Kodiak

Kodiak jury convicts former jail corrections officer of sexually assaulting a prisoner

A Kodiak jury found a 27-year-old former Kodiak Jail corrections officer guilty of third-degree sexual assault against a female prisoner. Sentencing is Feb. 8, 2027.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Fish and Game lets tenders into Kodiak's herring B season with less than two weeks left

Kodiak's summer-to-fall herring season is finally letting tenders in, with less than two weeks to go. The B season opened July 1 and closes Oct. 25.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

House candidate Sheldon Prout amends disclosure to describe 2025 advance work for vice president

Kodiak House candidate Sheldon Prout amended his disclosure, calling his 2025 vice president office work a seven day advance job. Rival Kathy Simpler has outraised him nearly five to one.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

Kodiak Electric's 20-year Coast Guard energy contract is worth $31.3 million

Kodiak's electric co-op will upgrade the Coast Guard base's heat, lights and water over 20 years. Price tag: $31.3 million. Competition: none possible.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Kodiak Electric signs 20-year contract to upgrade energy systems at Coast Guard Base Kodiak

Kodiak parks fees rise to $6 a session for adult swimming, skating and racquetball

A swim, a skate or an hour of racquetball in Kodiak now costs adults $6, a dollar more than before. Renting the whole pool or rink went up a lot more.

by Alaska News4w ago2 min read

Kodiak planning commission set to decide Oct. 21 on Beaver Lake land sale

Kodiak's planners still say keep the Beaver Lake land as open space. The commission punted in September, decides Oct. 21, and said no to a similar sale in 2019.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Kodiak Assembly to weigh $300,000 for landfill fence after state says bears are getting in

Kodiak's landfill bear fence is no longer effective, state wildlife officials told the borough. The Assembly takes up $300,000 for a perimeter fence Thursday.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Kodiak waste board passes bear resolution after softening its wording

Kodiak parks board to weigh three first projects from new master plan

Kodiak Parks and Recreation will discuss three potential first projects from the city's new master plan at a Tuesday board meeting, focusing resources on one rather than spreading them thin.

by Alaska News1mo ago1 min read

Kodiak Assembly member asks for monthly short-term rental counts, citing Coast Guard housing crunch

Kodiak's borough counts about 165 short-term rentals, same as last year. One Assembly member wants monthly updates as Coast Guard growth squeezes housing.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Kodiak's projected deficit shrinks to about $94,000 at year end

Kodiak closed fiscal 2026 with a $94,000 general fund shortfall after a $1.14 million transfer from investment earnings reduced what had been a projected $3 million deficit.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Kodiak's two council members on the city investment committee are both leaving the council

Two departing Kodiak City Council members leave both seats open on the investment committee that oversees the city's $48.5 million portfolio, with the mayor to appoint replacements by Oct. 26.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Kodiak resident says city seeks 506% more tax from auto shop than Highmark Marine paid

A Kodiak resident told the council the city wants 506% more tax from a local auto shop than Highmark Marine paid. Her comparison couldn't be checked.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Labor-backed committee pays $150,000 for Kreiss-Tomkins ticket ads

A labor-backed committee paid $150,000 for digital ads backing the Kreiss-Tomkins and Johnson gubernatorial ticket, with spending set to run through Election Day on Nov. 3.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Kodiak Electric signs 20-year contract to upgrade energy systems at Coast Guard Base Kodiak

The Coast Guard's Kodiak base signed up the local electric co-op for a 20-year energy upgrade deal, with $2 million to start. Shutdowns already delayed it.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 30

Kodiak Island Borough Assembly to weigh renewing five boards, one idle since 2022

Kodiak's Emergency Services Council, which can declare local disasters, hasn't met since 2022. The Assembly decides Oct. 15 whether to keep it.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Coast Guard hoists ship captain 58 miles south of Adak with Air Guard help

The Coast Guard and Alaska Air National Guard flew more than 1,000 miles to pull an ailing master off a container ship near Adak and get him to Anchorage.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Oct 1

Kodiak waste board passes bear resolution after softening its wording

Kodiak's waste board approved a bear management resolution Sept. 9, softening it from a directive to a recommendation as the landfill stays out of compliance with state rules.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Kodiak review board to take up final North Star Elementary roof plans

Kodiak's review board meets Thursday on final plans to replace the roof of the former North Star Elementary School, listed at $4.1 million, with the building, now partly leased for a preschool, staying occupied.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Kodiak emergency planning committee to consider hazardous materials goals and a draft emergency operations plan

Kodiak's emergency planning committee meets Oct. 9 on hazmat response goals and whether to recommend a draft emergency operations plan to the city and borough.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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.News1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 29

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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 24

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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 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 News1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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.News1mo 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.News1mo ago1 min read