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State ferry Tustumena repairs delay Kodiak Island service
The Alaska Marine Highway System has announced that the ferry Tustumena will be delayed coming out of its annual maintenance overhaul. Last week’s update means the Tustumena’s earliest sailing to Kodiak Island is on the evening of May 9, when it’s scheduled to stop in Port Lions and Ouzinkie as well as Kodiak, departing Homer at 8:45 p.m. Originally it was expected to be back in service by the end of this month, April 30.
Midday Report – April 30, 2024
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Iditarod’s Burled Arch that marks the finish line of the annual Sled Dog Race collapsed Saturday evening. State lawmakers are still debating a return to a pension-style defined-benefit retirement system for public-sector workers. And the U.S. Coast Guard retired a fleet of helicopters based out of Kodiak in a ceremony last Tuesday.
Talk of the Rock: KIB Hazard Mitigation Plan
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Brian Venua talks to the Kodiak Island Borough’s associate planner, Joe Grochmal, and director of community development, Christopher French, about the efforts to create a new Hazard Mitigation Plan. Listen here:
Softball Recap: Avery Cook can't quite lead Wasilla over Kodiak
On Thursday, Wasilla faced Kodiak in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Wasilla Warriors lost 12-4 to the Kodiak Bears. Wasilla was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Kodiak apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played on April 4th.
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...
MV Tustumena spending extra time in the shipyard, causes ferry service delays to Kodiak Island
The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) announced Wednesday, April 24 that the MV Tustumena ferry will be delayed coming out of its annual maintenance or overhaul. That means the earliest it will sail to Kodiak Island is the evening of May 9, when it’s scheduled to stop in Port Lions and Ouzinkie as well as Kodiak, departing Homer at 8:45 p.m. Originally it was expected to be back in service by the end of this month, April 30.
Nick Begich takes break from campaign trail, tracks and bags a Kodiak bear
After a successful convention with Alaska Republicans, congressional candidate Nick Begich changed clothes and headed to the airport, destination: Kodiak. From there, Vertigo Air transported Begich to the Uyak Bay area, where he had a tag to hunt Kodiak brown bear. He was accompanied by friend Pat McCollum of Wasilla, husband of Mat-Su School Board member Kathy McCollum.
Kodiak Alutiiq museum adds watercolors of Native ancestors to collection
The Kodiak Alutiiq Museum has expanded its collection by 11 watercolor paintings. The paintings are portraits of 19th-century Alutiiq/Sugpiaq people, and were created by Sugpiaq artist Cheryl Lacy. Lacy’s set of 11 portraits is titled “Our Ancestors” and reinterprets works done by Mikhail Tikhanov. Tikhanov was a Russian artist from...
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