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Kodiak school board meets Friday on a personnel matter, its fourth special meeting in 18 days
Kodiak school board meets Friday on an unspecified personnel matter it has debated across four special meetings in 18 days, with a vote possible after a closed session.
by Walter AlaskaNews10h ago3 min readAI
Kodiak Assembly takes up its vacancy rewrite Thursday, with the public hearing Sept. 17
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly will introduce Thursday an ordinance that would start the clock for filling vacant seats the day a resignation is accepted and allow electronic applications.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago1 min readAI
Kodiak salmon fishing ends Monday evening in Eastside and Northeast districts
Kodiak's east side closes Monday while the west and north hold through Wednesday. Karluk's king escapement last year was the second lowest on record.
by Bill AlaskaNews3d ago1 min readAI
Wind is stirring up 1912 volcanic ash over southwest Kodiak Island
Wind is stirring up ash from the 1912 Katmai eruption over southwest Kodiak Island, and Karluk and Larsen Bay residents should limit time outdoors.
by Alaska News3d ago1 min readAI
Kodiak seiners got four more days, or one, depending where they were
Kodiak seiners on the west and north sides got four more days Saturday. Four Alitak sections got one. The order gives no reason for the split.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min readAI
Kodiak can't sell four lots it has owned since 1986 because they can't get a permit
Kodiak bought the land for a hospital in 1986, built ball fields instead, and still can't sell four lots that can't get a building permit.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min readAI
Kodiak Island Borough clerk drafts ordinance to tighten Assembly vacancy rules
Kodiak Island Borough Clerk Nova Javier drafted an ordinance requiring Assembly vacancy applicants to certify voter registration, residency, and willingness to file financial disclosures upfront.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
Five Alaska bridges are getting new lights, above and below
Five Alaska bridges are getting new lights, for the aircraft passing above them and the boats passing below. The whole project costs $170,000.
by Melinda Communities.News6d ago1 min readAI
Three Afognak sections close as Kodiak gets a 102-hour opening
Three Afognak sections closed Wednesday evening while the rest of Kodiak got periods of up to 102 hours. The Chinook nonretention rule still stands.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
A Native corporation's cleanup arm is monitoring a fuel spill in the Sound
A cleanup arm of Alaska Native corporation Calista won an FAA contract to monitor a former diesel spill and buried dump site in Prince William Sound.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago2 min readAI
Koniag takes board candidates to nine communities before proxy voting closes
Koniag will take board candidates to nine communities in September, six on Kodiak Island and three outside the region. Proxy voting closes Sept. 30.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Kodiak's one-king limit runs three more weeks
Kodiak saltwater anglers can keep one king a day through Sept. 15, then two. Kings have been steady, with several over 20 pounds in the past week.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Kodiak salmon fishing extended again, running through Wednesday evening
Kodiak boats get a second 48-hour extension, running through 6 pm Wednesday. The Chinook nonretention rule stays in place across the whole area.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago2 min readAI
Kodiak takes its landfill bear problem behind closed doors
Kodiak's landfill can't keep bears out, the borough could be fined for feeding wildlife, and now the Assembly is taking the bear problem behind closed doors.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago1 min readAI
A Kodiak landscaper won $19,500 to resurface the base softball field
Five companies bid for the job of filling in the low spots in the Coast Guard's softball outfield in Kodiak. The winner gets 30 days and $19,500.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago1 min readAI
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly tightens absence rule in 6-1 vote
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly lowered the absence threshold to 25 percent of meetings to forfeit a seat, down from 50 percent, and now counts work sessions in that total.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readAI
Coast Guard awards $143.4 million for 30 housing units and child care center at Kodiak ahead of two Arctic cutters
The Coast Guard is spending $143.4 million on 30 housing units and a child care center at Base Kodiak, ahead of two Arctic Security Cutters homeporting there.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago1 min readAI
Kodiak rezone would raise Cliff Point lot minimums to five acres
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly opened a hearing on rezoning twenty Cliff Point lots to require five-acre minimum sizes, reducing how many homes can be built there.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Koniag shareholders get nine chances to question their corporation's leadership in person
Koniag shareholders get nine chances this month to question their leadership in person, from the Kodiak Archipelago to Seattle, Portland and Soldotna.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Eight Alaska fishery disaster requests are past the deadline federal law sets
Eight Alaska fishing communities are owed federal disaster relief the law says is already overdue, and until the decisions come, no one gets paid.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Woman injured by brown bear sow near Bells Flats in Kodiak
