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Terry Haines presents the Midday Report featuring: Covid-19 cases continue to rise in Kodiak. Schools are now closed across the district. All this and more on today’s midday news.

COVID cases continue to rise in Kodiak, according to the Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization. Sixteen new COVID-19 cases have been reported for the Kodiak Island Borough. Four cases are travel related, six cases are close contacts of previously announced cases, three cases are classified as general community spread, and three cases are under investigation …

Following a series of days that featured a high count of community spread cases, KIBSD has decided to close down all of its schools through January 11th. Remote learning will be in effect from the 20th onwards. The district cited several reasons for the closure in an email sent to KIBSD staff and families, including …

Kodiak has passed 200 cases, as community spread numbers continue to rise. Nine new cases have been reported for the Kodiak Island Bureau- all of which are classified as community spread cases. This brings the total case count to 201 since the start of the pandemic, with 51 cases currently classified as active.

Terry Haines presents the Midday Report featuring: A weekly update from the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center. Kodiak community-spread numbers are rising and total number of active cases amount to 51 in town. Recent pink salmon runs across Bering Sea region are larger than before. All that and more on today’s midday news report.

The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation has awarded a $750,000 grant to the Brother Francis Shelter in Kodiak, which will be used for facility upgrades and homelessness prevention efforts by the shelter. The Kodiak shelter was one of several selected to split a total of $5 million dollars statewide Jennifer Smerud, a planner with the Alaska …

With a surge in community spread cases of COVID-19, Kodiak now stands at the precipice of 200 cases since the start of the pandemic. Seven new cases have been reported for the Kodiak Island Borough by the Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization. Two cases are Kodiak Island Residents who are close contacts of previously announced …

The Alaska Division of Elections finally tallied Kodiak’s 3500 absentee votes on Thursday, and while those votes didn’t change much on the statewide election landscape, we have a better idea of how Kodiak voted this election. Generally speaking, Kodiak went for Republican candidates again this year, but that doesn’t mean the island is completely red. …

While it might initially seem like COVID has been a damper on education, some forward-thinking ideas are still being developed around the country. Here in Kodiak, Anthony White has been working to start a new program for the Kodiak Island Borough School District that would bring students hands-on opportunities at a local business or …

Terry Haines presents the Midday Report featuring: Kodiak’s community-spread cases of Covid-19 continue. The Borough assembly acts to spend CARES Act funding before deadline. A successful elk season leads to an early closure. Addressing accuracy in counting Alaska’s Covid-19 cases. All that and more on today’s midday news report.