New proposed bylaws would change how the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council can spend its trust funds and expand the oil spill’s original boundaries to incorporate an ecosystem approach.
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Fish and Game closes highly successful Afognak Island elk hunt by emergency order
A Fish and Game biologist said they had “closed down pretty much the entire island, which I don’t think we’ve ever done before.”
Kodiak remembers 101-year-old woman determined to vote
Margaret Hall of Kodiak wanted very badly to vote this year but died peacefully in her sleep on Friday.
Piglets escape Kodiak farm, run wild in street
The piglets have learned that if they pile enough dirt up against their electric fence, they can knock it out of commission.
Kodiak man’s protest ends with no change to hospital visit policy
Marvin Abbott camped out at the Anchorage hospital for more than a month to protest its COVID-19 policies, which restrict patient visits as a safety precaution.
Al Gross and Sen. Dan Sullivan face off on fisheries in U.S. Senate debate
Saturday night’s showdown between Sen. Dan Sullivan and his challenger, Al Gross, had some heated exchanges.
Kodiak Coast Guard base reports COVID-19 cases
Six cases have been reported at Air Station Kodiak.
Kodiak’s decades-old Tsunami siren system gets a new song
Work is underway to retire 21 tsunami warning sirens on Kodiak Island, which have worked hard for more than 30 years.
Kodiak rocket launch ends in fiery explosion
Mark and Eric Van Dongen witnessed the rocket explode on the ground right where they had been deer hunting.
3 Yellowstone bison arrive at their new home near Old Harbor, Alaska
The buffalo left Montana for Alaska on Monday — three hardy bulls, which weigh about a thousand pounds each.