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By AKPM Staff The City of Dillingham has a 14-day self-quarantine mandate in place. (Sam Gardner/KDLG) Twelve seafood workers in Dillingham have tested positive for COVID-19 while under quarantine, the Bristol Bay hub town announced late Monday. It was the largest number of positive cases reported in one day in the community so far. “The individuals …

A federal government-sponsored tactical satellite lifts off from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, operated by the Alaska Aerospace Corporation. (Photo by John F. Williams) In an op-ed for the Washington Examiner Monday morning, Alaska Gov. Dunleavy highlighted the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak to make a case that Anchorage and southcentral Alaska should be …

By Jacob Resneck at CoastAlaska in Juneau Passengers on Alaska’s mainline ferries are now being required to get a COVID-19 test before traveling. The Alaska Marine Highway System announced a set of new protocols Sunday it says will protect against the spread of coronavirus on its vessels. And with some exceptions, passengers 2 years and …

KMXT received the following press release from the Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization. We post it as received, with minor editing. KODIAK, ALASKA, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 19, 2020 We have received information from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) that there has been another positive test result for COVID-19 in …

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 …