Health

Kodiak Fire Chief is available to teach class to local civic groups, churches, and businesses. He says the more people in Kodiak who know how to treat massive trauma, the more likely people will survive because someone at the scene will be trained.   Active shooter situations have become all too familiar to Americans and Kodiak’s fire chief wants to …

  Our guests this week are mental health professionalss who specialize in helping Kodiak children in the schools: Susan Philo, a clinician at Providence Kodiak Island Hospital who is the Team lead for the school district’s clinician program, and Kris Foster, the clinician at the Middle School.   We talk about many things related to the mental health of Koodiak’s …

Mission Lake and Mission Beach have been reopened for public use by the City of Kodiak after ongoing testing continued to show safe levels of fecal coliform, indicating the waters are safe for people and pets to be near. Public Works Director Craig Walton said the city extended daily testing for a full week before opening the area back up …

Because of raw sewage going into Mission Lake, during the Metrokin Way sewer line leak, the city is warning people to heed the posted signs and to stay away from the area. That includes Mission Lake, Mission Beach and the Mission Bay areas. Following is part of a press release provided by the city last week. City of Kodiak warns …

The city of Larsen Bay is set to get a new ambulance soon, after the Kodiak City Council voted unanimously to donate its old Medic 2 to the nearly 100-person community. Fire Chief Jim Mullican shows Councilmembers Laura Arboleda and Randall Bishop the newest addition to Kodiak’s fleet of ambulances after Thursday’s meeting. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) At Thursday’s city …