Coronavirus-COVID-19

KMXT’s Dylan Simard was joined by Judge Stephen Wallace and Clerk of Court Suzanne Cowley to discuss the court system under COVID, the return of jury trials, and more.

What do we, locally and as a nation, need to do to get back to some semblance of normal by the 4th of July? Host Mike Wall talks with Dr. Curtis Mortenson and Dr. Shana Theobald about this and much more on this edition of The Lowdown.

The Kodiak Emergency Operations Center will be holding another point-of-dispensing vaccine clinic this upcoming weekend; its first since vaccines were opened up to all individuals over age 16 who live or work in Alaska. The clinic will be held in the harbormaster parking lot, March 20th, and 400 vaccination appointments are meant to be fulfilled between 9 a.m. and 5 …

The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization has reported a new community transmission COVID-19 case from over the weekend. This brings the total case count to 1071 cases since the start of the pandemic locally, with four cases classified as active on Kodiak.   In a Facebook post from Monday morning, the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center stated that it has been …

Dr. Shana Theobald, Dr. Evan Jones, and Dr. Curtis Mortenson talk with host Mike Wall about Kodiak in terms of vaccination development and changes along the way.  

The Kodiak Area Emergency Operations Center reported one new close contact case over the weekend, as another active case was taken off the active case total Monday. This leaves Kodiak at just one active COVID-19 case. This brings the current case count to 1067 cases since the start of the pandemic. There have been 42 hospitalizations and five deaths associated …

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services has massively expanded the list of those eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. According to a DHSS press release, the list now includes those 55 years of age and up, and persons 16 years and older who: *Are an essential worker as defined by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. *Are at …

By Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage – March 2, 2021 For the past year, Alaska officials have ceaselessly reminded residents of the importance of mitigation measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: Wear your mask, social distance and quarantine after traveling. What happens when those guidelines aren’t followed? Ask residents of Cordova, the Prince William Sound fishing town of 2,000, …

Dr. Shana Theobald and Dr. Curtis Mortenson talk with host Mike Wall about Kodiak in terms of our local vaccination clinics and address more specifics.  

By HOPE MCKENNEY • KUCB Dutch Harbor 115 workers who have been quarantined in Sand Point and Anchorage arrived back in Akutan over the past several days to help with crab and cod processing, the company said. It’s preparing to resume pollock processing this week.CREDIT LAURA KRAEGEL/KUCB Trident Seafoods’ huge processing plant on the remote Aleutian island of Akutan reopened Friday after a …