A woman was hurt by a brown bear sow while walking her dog near Bells Flats on Kodiak, but her dog's barking distracted the bear long enough for her to escape.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Kodiak fights landfill bears with a second fence and a look at composting
Bears keep breaking into Kodiak's landfill, so the borough is fighting back two ways: a fence to keep them out and composting to cut the waste that draws them.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Pink salmon swamp Kodiak road-system rivers, crowding out sockeye and coho
Pink salmon are crowding Kodiak road-system rivers in unusual numbers, making sockeye and coho harder for anglers to find this week.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Kodiak wants your best shot of the biggest bears on Earth for its visitor guide
Kodiak's visitor-guide photo contest is open, led by the Kodiak brown bear — the biggest bear on Earth. Seven categories, $200 each, through Oct. 1.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Filing closes at 3 p.m. Monday with no publicly known candidate for 12 Kodiak Island Borough seats
Candidate filing for the Kodiak Island Borough's Oct. 6 election closes at 3 p.m. Monday. Only assembly filers appear in the state's public list, and the borough does not publish its declarations of candidacy before the deadline, so how many of the 16 seats drew candidates is unknown.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min readAI
A $60,580 project, half of it federal, will update Kodiak's history book
Kodiak Historical Society got $30,290 to revise its museum history book covering Alaska's oldest building and the Russian era through today.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Kodiak westside, Afognak and Alitak sections get a 45-hour extension
Kodiak commercial salmon fishing extended 45 hours into Monday, Aug. 17 at 6 p.m. across westside, Afognak and Alitak sections under state emergency order.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Kodiak Island Borough first-half property taxes due Monday, borough page still says Saturday
Kodiak Island Borough property taxes are due Monday, August 17, not Saturday as the borough's tax page still says. Miss the deadline and you owe a 10 percent penalty plus 1 percent monthly interest.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min readAI
State says Kodiak landfill is out of compliance on bears and borough could be fined
Alaska says Kodiak's landfill violates wildlife rules because bears keep reaching trash, and the borough could face fines for negligently feeding them. A $250,000 fence won't solve it alone.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago3 min readAI
A Navy ship tore a cleat off Kodiak's pier in a 100-mph storm
Replacing a mooring cleat a Navy ship tore off Kodiak's Pier II in a 100-mph storm will cost $72,500, and the city report doesn't say whether the Navy owes reimbursement.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Kodiak council to vote on $100,000 for aging wastewater plant electrical controls
Kodiak City Council votes Thursday on $100,000 to replace aging electrical controls at the wastewater plant before equipment failures disrupt operations.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
In Ouzinkie, one lake is water and power, so the village is building solar
In Ouzinkie, the same lake is both drinking water and power — so the island village is building solar and batteries to stop rationing one against the other.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
A majority of Kodiak's assembly is up for election this fall
A majority of the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly — four of seven seats — is up in the Oct. 6 election, and candidates have until Monday to file.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Kodiak keeps a road-sand storage lease its assembly had said it wanted to end
Kodiak's Service Area No. 1 will keep paying ~$12,600 a year to store road sand on a lease several assembly members had said last fall they wanted ended.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago3 min readAIKodiak's Saltery Cove anglers get their five-fish sockeye limit back after a thin July
Kodiak's Saltery Cove anglers get their five-fish sockeye limit back after a thin run recovered — though the area's subsistence closure remains in place.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Kodiak votes Thursday on barring officials from stacking offices, and staff say it's broken
Kodiak votes Thursday on barring officials from holding more than one local office, but staff say it's broken and would make the borough code contradict itself.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Bears are still raiding the Kodiak dump, weeks after a state plan to keep them out
Bears are still raiding the Kodiak dump weeks after the state approved a plan to keep them out, because the landfill is full of fish and game waste they can't resist.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Kodiak posts a 7% sales tax. Businesses effectively pay less than 3%
Kodiak advertises a 7% sales tax, but so much is exempt that businesses effectively pay under 3%, and the shrinking taxable base can't keep up with city costs.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Kodiak fish waste hauler is only applicant for former cannery site
A fish waste hauler is the only applicant for Kodiak's deteriorating former cannery site, and the city council must decide whether to sell.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
A Kodiak homeowner takes his flooded yard to the borough board
A Kodiak homeowner is fed up with a too-small, often-clogged borough pipe flooding his yard, and he's taking his complaint to the service-area board Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI