Business

The Kodiak Harvest Food Co-op has ambitious plans, according to its website. It’s goal long term is to build a food co-op grocery store with its own building on Kodiak. While that project is still a work in progress, Kodiak Harvest is achieving its goals in other ways. The Fall and Winter market, hosted by Kodiak Harvest at the Kodiak …

­ It was a summer the Olds River Inn hopes never to repeat. Like many Kodiak businesses, the coronavirus pandemic took a big bite out of its customer base. Tourists stayed home. The Coast Guard barred its members from Kodiak eating and drinking establishments. And while locals helped the inn stay afloat, the 40-minute drive from Kodiak to Pasagshak didn’t …

It’s tough enough to deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus. Then there’s the frustration of applying for state and federal relief. Many rural businesses in Alaska, as well as non-profits and those who make their living from the sea, have found the help that’s been offered, very unhelpful — so tangled in red tape, that it’s impossible to …

Until the coronavirus pandemic, the Kodiak Island Brewery was a lively local hangout. Until the coronavirus pandemic struck, the Kodiak Island Brewery was a thriving local business, but sales crashed after the brewery closed its tasting room in March. Ben Millstein hopes he can turn that around when he reopens his brewery, For the last four months, his only customers …

BREAKING:  A measure to extend the deadline for filing for the COVID-19 Payroll Protection Program is on its way to the president’s desk for his signature following a fast approval by both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan’s office reports that President Trump is expected to sign the measure. If so, the deadline for the …

BREAKING: Fishermen and other small businesses may get another chance to apply for the Paycheck Protection Program which provides federal loans to help them stay afloat during the COVID 19 pandemic. That information comes from the office of Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan following Tuesday’s deadline for applying for the money.   The seiner Jaime Marie sails past other fishing vessels …

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced some big changes on the Kodiak Crab Festival, starting with its postponement in May. The Kodiak Chamber of Commerce says the community can still look forward to five days of food and fun, starting on August 19th – but expect a very different kind of festival with a mix of offerings streamed from the Web …

GCI’s proposed project would bring undersea fiber optic cable from Kodiak to Unalaska, spanning approximately 860 miles.CREDIT COURTESY OF GCI by Hope McKenney–KUCB, GCI says it won’t move forward with bringing broadband communications to Unalaska at this time unless they receive a large grant from the USDA. The company has put in an application for a $25 million grant from …

The next step in the state’s reopening plan went into effect on Friday. The second phase expanded the list of businesses allowed to reopen in a limited capacity to include bars, gyms and theaters. The state’s daily count of new COVID-19 cases remains low – for more than three weeks, the average has hovered around two new cases each day. …

Small businesses in Kodiak are continuing to weigh reopening their doors for business with the new precautions they will need to take to comply with local and state restrictions. Laura Creighton, who owns Creighton Chiropractic, closed her business two days before the statewide shutdown, despite being classified an essential business. She reopened the clinic last week, but said she’s limiting …