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Kodiak invests $10 million and uses transfers to shrink $1.7 million General Fund shortfall
Kodiak put $10 million into bonds and T-bills and used transfers to shrink a $1.7 million budget hole to about $95,000. Council reviews it Thursday.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Kodiak council takes up $5.6 million in state loans for Aleutian Homes pipes
Kodiak City Council takes first reading Thursday on two ordinances to borrow $5.6 million in state funds for replacing 70-year-old water and sewer pipes in Aleutian Homes.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Koniag shareholders to meet in Anchorage with three board seats up
Koniag shareholders vote on three board seats Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Dena'ina Civic Center in Anchorage, with livestream available online.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Koniag to pay $1,200 Elder Benefit to original shareholders 62 and older Oct. 9
Koniag will pay $1,200 to original shareholders 62 and older on Oct. 9, its fall Elder Benefit. The benefit began in 2018; a spring payment was added in 2024.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Anchorage joint venture wins $4.7M Chicago facilities management deal
An Anchorage joint venture won a $4.7 million federal contract to manage a Chicago Social Security building, one of 37 awards the partnership has landed since October 2025.
by Melinda Communities.News2w ago2 min read
Anchorage's Koman firms win $37.6 million in Border Protection contracts
Two Anchorage companies owned by Natives of Kodiak Inc. won $37.6 million in Border Protection contracts for plant eradication and kennel facility work.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Tustumena replacement ferry gets $32.3 million more in federal funding
The Tustumena's planned replacement picked up $32.3 million more in federal money. The low bid ran $49 million over budget, and Kodiak faces a ferry gap.
by Melinda Communities.News2w ago2 min read
Kodiak Island Borough plans bear hazing at landfill Monday as bear reaches resident's door
A Kodiak resident says a brown bear had its paws on his front door Wednesday night. Fish and Game and troopers plan to haze bears out of the landfill Monday.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Kodiak Assembly member says Navy would back grid funding bid tied to Spruce Cape project
A classified Navy project at Spruce Cape could use 70% of Kodiak's power, an Assembly member says, and the Navy may back a grid funding bid.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Kodiak City Council meets in closed session to discuss potential litigation
odiak's City Council met in closed session with its attorney about a potential claim involving a former employee. Details weren't discussed in public.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Kodiak school board accepts superintendent's resignation less than three months into his tenure
Kodiak's school superintendent is out less than three months into the job. The board accepted Dan Brigman's resignation and hasn't said why.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Maximum SNAP food benefits in Alaska rise about 1.6% starting Thursday, with rural areas highest
Alaska's SNAP maximums rise about 1.6% Thursday. A rural family of four can now get up to $2,027 a month, though actual benefits depend on income.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
Kodiak borough weighs $70,919 off-road rescue vehicle for Womens Bay firefighters
Womens Bay's volunteer firefighters have been riding their own ATVs to off-road calls. The borough may buy them a $70,919 side-by-side with a pump and a plow.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Chignik District red sea cucumber divers get first fishing period Sept. 30 to Oct. 7
Chignik District red sea cucumber divers get their first week of the season starting Wednesday, under a 15,000-pound cap for the whole season.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Kodiak Middle School breakfast jumps from 11 students a day to 127 with grab-and-go meals
Kodiak Middle School cut the breakfast line, handed out grab-and-go meals and brought back strawberry milk. Daily breakfast went from 11 kids to 127.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Trawl meeting in Anchorage Oct. 16 will take no remote testimony
Fishery managers will spend a day in Anchorage on trawl nets touching the seafloor. No votes, no remote testimony, and written comments close Oct. 9.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Kodiak holds off on selling historic Griffin Memorial Hospital as museums seek a lease
Kodiak's 1938 Griffin Memorial Hospital has two suitors: a church that wants to buy it and two museums that want to lease it. The city isn't selling, for now.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Regulators fix math errors in AVEC power subsidy, raising credits in most villages
State regulators found math errors in AVEC's rural power credits. The fix raises the credit in 44 of 46 village power systems and lowers it in two.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
Coast Guard orders $315 million fuel pier and cutter berths at Base Kodiak
The Coast Guard has now ordered about $458 million in new work at Base Kodiak this year, led by a $315 million fuel pier and berths for its biggest cutters.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Coast Guard awards $36.4 million to repair industrial facility at Base Ketchikan
