Coronavirus-COVID-19

Amidst surge in COVID-19 cases, local businesses struggle

Listen to this story; Raymond LeGrue, owner of Henry’s Great Alaskan Restaurant, says that keeping regular hours for his restaurant during a pandemic has been a challenge. “This most recent episode, when we restricted our hours, we had some people that were sick, but tested positive. We had several other employees that went up to get tested,” LeGrue said. He …

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COVID 19 Update 1/12/22

The Kodiak Emergency Operations Center has reported 174 new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough since Monday.   There are 711 cases currently classified as active locally.   There is one active case currently hospitalized in Kodiak.   In the Kodiak Island Borough there have been 3614 cases, 106 local hospitalizations, and 9 deaths associated with COVID …

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Kodiak Island Borough School District goes to remote learning; 1 in 20 Kodiak residents COVID-positive

The Kodiak Island Borough School district announced Wednesday in a letter to parents that they will be returning to remote-learning, effective Thursday, with the hope of returning to in-person learning on Tuesday, January 18th. This comes as COVID cases within the Kodiak Island Borough continue to rise to unprecedented levels. The Emergency Operations Center Wednesday reported 174 new cases of …

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Covid cases surge again in Kodiak

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 …

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Kodiak EOC lifts mask mandate

Kodiak officials have downgraded the mandatory mask rule making face coverings up to individual businesses to enforce. That’s despite nearly 70 active cases in the community which is significantly lower from the summer peak. Kodiak City Mayor Pat Branson called for downgrading the rule during a meeting of Kodiak’s Emergency Operations Center. It would end the mask mandate in public …

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COVID 19 Weekly Update Wednesday November 10th, 2021

Today (Wednesday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported eleven (11) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough.   Sixty-nine (69) cases are currently classified as active locally. There is one active case currently hospitalized in Kodiak.   Two thousand seven hundred fourteen (2714) cases, ninety-two (92) local hospitalizations, and nine (9) deaths are now officially associated with …

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COVID Update Reader Tuesday November 9th, 2021

Today (Tuesday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported twenty-six (26) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough.   Sixteen cases were tested yesterday. The other ten were tested between October 25th and November 4th.   Sixty-one (61) cases are currently classified as active locally. One active case is currently hospitalized in Kodiak, and one case was transferred …

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