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A Coast Guard boarding team from the Cutter Chandeleur issued a citation to a fishing vessel near Kodiak for eight illegally retained halibut outside of the season. The fishing vessel Currency, a 48-foot vessel based out of Homer was stopped about 12 miles west of cape Barnabas while fishing for Cod. The Coast Guard Cutter …

The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization has reported no new cases of COVID-19 today for the Kodiak Island Borough. This leaves the total case count at 1045 since the start of the pandemic, with 17 cases classified as active locally. To date there have been 42 hospitalization and five deaths associated with COVID-19 on Kodiak; …

The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization has reported one new community transmission COVID-19 case for the Kodiak Island Borough. This brings the total case count to 1045 since the start of the pandemic, with 17 cases classified as active locally. To date there have been 42 hospitalization and five deaths associated with COVID-19 on Kodiak; …

The US Coast Guard and Russia’s Marine Rescue Service have signed on to a joint plan to combat pollution in the Bering and Chukchi seas, according to a press release from the Coast Guard’s Alaska district. On February 1st, Acting Director of Russia’s Marine Rescue Service Andrey Khaustov and the Coast Guard’s Deputy Commandant for …

The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization reported five new cases of COVID-19 today for the Kodiak Island Borough, including two close contact cases, two community spread cases and one travel related case. This brings the current case count for the Kodiak Island Borough to 1044 cases since the start of the pandemic, with 17 cases …

By TYLER THOMPSON, KDLG A common symptom of Brucella in caribou is swelling in the knee, where most of the bacteria is stored. Brucellosis can cause a high fever similar to the flu in people.PHOTO FROM GNWT ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, ADF&G State biologists have found an unusual disease among caribou in Southwest Alaska. The disease …

COVID-19 first arrived on Kodiak in April, followed by a trickle of cases in June. The slow burn gradually intensified, until a deluge of new cases following the Thanksgiving holiday brought active cases into the hundreds. Total cases since the start of the pandemic passed the 1000 case milestone last week. While the pandemic hit …

The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization has reported four new COVID-19 cases, including three close contact cases and one community transmission case. This brings the total case count since the start of the pandemic on Kodiak to 1033 cases, with the total active case count locally down to 17 from 21 earlier this week. There …

Today on the midday news report with host Terry Haines: First case of new Covid-19 variant detected in AK. Gov. Dunleavy removed Anchorage Assembly member Jamie Allard from the state Human Rights Commission Tuesday. Fort Greely reduces level of Covid-19 precautions today. Public comment for summer ferry schedule now open. All that and more on …

By Joe Viechnicki–KSKA | Jan 26, 2021 Darius Kasperzak delivers testimony at the January, 2020 Board of Fish meeting in Kodiak. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) Alaska’s Board of Fisheries Monday voted to postpone in-person meetings planned for Ketchikan, Cordova and Anchorage this spring because of COVID-19 precautions. But the board decided not to push back …