Search results for

If you fly often between Kodiak and Anchorage – or vice versa – you’re used to cancellations due to fog and rain, but even frequent fliers saw something this week that surprised them on an Alaska Airlines flight to Kodiak – a four-legged passenger. Her name is Millie, who sat quietly in an aisle seat. …

Mike Wall presents the Midday report featuring national headlines from NPR, and local and state stories on COVID-19 updates and a space program coming to Kodiak.

Rendering of Space Perspective’s Neptune Spaceship, a capsule attached to a large space balloon Human spaceflights are coming to Kodiak. Today, the Alaska Aerospace Corporation, which runs the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, announced that a Florida-based space tourism company called Space Perspective is planning to bring human spaceflight operations to Kodiak Island. These flights …

The 2020 Alaska salmon season is off to a slow start, but it is too early to draw any conclusions, according to an economist with McDowell Group in Anchorage. Garrett Evridge writes a weekly statewide newsletter that updates salmon harvests for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. In this week’s report, Evridge explains that in an …

Mike Wall presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, and state and local stories on: fifth known COVID-19 case in Kodiak and other COVID-19 updates around the state RAVN bankruptcy update, complicated by receiving federal aid from CARES Act UAF campus opening with coronavirus precautions Pebble Mine dividend program cancellation of jury trials …

By Tyler Thompson–KDLG–Dillingham Photo credit: US Coast Guard The Coast Guard will have a larger law enforcement presence in the bay this year. They will also practice social distancing and other protective measures while conducting vessel examinations. The U.S. Coast Guard is back in Bristol Bay to perform dockside examinations for the fishing fleet. But …

Terry Haines presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, and state and local stories on: the shooting at a secure military site this weekend rent and mortgage relief program begins Monday PFD amount announcement face mask requirements plus, Alaska Fish Radio, updates from Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game,and the weather forecast and …

A 30-year-old man was killed on Saturday at a secure military facility on Kodiak. Alaska State Troopers confirmed the man was Jayson Vinberg, but did not specify at which facility he died. Troopers responded to a call around 10:30 pm on Saturday that a person was shot on a secure facility in the Kodiak area. …

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media The Signpost Forest in Yukon Territory is an iconic stop for drivers headed to Alaska. (Adam Jones/Wikimedia Commons) There’s a lot to keep track of when it comes to COVID-19 and Alaska’s response to the pandemic. Reporters all over the state are talking to experts and local Alaskans every day …

Kavitha George presents the Midday Report featuring an update from Kodiak’s Emergency Operation Center, and state and local stories on: update on Kodiak’s third COVID-19 case and other COVID-19 updates in coastal Alaska rent and mortgage relief program oil tax ballot initiative Juneau’s police use of force policy bicycle shortages plus, Alaska Fish Radio, updates …