Did you feel a jolt last night? At about 8:25 p.m. on Monday, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake hit the northernmost end of Shuyak Island. The quake was at a depth of 7.3 miles and about 50 miles away from the city of Kodiak. Four hours later, a magnitude 6.8 quake occurred along the Aleutian chain, 44 miles east southeast of …

As record case numbers continue to be reported in Kodiak, it’s becoming more and more apparent that Kodiak is in the thralls of its largest ever wave of COVID. According to Amy Corder, incident commander for the COVID response of the Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center, COVID is going to be spreading quickly for the next few weeks. “We are …

COVID-19 cases are surging again in Kodiak. The borough on Tuesday recorded its highest daily case count of the entire pandemic, with 99 infections. Kodiak Island Borough School District superintendent Larry LeDoux says the high school closure, which started Wednesday, has allowed the school to get back on track. The students have been learning remotely, and are expected to return …

The COVID-19 situation in Kodiak has taken a turn for the worse. According to the Emergency Operations Center’s weekly COVID update, 227 new cases were reported for the Kodiak Island Borough in the last week.  256 cases are considered active, and include one hospitalization. Mike Tvenge is the director of the Emergency Services Council. He says that while this event …

It’s Christmas time in Kodiak- Russian Christmas, that is. Father Innocent Dresdow joined KMXT’s Dylan Simard on Talk of The Rock to discuss the Russian Orthodox Christmas tradition and some of the events going on in Kodiak to celebrate the January 7 holiday. Father Innocent is the priest of the Holy Resurrection Cathedral in Kodiak. He says the holiday begins …

It was noon on a cloudy and windy January 1st. Scores of people gathered on Mill Bay Beach. It was 14 degrees outside, but the 30-mile an hour winds brought the wind chill temperature to -14. Kodiak’s own new year’s tradition- the polar plunge. 30 people sporting bright pink t-shirts jumped into the dangerously cold water, and they didn’t do …

Here’s a recording and transcript of the piece that ran December 31st during the evening news. Please enjoy, and Happy New Year! … It’s hard to believe that it’s been less than a year since most people got their first doses of the vaccine.  The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to arms in Kodiak on January 13th.  …

This week, 53 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the weekly COVID update published by the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center. Last week, the EOC reported 7 new cases total. Kodiak city officials say 26 crewmembers from the Coast Guard  Cutter Midgett tested positive for the virus as of Wednesday. Their testing was conducted by the Kodiak Area Native Association clinic, …

The Kodiak Island Borough saw an explosive increase in COVID-19 cases. 53 new cases were reported today for the last week. That’s after only 13 active cases were reported on December 22. Among the 53 cases were 15 non-resident travel related cases. All cases were tested between December 21 and December 28. There have been 2857 total COVID-19 cases to …

Listen to Talk of The Rock here; Kodiak’s legislative representatives have a busy year ahead. And a windfall of federal money has major implications for  the state budget- Rep. Louise Stutes and Sen. Gary Stevens joined KMXT’s Dylan Simard and Kirsten Dobroth on Talk of The Rock Tuesday to discuss their thoughts on Governor Dunleavy’s budget and more. Rep. Stutes …