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Council advisers back changes to help small Alaska towns fish their halibut and sablefish quota
Small Alaska towns bought halibut and sablefish quota, but over 750,000 pounds went uncaught last year. Council advisers want to make it easier to fish.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Unofficial Kodiak Island Borough election results posted, canvass set for Oct. 14
Kodiak Island Borough posted unofficial election results Oct. 6, with 742 ballots still uncounted and a six-vote gap in the Assembly race before the Oct. 14 canvass.
by Alaska News1w ago1 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
Alaska sets 25 online-only permits for Raspberry Island cow elk
Twenty-five Raspberry Island elk permits go out online Sept. 24, first come first served. Sixteen more go only to whoever shows up in two Kodiak villages.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Federal grant of $500,000 would replace generators on the mountaintop relays that carry Akhiok's internet
A $500,000 federal grant will replace aging generators and batteries at two mountain relays that carry internet to Akhiok, a remote village on Kodiak Island.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Weather cancels Koniag townhalls in two villages, three weeks before the board vote
High winds canceled Koniag's first two 2026 shareholder townhalls in Akhiok and Old Harbor on Wednesday, replacing them with meal and sign-in gatherings as the proxy deadline approaches Sept. 30.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Seven small earthquakes logged across Alaska over three days
Seven small earthquakes hit scattered parts of Alaska between Aug. 26 and 29, ranging from magnitude 2.6 to 3.6. Only one has had human review.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A small Alutiiq village corporation near Kodiak has built a $200 million federal business
A company owned by Ouzinkie, an Alutiiq village corporation near Kodiak, has built a federal business topping $200 million, its biggest presence in Florida.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Ouzinkie village corporation wins courthouse contracts in Florida
A village corporation from a 110-person Alutiiq island is fixing courthouse restrooms in Florida. One of the five awards bought only a new contract number.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
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 AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Nome port's national security designation could save city $132 million in construction costs
A Senate bill could cut Nome's share of its Arctic port project from 35 percent to 10 percent, saving the city $132 million as construction begins this summer.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Senate panel advances water bill with Alaska Native village sanitation, Nome port, and Juneau flood provisions
Senate panel approved a water bill directing $60 million yearly to Alaska Native village sanitation and fast-tracking Juneau's glacial flood response.
by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read
Kodiak Borough holds public hearing on Ouzinkie tsunami shelter rezone
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly held a public hearing July 16 on rezoning an Ouzinkie parcel to house the community's tsunami shelter and tribal offices.
by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read
Ouzinkie's tsunami shelter is zoned as a house. The borough is about to fix that.
Ouzinkie's tsunami shelter — on an island you can only reach by boat — is officially zoned as a single-family house, a leftover from a closed airstrip. The borough votes July 16 to fix it.
by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read
Where thousands of seabirds flew, a Kodiak commissioner counted 30
A Native Kodiak commissioner counted 30 seabirds where thousands once flew, and says the borough's new 20-year plan must reckon with that — and with 7,000 years of Indigenous knowledge.
by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read
Kodiak Borough set to rezone Ouzinkie parcel for tsunami shelter and government offices
Kodiak Borough will vote July 16 on rezoning an Ouzinkie parcel to allow a tsunami shelter and government offices in the island village.
by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read
Council sends Kodiak Tanner crab closure to second initial review with preliminary preferred alternative
North Pacific Fishery Management Council advanced Tanner crab protection measures to a second review, selecting non-pelagic trawl restrictions while keeping closure options open for further analysis.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago4 min read
Commission approves subdivision, rezone for Native Village of Ouzinkie tsunami shelter
Kodiak Island Borough Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved a subdivision and rezone allowing the Native Village of Ouzinkie to take ownership of land holding a tsunami shelter.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4mo ago1 min read