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The former AC general store building in Kodiak may be torn down to make room for an expansive and modern marketplace by a health and social services nonprofit which bought the building in 2014. Kodiak Area Native Association’s acting CEO Mike Pfeffer briefed the Kodiak City Council on the nonprofit’s plans during a Tuesday work session. “It’ll be a mixed …

A popular Kodiak cafe has apparently shut down after more than two decades in business. Monk’s Rock Coffeehouse & Bookstore posted on social media on Tuesday that it had closed its doors for the foreseeable. A Facebook post has since been deleted. Efforts to reach the owners were unsuccessful. But its phone number played the following outgoing message on Tuesday …

Shop the Rock is returning to Kodiak this week, beginning on Wednesday and lasting until Saturday. Kodiak Chamber of Commerce Director Jena Lowmaster explains that this is more than just another sale. “Shop the Rock is coming up on Wednesday, August 25, all the way through August 28, which is Saturday. And there’ll be sales and specialists all around Kodiak …

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report: KUAC’s Dan Bross and his story on Yukon salmon, Robert Woolsey  KCAW tells of reduced Chinook bag limits, and the NTSB accepts findings of Scandies Rose report.

On This Week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Frankenfish Hit The Markets, Conservation Easements in Illiamna, and Senator Murkowski on the Pebble Project

Pandemic disrupted Alaska’s typical hiring pattern. (Source: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section) We continue to get a better idea of just how much the pandemic has affected Kodiak’s economy. Jobs numbers released this month show a picture of Kodiak’s new hires trends before and after COVID-19 mitigation controls hit the state in 2020. According …

The first ever Shellfish and Seaweed Festival is kicking off on Zoom this evening, hosted by Alaska Seagrant. Presenter and Kodiak’s own resident mariculture expert Lexa Meyer can’t wait to spread the word about seaweed and kelp farming. “In response to COVID-19, you know, we saw a sharp decrease in sales of bivalves, especially of oysters in Alaska, because that …

On This Week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Sabine Poux Reports on a Fund for Salmon Sustainability, Plus Stories from Jacob Resneck and Eric Stone on the State’s Raw Fish Tax and Ketchikan’s Cancellation of it’s King Salmon Derby. Follow the Link for a Performance by the Serena Karise Band https://www.facebook.com/SerenaKariseBand/videos/279887317119174/

During a Borough meeting last Thursday, the application from Ben Millstein to distill liquor at the Kodiak Island Brewery was approved. There’s more work yet to do- he still needs state approval and acceptance for a formula and a label, but his dream is that much closer to reality. Millstein is pleased, but he knows that it’s one step in …

On This Week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The North Pacific Fisheries Management Council Changes Course on Comment