The Coast Guard is spending $36.4 million to repair a building at Base Ketchikan, the borough's biggest federal contract this year by a wide margin.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
House passes water bill naming Alaska harbor, flood and water projects; Senate still has to act
The House passed a water bill naming Kodiak's harbor, Juneau's glacial floods and Sitka water money. None of it counts until the Senate agrees.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Eight of nine Alaska tribes get smaller military cleanup agreements in latest Defense Department round
Nine Alaska tribes signed new Defense Department agreements to clean up old military contamination. The money has shrunk every year since 2023.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Kodiak school board meets in closed session Monday on a personnel matter for the fifth time since August
Kodiak's school board meets behind closed doors again Monday on a personnel matter. Its online minutes page hasn't caught up with anything since July.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
NOAA weighs 77 Gulf of Alaska sites for future kelp and shellfish farms
Seventy-seven spots along the Gulf of Alaska coast could someday grow kelp and oysters. NOAA is still studying them, and no farm is approved yet.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly cancels work session for lack of a quorum
Kodiak's Assembly couldn't gather enough members Thursday to talk about when it will meet next year. The 2027 meeting calendar will have to wait its turn.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
National money registered on both sides of Alaska's governor's race this week
The Democratic Governors Association and a Republican-aligned PAC with a Virginia bank both registered to spend in Alaska's governor's race this week.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Kodiak's salmon fishery opens for 54 hours starting Thursday at noon
Kodiak gets 54 hours of salmon fishing starting Thursday at noon. The Karluk River saw 93 kings reach spawning grounds against a goal of 3,000.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Southeast's freight surcharge hits its highest published level
The fuel surcharge on Southeast freight hits 22.5 percent, the highest on record. Nobody outside the company can check the number against anything.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
A Kodiak crab quota lease would guarantee boats Unalaska-level prices
Kodiak's fisheries association would lease its crab processing quota to Royal Aleutian, on the condition that Kodiak boats get paid Unalaska prices.
by Alaska News3w ago2 min read
One black rockfish a day in Kodiak and Afognak waters
Kodiak anglers can keep five rockfish a day but only one black and one yelloweye. Fish deeper and off the rock piles to fill the rest of the bag.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Juneau's JAMHI clinic gets $938,000 in congressionally directed funds to replace failing HVAC
Juneau has no road out. The clinic holding its primary care and behavioral health is getting federal money for failing HVAC and fire suppression.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 min read
Alaska Native tribes begin five-year youth suicide prevention programs
Ten Alaska Native tribes and health organizations begin five-year youth suicide prevention programs next week, sharing about $4.1 million in federal money.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Kodiak's health center is getting its own heating unit, off the hospital's
Kodiak's community health center shares aging air handling with the hospital next door. A $300,000 earmark buys it a rooftop unit of its own.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min read
Sullivan's bycatch bill advances from Senate committee
A Senate committee advanced Sullivan's bycatch bill, which would set trawl-gear standards, expand monitoring and fund bycatch research.
by Alaska News3w ago1 min read
Alaska's population holds steady to 2055. Kodiak loses a quarter of its people.
Alaska's population barely changes by 2055. Kodiak's drops 26 percent. A flat statewide average hides what happens to individual communities.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
State will bring free heavy equipment training to Cordova crews
Cordova's public works crews will train on heavy equipment at no cost through state-run courses held in town, filling a gap left by last year's travel budget cuts.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Sullivan diesel-derate bill advances Senate committee 10-9
A Senate panel advanced Sullivan's diesel-derate bill 10-9. It mandates cold-weather relief while EPA separately considers broader changes.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Kodiak Island Borough warns of wire transfer scam targeting zoning applicants
Scammers are posing as Kodiak zoning officials and demanding wire transfers. Nobody in history has ever been this eager to collect a permit fee.
by Alaska News1mo ago1 min read
Rezanof Drive closes nightly in downtown Kodiak through September
Rezanof Drive closes nightly through the end of September in downtown Kodiak, and the state hasn't said what construction the closure is for.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Kodiak may close an elementary school its building plan still invests in
Kodiak may close East Elementary in 2027. Three weeks before that was proposed, the board was handed a plan with $5.75 million of work for the building.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read