Damon Hargraves, current principal of Peterson Elementary, will take on the role of assistant superintendent before the end of the school year. Rena Rankin, current Kodiak Middle School principal, will take his place.

The state of Alaska is proposing to lease the public parking lot at the Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport to a private entity, the Kodiak Airport Park & Store, LLC which will operate and maintain the parking lot.

Alaska’s newest kelp hatchery recently finished its first growing season in a mobile shipping container in Kodiak. The hatchery aims to help kelp farmers on Kodiak Island boost how much they can grow.

Kodiak residents may notice more military activity in the air, on land and at sea this week as the U.S. military conducts its annual joint training exercise known as Arctic Edge. Training began on Kodiak Island Tuesday and continues through Saturday, Feb. 28.

Millions of federal dollars were recently awarded to the Kodiak Island spaceport and its owner, Alaska Aerospace Corporation as it prepares for more launches with the federal government.

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) is working with the City and Native Village of Port Lions to replace the water distribution system, parts of which date back to 1964 when the community was first established in its current location.

Kodiak’s emergency responders received reports from around the road system of downed trees, power outages and a roof blown off a house Friday, Feb. 20. That’s after the northeast side of the island was buffeted by winds in excess of 70 mph Thursday night through early Friday morning.

The Kodiak Harvest Food Cooperative is temporarily closing its doors after Feb. 21. Two weeks later, when it reopens in a different spot downtown, it will look more like a “full service” grocery store with plans to sell more Alaska seafood, more local produce and open a deli.

The Coast Guard commissioned its newest vessel in Kodiak on Friday, the fast response cutter Frederick Mann. That’s the sixth one based in Alaska. And more Coast Guard assets are in the works.

The federal Missile Defense Agency recently released the names of 2,440 government contractors it will tap for work likely connected to President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome project. Here's which ones have Alaska ties: