For Kodiak, this Prince William Sound fishery is estimated to bring in approximately $1 million in dockside value, along with severance tax revenue for the borough and sales tax revenue for the city.

McCown joins Kodiak College from UAA's Kenai Peninsula College. She'll be leading the $4 million federally-funded program to provide support services for migrant students, like seafood workers or their kids.

Kodiak has few abandoned buildings, but one of them could be torn down in the next year. A half-century old facility, made with toxic materials, sat empty before the local borough assembly made the decision.

Peking and Sizzler Burger Restaurant in Kodiak will continue to keep its license despite being closed to the public for years. Now both Kodiak’s city and borough governments are asking the state to revoke the local restaurant’s license.

The M/V Tustumena’s last sailing to Kodiak Island for this winter season is set for Jan. 2. Weather delays and scheduling changes mean Alaska Marine Highway System’s mainliner ferry won’t stop through some archipelago communities until after New Year’s.

Kodiak’s Benny Benson state airport has recorded 14.27 inches of precipitation this month, through 4 p.m. on Dec. 31, which is twice as much as usual. That amount is also the second highest December total in a century of climate observations.

One of the ideas rising to the top of the Alaska Seafood Task Force’s forthcoming recommendations is an insurance pool for commercial fishermen. That's according to information the group’s chairperson shared on Dec. 18 with the Kodiak Fisheries Work Group.

The City of Kodiak was well represented during this month’s Alaska Municipal League awards ceremony. City staff and certain local projects received awards as part of the group’s annual local government conference in Anchorage from Dec. 9 – 13.

“The success of last year’s inaugural fireworks show demonstrated the strength of our community spirit,” Kodiak Mayor Pat Branson wrote in a press release. It’s the second year in a row for the local display after over a decade-long hiatus.

The cost of shipping goods is increasing next month due to tariff surcharges at the Port of Alaska in Anchorage and after some shipping companies have raised their rates for the upcoming year.