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Old Harbor Native CorporationOld Harbor hosted what the local Native corporation is calling its first commercial cruise ship earlier this month on Aug. 2. Prior to that, the Alutiiq community, roughly 40 miles southeast of Kodiak, hadn’t hosted any cruise ships in 30 years since a Marine Expeditions vessel with 40 passengers visited in 1997, according to the Anchorage Daily News and Old Harbor Native Corporation. -
Katherine Irving/KMXTAccording to photos provided by a Kodiak resident, there have been at least nine bears feeding on trash in the landfill at any given time this summer.
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While Saltery, Pasagshak, and Buskin have seen lower than average returns, the Ayakulik saw record highs. -
Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska on Kodiak Island could see up to 18 government launches over the next two years. That’s after the U.S. Air Force recently awarded a $266 million contract with Rocket Lab out of California for at least a dozen suborbital launches at the Narrow Cape facility. -
After being closed to vehicles for more than five months, the road up Pillar Mountain was reopened on Wednesday, July 22. The City of Kodiak waffled on reopening the road due to the ongoing risk of landslides. -
Lieutenant Abigail Valadez assumed the position of commanding officer of the Frederick Mann during a change of command ceremony on July 22. -
The number of cruise ship guests coming to Kodiak is expected to increase by more than 25% this summer. -
Coastal residents in Gulf of Alaska communities have until the end of day to submit written comments on the Alaska Marine Highway System’s winter ferry schedule. -
State lawmakers have ordered their professional, nonpartisan auditors to examine the Alaska Board of Fisheries’ procedural actions going back to October 2023. -
Four Kodiak residents applied to fill an open seat on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly left vacant by Dave Johnson earlier this summer. Thursday night, July 16, the Borough Assembly interviewed all four candidates and selected one of them to fill the seat until the municipal election in October. -
Local scientists aren't sure yet what caused these whales' deaths. At least three out of the four are gray whales. -
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