It’s time to clean up all the crud and trash that has collected on Kodiak roadsides and beaches. Pick up your bags at Kodiak High School parking lot. Also at the school, there will be special containers for hazardous waste, old computers and cardboard boxes. Plus, hotdogs and snacks.   The grass is greening and birds are singing and that …

  We look at mixing zones, the Clean Water Act and an effort to loosen pollution standards in salmon streams. A new book being published this month tells the story of the salmon canning industry and includes wonderful color photos of old, historic salmon can labels. And we finish up with a story of two guys who did everything right …

This is part of a press release from the Alaska DOT and Public Facilities.   The M/V Tustumena is returning to service earlier than expected and will now offer service to Homer, Seldovia, Port Lions, Ouzinkie, and Kodiak on May 14-17, 2019. The vessel will continue its previously scheduled voyages from May 18, 2019 onwards. The new Tustumena trips are …

  Clean up has started on an oil spill from a barge beached and abandoned several years ago in Women’s Bay. Coast Guard Public Affairs Specialist Nate Littlejohn said that while any spill of any size is unacceptable, the diesel-water mixture leaking from the barge has been minor so far.   “The Coast Guard is working with contractors to mitigate …

  Pollock with its mild flavor is a versatile fish. They can be made into surimi, fish sandwiches, and now high protein noodles. The new product from Trident Seafoods won awards but can the noodles win over the American public? Haines fishermen will soon be able to recycle their old waste nets. And Alaska’s salmon hatcheries once again provide for …

UPDATE: An Alaska State Troopers online dispatch identifies the men as 52-year-old Tandy Ford-Roberts and son, 30-year-old Jesse Ford Roberts. Tandy and Jesse had left Saturday morning at approximately 9:00 to go on an ATV trip from the Miam trail head to Saltery.   Two men were located and rescued on Sunday by an Air Station Kodiak helicopter crew after …

Alaska Aerospace Corporation wants to build a space port on the Big Island of Hawaii. It offers a perfect location in terms of satellite launches, but local Hawaiians have twice rejected other proposed launch sites. In this report by Hawaii Public Radio’s Ryan Finnerty, he explores the issues, the concerns, and the advice from Kodiak’s Mike Sirofchuck and Julie Kavanaugh …

Kodiak Electric Association members voted to retain two incumbent board members and to add a new member to the electric cooperative’s board of directors. Ballots were cast by mail, and the results were announced at Monday’s annual meeting. KEA is the member-owned utility that provides power for the Kodiak area. According to a KEA press release, more than 200 registered …

The Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak will host a community potluck Monday evening which features subsistence foods from the Kodiak area. It’s being held in conjunction with the Monday and Tuesday meeting of the Kodiak/Aleutians Subsistence Regional Advisory Council. — The Kodiak community will have a rare chance to taste and learn more about locally caught subsistence foods such as seal, …

The Coast Guard last week held non-judicial hearings which stem from on ongoing investigation begun in fall of 2018 into drug activity in the Coast Guard in Kodiak. Sixteen members were ‘held accountable’ on charges related to illegal possession and consumption of drugs. Because the Coast Guard has a zero-tolerance policy, all face administrative separation from service. Another nine members …