Kodiak’s law enforcement teams have shifted protocols since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tim Putney, chief of Kodiak Police, says they’ve suspended foot patrols and stopped doing traffic stops for minor infractions like a missed turn signal. Officers are also decontaminating patrol cars every time they have to transport someone, and using N-95 masks whenever possible when interacting with …
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Mitch Borden/KMXT Two cars and a variety of other things were stolen over the weekend from residents of Cliffside Drive and Otmeloi Way. Two neighborhoods outside the city of Kodiak. Currently, the Alaska State Troopers are investigating the thefts. The vehicles were both recovered. One near where it was stolen and the other inside Kodiak’s city limits. Sergeant Cornelius Sims …
Read More »There have been two injury accidents in two days along one stretch of often-icy road in Kodiak. A Kodiak teenager was injured Sunday evening when his car crashed and burned near the Coast Guard Base. Alaska State Troopers say 18-year-old Devan Monkiewicz was driving Sunday on Rezanof Drive West when his car left the roadway and crashed in a ditch …
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Fire burns the bunkhouse at the Spirit of Alaska Wilderness Adventures lodge in Uyak Bay on Kodiak Island, Alaska, June 2, 2016. One person died in the blaze and three were injured. U.S. Coast Guard photo. There is still no official word from authorities as to the identities of the victims of the fire yesterday morning at a remote Kodiak Island …
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Responders assess a fire at the Spirit of Alaska Wilderness Adventures lodge at the former Park’s Cannery near Uyak Bay on Kodiak Island, Alaska, June 2, 2016. The Coast Guard launched an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to assist with rescue efforts. U.S. Coast Guard photo. Jay Barrett/KMXT One person is confirmed dead and three injured in an early-morning fire at a …
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Bear spotted wandering around town. Photo by Trooper Mike Munson Kayla Desroches/KMXT Alaska State Troopers Wednesday shot a bear that had been wandering around town for a couple of weeks. Sergeant Shane Nicholson with the troopers says authorities deemed it necessary after receiving numerous reports of the bear getting into dumpsters and roll carts and passing through people’s properties. He …
Read More »Jay Barrett/KMXT If you were driving past Bell’s Flats on your way into or out of town Tuesday morning, you may have noticed the AC Express store was closed, and appeared to have some damage around the front door. If you had looked closer, you might have seen the detached front bumper of a 2004 Chevy Cavalier – complete with …
Read More »Jay Barrett/KMXT There has been another shooting death in Kodiak. The Alaska State Troopers say 28-year-old Justen Nixon of Kodiak was shot at 3:18 a.m. Saturday morning while at a house party on Spruce Cape Road. The Alaska Bureau of Investigation – a branch of the state troopers – is looking into the shooting. Trooper spokesman Tim DeSpain says Nixon …
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