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Baseball Recap: Soldotna has no trouble against Kodiak
Soldotna put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Kodiak Bears with a sharp 16-1 victory. Soldotna's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season. Derrick Jones was...
Soccer Game Recap: Kodiak Triumphs
On Thursday, Kodiak faced Grace Christian in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Kodiak Bears walked away with a 3-1 win over the Grace Christian Grizzlies. The victory was nothing new for Kodiak as they're now sitting on four straight. Kodiak's win bumped their record up...
Ouzinkie’s Spruce Island Farms testing kelp farming as a way to provide revenue and restore the environment
Spruce Island Farms with the City of Ouzinkie is planning to test the feasibility of growing kelp in Narrow Strait, just offshore from the eastern part of Kodiak Island, between the southern end of Spruce Island and Nelson Island. Based on the permit application with the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the two entities are looking at farming sugar kelp, dragon kelp, and split kelp.
Sun’aq Tribe staff get scuba certified to improve search efforts for invasive crayfish
Crayfish are an invasive species that have been threatening a Kodiak Island lake for over two decades. Eradication efforts have been underway for years. But now the Sun’aq Tribe staff recently got a scuba certification to search for the freshwater shellfish in deeper water than ever before. Buskin Lake...
State salmon forecast projects ‘weak’ pink salmon runs around Kodiak Island this summer
The summer commercial salmon season is less than a month away, and Kodiak Island fishermen can expect a smaller pink harvest and mixed sockeye runs overall compared to last year. That’s according to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game’s statewide run forecasts and harvest projections for 2024, which was released last month on April, 23.
Tustumena ferry’s next stop in Kodiak pushed back another week, bypassing Port Lions and Ouzinkie
The [M/V] Tustumena ferry’s return to service has been further delayed, after already being laid up for weeks in the shipyard in Seward for repairs. The Alaska Marine Highway System announced on May 2, the Tustumena now won’t sail to Kodiak until Monday, May 13, leaving Homer in the afternoon at 1:00 p.m. and arriving in Kodiak later that evening around 10:00 p.m.
Kodiak Filipino American Association hosts Flores de Mayo celebrations
Hundreds of people from Kodiak’s Filipino community came together to celebrate Flores de Mayo on May 4. That’s one of the most prominent holidays in the Philippines. This is how traditions from an island nation are shared on an island in Alaska. Music could be heard pumping from...
Sun’aq Tribe receives grant to improve marine mammal response
The Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak announced grant funding from the Bureau of Indian Affairs on May 2. Most of that money is earmarked to improve the Tribe’s ability to respond to injuries and strandings of marine mammals around the island. When marine mammals are reported dead or injured...
Borough Assembly unsure how proposed changes to Little Davis Bacon Act would affect Kodiak’s construction workforce
One of Alaska’s legislators is seeking to update the minimum threshold for paying construction workers who work on state projects. The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly voted to support the legislation, but shared uncertainty about how or if this would benefit the island’s workforce. The Little Davis-Bacon Act is...
Sun’aq Tribe receives grant to improve marine mammal response
When marine mammals are reported dead or injured around Kodiak, the Sun’aq Tribe’s natural resources department is on the scene. The team has disentangled sea lions and even organized necropsies, or animal autopsies, on humpback, fin, and Cuvier’s beaked whales that washed up on local beaches in just the last year.
Kodiak Police Department moving away from 24/7 patrols due to continued staffing shortages
By the end of this month on May 27, the Kodiak Police Department will no longer be able to sustain patrols 24 hours a day, every day [24/7], due to steadily declining staffing levels. Police Chief Tim Putney told KMXT in January, this will be the first time in decades,...
Dockage rates at Kodiak Ports & Harbors would increase but others would hold steady with proposed tariff changes
Kodiak’s Harbormaster has proposed updating local rates and fees for vessel moorage, petroleum products and dry storage, among other things. The tariff rates currently in place were adopted in 2020. The city’s Port and Harbors Advisory Board gave its approval for this year’s tariff changes last month on April...
Coast Guard inspects planes after unexpected exposure to fire-fighting foam
Three military planes were potentially damaged, after the fire suppression system went off in a Coast Guard hangar in Kodiak on April 17. Coast Guard Public Affairs Officer Shannon Kearny said three HC-130 aircraft were exposed to high-expansion fire-fighting foam. “Upon realizing no fires were present, personnel deactivated the suppression...
KEA hoping to increase margins by selling Renewable Energy Certificates
As Kodiak Electric Association’s revenue from the local commercial fish processors dwindles, the utility is exploring alternative funding streams. One involves green power markets and selling what are called Renewable Energy Certificates, or RECs. The Kodiak Electric Association’s Board of Directors on March 28, approved a five year contract...
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