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:

Kodiak’s $24.4 million fire station is open for business. City firefighters and emergency services began responding to calls from the new firehouse on Feb. 2.

The state of Alaska is moving forward with a multi-year project to repave and improve the only road connecting the city of Kodiak to Benny Benson State Airport.

The Kodiak Island Borough School District will not close a school to balance next school year’s budget. Instead, the district’s Board of Education has decided to make $2.7 million worth of cuts to staff and school programs and services.

Pacific cod fishermen in the Kodiak area and South Alaska Peninsula can now catch nearly 8 million pounds of fish during the current state-managed fishery. That’s after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced an updated quota last week on Feb. 5 in the middle of the 2026 season.

The Kodiak Island Borough School District’s Board of Education is waiting at least another week before it decides how it will cover a looming budget deficit for next school year.

Daily halibut catch limits for unguided recreational fishermen in Alaska will remain the same this year as last year. That’s after the International Pacific Halibut Commission took no action on a proposal that would have reduced daily catch limits for those fishermen.

Three tribal entities on Kodiak Island are jointly proposing to build a cultural center off the Chiniak Highway. The groups' recent similar use determination request for the project was approved by the Kodiak Island Borough's planning and zoning commission.

After years of delays, the build contract to replace the Alaska Marine Highway System’s ferry M/V Tustumena is out to bid. The state’s project notice calls for the new mainliner ferry to be completed by the beginning of 2029 with an estimated price tag of more than $300 million.