(Please note: This story has been updated to include new COVID-19 numbers reported by the Kodiak Area Regional Services Organization on Monday morning.) The coronavirus outbreak at the Coast Guard station in Kodiak grew to 13 cases over the weekend, amid reports that the Coast Guard has raised its risk status from AMBER to RED. Four COVID-19 cases had been …
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The Kodiak COVID-19 count has risen to 61. The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization reported a new case today involving a Kodiak resident who is currently off-island. 20200817 Positive Test Announcement – Case 61 OBI Seafoods Plant at Alitak. Photo Courtesy of OBI Seafoods. The status of some of the cases on the Kodiak dashboard, which tracks local cases online, …
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Jared Griffin presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, and state and local stories on: Kodiak’s COVID-19 count added one more case on Monday, a nonresident traveler Astra scrubbed their final rocket launch attempt The AK DOT released a proposed winter schedule for the AK Marine Highway system, which doesn’t look good for Kodiak ferry travel. Presidential candidate …
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Kodiak’s COVID-19 count went up by one on Friday. The Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported a new case that’s been identified at the OBI Seafoods Plant at Alitak on the southern tip Kodiak Island. The OBI processing plant has had 38 cases since July 28th. This latest case brings the total count for Kodiak Island since April to 59. Forty …
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OBI Seafoods’ processing plant at Alitak on the southern tip of Kodiak Island. Photo courtesy of OBI Seafoods. OBI Seafoods has ended weeks of speculation about a wave of new COVID-19 cases on Kodiak Island. Up until now, health officials would only say that these positive tests occurred in a remote part of the borough and were related to the …
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Jared Griffin presents the Midday Report featuring the weekly update from the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center, and state and local stories on: 37 new cases of COVID-19 in Kodiak seafood processing industry, and OBI Seafood ends weeks of speculation about those new cases A construction barge collides with Juneau’s Douglass bridge President Trump responds to Pebble Mine controversy University of …
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