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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
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
Afognak Native Corporation buys majority stake in Weaver Bros. trucking companies
Weaver Bros. has hauled freight in Alaska since 1946. Its new majority owner is a Kodiak village corporation whose people lost their village in 1964.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 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
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
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
A Larsen Bay spillway is 'nearing failure' and unfunded in Kodiak's list
A spillway supplying Larsen Bay's water and power is "nearing failure," but the $1.2 million fix isn't funded and ranks sixth, in Kodiak's out-year pile.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 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
Borough proposes $580K budget with new staff, building upgrades
Kodiak Island Borough's $580,000 fiscal year 2027 budget adds a construction manager, switches to electric heating, and funds $147,000 in ADA accessibility upgrades.
by Alaska Newsadded 5mo ago3 min read