COVID-19 reported on Monday, Oct. 26. Kodiak’s COVID-19 count blew past the 100-case milestone on Friday. Even so, compared to the rest of the state, the number of positive tests for the virus remains relatively low in the Kodiak region. The Kodiak …

A cluster of new COVID-19 cases has been reported in the Kodiak Island Borough. The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization says out of four cases, three involve Kodiak residents who recently traveled. The other person, also from Kodiak, has been classified as community spread. This brings the total number of cases reported in the region …

With less than two weeks to go until the 2020 General Election, Kodiak is on pace to send a record number of absentee mail-in ballots. For November’s election, the Alaska Department of Elections sent 2,300 ballots to Kodiak voters. As of Tuesday this week, Kodiak voters have already returned almost 750 ballots. That’s nearly as …

The Coast Guard has downgraded its threat level at its Kodiak base from red to amber. The change from high risk to moderate status took effect last Thursday. Capt. Edward Hernaez, base commander at the Kodiak Coast Guard base, says the outbreak could have been a lot worse, had it not been for contact tracing …

Tsunami warning alarms blared all over Kodiak on Monday afternoon, after the Gulf of Alaska was rocked by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake 55 miles off the Southeastern shore of Sand Point. People sought high ground, and some skippers sped their boats out of port. The Kodiak Emergency Operations Center forecasted that the wave would arrive …

Stay tuned for the midday news report with host Terry Haines. Today topics include: Koniag Inc. buys an electrical services company. Cases of Covid-19 across the state have spiked. The Fairbanks North Star Borough had its data breached by selling a computer to an auction house. All that and more on today’s midday news report.