Kodiak doctors say emergency preparations should include masks and social distancing.
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Kodiak city manager: masks and gloves go in the trash, not in the toilet
Improperly discarded gloves and masks have wreaked havoc on the city sewer system, especially on Cannery Row.
Passenger on board the Alaska ferry Kennicott tests positive for COVID-19
The department says it doesn’t know when the passenger became infected or became contagious.
Kodiak holds a small rally to protest the police killing of George Floyd
One protestor says it can be difficult to see the impacts of systemic police violence in a town where officers generally have a good relationship with the community.
Marine heatwaves will cripple salmon, cod and pollock at twice the rate previously predicted, study says
As these heatwaves continue, they may have far more devastating implications to fisheries than previously predicted.
Gulf of Alaska cod loses sustainability label because of scarcity caused by climate change
After 10 years of certification, Gulf of Alaska cod will have its blue-sticker sustainability label suspended.
Grief in Kodiak over the closure of the town’s Taco Bell, KFC
“People in Kodiak, we want to have this wild, natural life, but then we also kind of miss those bits of civilization, such as chain restaurants.”
New study links 2015 seabird die-off to food scarcity during the ‘Blob’
Alaskans may remember a few years ago, when huge numbers of common murres, a type of northern seabird, were washing up dead onshore.
M/V Tustumena makes its last run before winter ferry service gap
Kodiak Island’s last ferry of the season pulled away from the dock on Saturday, Jan. 11, and there won’t be one returning until April.
DEC budget proposal puts small shellfish farming operations at risk
A Department of Environmental Conservation budget proposal could mean some rough years ahead for small shellfish farms in Alaska.