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Alutiiq MuseumIt's the oldest artifacts found on Kodiak yet, meaning human settlement dates back hundreds of years earlier than previously known. -
Brian Venua/KMXTThe Trump administration froze billions of dollars in education funding last month, and put Kodiak’s sole General Educational Development, or GED, program in limbo. Then, in late July, the administration said it was releasing most, but not all, of that money.
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A 110-foot tug boat called the Sea Ranger started taking on water, according to a Coast Guard press release. Rescue crews brought the sinking boat's crew to Cordova, no injuries were reported. -
Dozens of kids filled the Bayside Fire Department in Kodiak for a weeklong day camp to learn about firefighting and fire safety. Fighting live – but controlled – fires was a lot of fun for the kids, but also a way to develop homegrown firefighters for the future. -
Two of the bills create new fishing-related laws and the third updates the rules governing accountants in the state. -
On Thursday, July 24, the city council awarded $255,400 to 22 local nonprofits. That’s out of a total of 25 organizations that requested $358,498 in funding this fiscal year. Here's which organizations were awarded funds and how some of them plan to use the money: -
Alaska Republican Congressman Nick Begich III proposed a U.S. House subcommittee rollback parts of the landmark legislation to “modernize” it. Conservation groups warn that it’s a gutting that endangers already struggling whale populations around the state. -
Roughly six months after Frank Dorner left the job, the Kodiak City Fire Department has hired a new fire chief. Rich Gonzalez, the current emergency manager for Kodiak Island, has officially taken over the top role at the fire department. -
John Oberst, the CEO and president of the Alaska Aerospace Corporation, said a multi-layered defense system that can intercept hypersonic missiles will require lots of test launches to develop. -
President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill that passed earlier this month included reducing Medicaid spending in Alaska by up to half a billion dollars. Kodiak health care providers are still grappling with how they’ll be affected. -
The 2.5 hours long outage affected users around the world, including in Kodiak and at least one business on the island. -
Multiple flights to and from Kodiak were canceled Thursday, July 24, after an Alaska Airlines plane hit more than one deer on the runway while landing around 8 a.m. this morning.
